High Impact Diaries - June 14, 2008

Welcome to bradams (uid 167684) who registered at 2008-06-15 05:42:15 EDT, the most recent of 78 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 236 Kogs posted 236 diaries of which 226 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3243 recommending readers and viewed by 9276; 139 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 55 by 30 or more, and 15 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2623) visited 234 diaries; 157 had 10 or more commenters, 51 had 30 or more, and 14 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 236 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.184, average = 0.48, max = 9.64, total =  112.6 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 3.11 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Jun 15 06:10:23 2008 EDT; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.  

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included.

2008-06-14 00:00:10 - 2008-06-14 23:59:09
DailyKos diaries = 236;  236 per day;  9.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 4304 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5045 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2623	1586	210	2584	939	14	112
recommend	1586	3243	114	3188	1655	33	112
write	210	114	236	231	24	1	112
view	2584	3188	231	9276		5045	112

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	236	226	139	55	15
commentators	236	234	157	51	14
connections	236	226	205	105	20
views	236	236	236	229	160

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 236 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.184, average = 0.48, max = 9.64, total =  112.6 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 3.11 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 13626
Maximum possible such pairs: 4304 x 236 = 1015744
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.341%
Average degree (links/user) = 13626/4304 = 3.166

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 90288
Number of tag size classes: 746
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (33413 diaries)
Singleton tags: 55624 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 436 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 274 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 659 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
• The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	viewers	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	899	431	238	1022	4848	9.64	McCain's Town Hall Was A Farce, I Was There.	davefromqueens	00:09
2	643	305	183	744	3364	6.93	Obama Campaign Organizes Flood Relief - Updated 2x w pics	OIL GUY	12:28
3	637	330	189	725	3045	6.83	An Open Letter to the Media	DarkSyde	06:38
4	632	301	156	695	3681	6.71	The Abramoff bomb drops in September: He is talking and he’ll testify.	dengre	02:48
5	479	223	106	522	2100	5.07	John and Cindy McCain ride The $traight Talk Expre$$	8ackgr0und N015e	10:16
6	402	165	112	449	1984	4.29	Art Teacher Loses Job, Supports Obama Even Harder.	Rian Fike	21:56
7	370	529	225	499	2581	4.20	Speaking ill of the dead.	JeffLieber	21:11
8	364	355	145	456	2279	4.03	Spain’s Shock - bubble or collapse?	nika7k	08:20
9	323	137	88	351	1261	3.42	John McCain Debates Himself on Supporting Bush (new mashup)	JedReport	14:49
10	293	272	152	386	1896	3.30	Updated - Midwestern Flooding Responses: McCain Prays; Obama Grabs a Shovel!	Billary Redux	21:35
11	271	341	164	375	2576	3.11	Breaking: Des Moines floods, Evacuation: Where is Anderson Cooper?	nathguy	11:06
12	185	57	29	193	564	1.94	I Wish I knew how to Get My Husband's Campaign on the Rec List - The Sequel	Ellinorianne	22:14
13	146	144	34	154	362	1.53	Netroots Nation Scholarships Getting Big!	LithiumCola	10:24
14	109	411	107	154	622	1.26	What's your f***ing problem?, fill-in edition	musing85	19:25
15	101	196	73	147	587	1.18	John McCain took a question from me at today's townhall	Mike Stark	02:58
16	83	232	55	101	218	0.91	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 4.17	Frankenoid	09:00
17	73	337	102	141	499	0.98	The Tim Russert Weep-a-Thon (on cable news today)	MaximusNYC	02:35
18	62	25	19	70	116	0.66	How about some straight talk on abortion, Senator McCain?	clammyc	10:13
19	60	246	31	64	142	0.63	Top Comments 2nd Anniversary Edition:  Coming Home (with Special Comment)	gloriana	22:03
20	57	77	38	78	328	0.65	AR Mayor orders shelter dogs "set free" in National Forest	sophistry makes me tired	21:40
21	57	73	26	61	182	0.60	Overnight News Digest: Bloggers Hit By AP & Army Edition	Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse	00:01
22	56	31	20	60	109	0.59	Please Tell Fallen Farm Worker's Family We Care	TomP	16:51
23	53	9	6	55	170	0.55	Blogging "Obama Fellows" Training: Our New Face of Democracy	Steven R	13:36
24	52	202	42	81	372	0.63	Please Stop It	Mash	21:26
25	52	21	20	60	140	0.56	I Finally Understand John McCain	Pericles	10:51
26	48	142	50	73	162	0.57	What's For Dinner? The Picnic Edition	Asinus Asinum Fricat	19:28
27	47	13	12	52	249	0.50	WAY to go JEDREPORT(new McCain VIDEO)	UncleCheese	09:50
28	44	184	80	102	424	0.66	Another Reason to Avoid Wal*Mart: Police Detention	acaben	14:42
29	42	31	18	46	94	0.45	Iraq war could cost taxpayers $2.7 trillion	One Pissed Off Liberal	12:14
30	41	108	18	48	82	0.44	SCOTUS, the Constitution, and We the People	jlynne	13:41
31	41	78	28	55	263	0.47	"Battlestar Galactica" Gets All 'Planet Of The Apes'	Rimjob	11:16
32	40	23	12	45	73	0.43	Greening the School House	A Siegel	10:18
33	39	68	16	47	115	0.43	Hadrian's Forum: The Roman Origin of Habeas Corpus; Rome's Legacy, Part 3	EmperorHadrian	22:08
34	39	38	17	45	188	0.42	Daily Kos University (updated)	plf515	09:12
35	38	22	17	45	137	0.41	The Prosecution of George W Bush For Murder	PinkNinja	13:48
36	38	18	14	41	171	0.40	Penguin Revolution in Pakistan - w/ Videos & Photos	MediaFubar	15:40
37	37	45	31	59	451	0.45	John McCain - NOT a FlipFlopper.  Stop the LIES.	Megatron	22:51
38	37	30	23	54	208	0.43	Gore Vidal joins the impeachment chorus!	don mikulecky	22:23
39	36	141	21	43	103	0.39	Saturday Morning Home Repair blogging 2.44	claude	09:01
40	36	53	35	64	406	0.46	WI delegate bounced from National Convention	mishiem	09:01
41	36	43	26	55	390	0.43	$225,000 in credit card debt vs. $200,000 saved for college	John Campanelli	15:06
42	36	32	17	43	159	0.39	They’re Tryin’ to Wash Us Away. . .	Crashing Vor	08:05
43	36	23	10	40	115	0.38	Got rBST? Monsanto's Milk Label Censorship Moves to New York	shirah	19:56
44	35	230	67	89	599	0.56	Why I'm angry (and mourning) at DKos	scottymac79	00:27
45	35	15	15	44	94	0.39	Letter to an old friend.	jaf49	03:00
46	34	50	32	59	440	0.43	McCain Has No Idea What's Coming (w/Poll)	existenz	14:59
47	33	100	31	43	85	0.37	Dawn Chorus:  My Favorite Things	lineatus	09:10
48	33	10	9	36	83	0.35	My Uninsured Experience with Health Care w/Advice	azindy	21:31
49	31	19	12	37	83	0.34	4 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan -- worst toll of year	GregMitch	10:52
50	31	17	16	40	172	0.35	It Was Born In Shock	TocqueDeville	17:32
51	31	10	9	33	56	0.33	High Impact Diaries - June 13, 2008	jotter	11:13
52	31	6	6	33	220	0.33	Obama contingent in Boston GLBT parade	gingko	20:02
53	30	152	24	46	130	0.36	ImpeachmentWatch Day 5 (2008-06-14)	buddydrama	13:03
54	30	57	24	47	273	0.36	50% of McCain's battleground female supporters pro-choice!	BonzoDogBand	13:40
55	30	18	13	39	136	0.34	U.S. Troops in Iraq Targeted by New Triad of Power	markthshark	18:57
56	29	16	8	34	134	0.31	June 14, 1864: Alois, Alois, lama sabachthani?	iampunha	14:01
57	28	107	47	68	720	0.43	In Defense of Keith Olbermann	jwcisneros	20:21
58	28	100	29	47	257	0.35	Booby Jindal: Governor of Louisiana	prestochango	19:44
59	28	4	3	30	480	0.30	Obama Precinct Captains getting calls	AHiddenSaint	13:04
60	27	121	51	68	308	0.43	Tim Russert - A Good Man but Biased Journalist	StevenLeser	14:26
61	27	79	37	56	327	0.38	Wes Clark for VP - HooYa!	tippingpoint08	17:47
62	27	78	34	51	179	0.36	Rev Phelps to protest SF lesbian marriage, 6/16 City Hall	MPetrelis	14:59
63	27	29	12	28	59	0.28	Netroots Nation Scholarship: Love For Exme	Avila	21:53
64	27	23	12	33	115	0.30	A Wedding Gift Americans Can Share	OrangeClouds115	14:28
65	26	20	13	32	131	0.29	Obama Will Raise Your Taxes: Anti-Meme Ammunition	Junah	03:01
66	25	324	108	128	684	0.70	Russert Failed Us	Thomas C	00:22
67	25	125	46	63	373	0.40	"I had gay sex with John McCain" web page--let's do it!	Bill Prendergast	00:15
68	25	105	72	91	559	0.52	HillaryIs44 Members Call Tim Russert's Death "Karma", Wish Death on Others.	VoteHope08	13:05
69	25	77	27	42	218	0.31	"Barack Obama is not related to you"	Seneca Doane	23:59
70	25	17	12	30	62	0.27	Mangoes for Motorcycles	MJinWI	02:16
71	25	9	8	28	297	0.27	Flashback: McCain went to Kerry about VP Slot; to Daschle about Switching	atrexler	14:18
72	24	58	23	38	112	0.29	Unofficial, extracurricular, off-the-schedule events at NN08	mem from somerville	18:42
73	24	45	14	32	192	0.27	Black Obamacans:  Too Much History to Ignore	Hope08	14:44
74	24	44	24	45	329	0.32	Widespread fist bumping broke out today.	ben masel	21:54
75	23	93	35	50	349	0.33	An Open Letter to the DKos Community	Anton Sirius	23:06
76	23	39	13	29	189	0.26	Poison ! Citizen Alert !	world dancer	23:44
77	21	49	24	38	133	0.27	The speculation that is killing us - oil, food and greed	americangoy	16:16
78	21	43	28	46	282	0.30	Only Obama would	Overseas	18:10
79	21	42	27	45	534	0.30	McCain: "Why is Chelsea Clinton So Ugly?"	robertacker13	18:59
80	21	36	16	30	152	0.24	Want To Talk To John McCain Today?	slinkerwink	12:41
81	21	24	17	34	170	0.26	The Iraqis Freaking Hate Us	Chgo Jim	13:15
82	21	8	7	24	115	0.23	Hatred of America Ratcheted Up	paradox	12:57
83	20	118	58	74	459	0.42	What happened to this community?	Vera Lofaro	12:52
84	20	21	14	28	276	0.23	OBAMA: SPEAK THE LANGUAGE	mitchmanprophesy	22:48
85	19	71	48	59	230	0.35	walk me back from the ledge (father's day) - update	mediaprof	20:00
86	19	51	26	42	209	0.28	America's Sharp Turn Left: "center-right" Myth Dead...	kubla000	00:52
87	19	29	21	38	319	0.26	McCain campaign fails Lit 101.	Lucid Iguana	15:21
88	19	26	21	33	126	0.24	Choose: Your Job or your Education (Updated)	Minc	16:47
89	19	15	12	26	174	0.22	The McGaffe	Gangster Octopus	16:37
90	18	27	25	40	349	0.26	Fox's non-apology on Obama's baby mama	blaneyboy	15:19
91	18	25	18	27	173	0.21	Flickr Daily Kossack group: Just do it. Go. Now.	hyperbolic pants explosion	21:04
92	17	16	8	20	104	0.18	Updated: Canada Geese Gosling story (for bird lovers)	heart4idaho	12:49
93	17	15	7	20	153	0.18	Newsflash for Pelosi: You need us.	Compound F	19:48
94	17	7	7	19	92	0.18	Growing Support for Webb’s GI Bill Update	daytonpundit	14:02
95	17	7	6	19	100	0.18	Bush Dismantles the Constitution for This?	D Wreck	10:31
96	16	171	60	69	721	0.39	Gays Boo Obama	angrytoyrobot	23:29
97	16	81	24	32	144	0.22	Friday the 13th is over	DHinIA	01:45
98	16	58	19	31	141	0.22	Talking to Dad on Father's Day--Not Racism, Fear!	MrMichaelMT	21:57
99	16	50	30	40	336	0.25	McCain To Obama: Just Show Me In A Flattering Light, Please.	Stephen Daugherty	00:42
100	16	20	10	22	103	0.18	Do You Consume?	EmilyD	02:43
101	15	55	22	29	68	0.20	Saturday Night Rhythm & Blues	Nightprowlkitty	23:53
102	15	17	9	21	71	0.17	The Dilemma of Black Patriotism	jimstaro	11:11
103	15	14	8	20	82	0.17	GLBT round-up of recent relevant events	homoaffectional	16:42
104	15	12	5	17	81	0.16	Welcome To John McCain’s Womens Clinic	First Amendment	11:25
105	15	9	7	20	245	0.17	Bambi No More	Shef	18:57
106	14	186	56	63	292	0.35	Nancy Pelosi: Why is She So Against Impeachment For Bush?	tanyainsacramento	21:16
107	14	48	28	35	201	0.22	McCain STE "Cribs" Video Attempts Edginess (Seriously Funny)	SemDem	18:17
108	14	46	21	29	213	0.20	2008 HOUSE RACE UPDATE 42 vulnerable Republicans, 27 vulnerable Democrats	DanfromRaisingKaine	20:58
109	14	25	18	27	158	0.19	McCain "Stop Using My Song"	sweetliberty	02:28
110	14	23	12	23	158	0.17	Drug to decrease Prostate Cancer may not be marketed in U.S.	arodb	17:25
111	14	17	8	19	39	0.16	My Father's Backbone	lmelina	11:06
112	14	15	9	22	224	0.17	Fox News Executive Declares War On Iran	KingOneEye	23:11
113	14	12	12	24	209	0.18	Obama Wants to Raise Your Texas!	billysumday	09:06
114	13	148	24	29	156	0.19	Friday late-night lolitics thread (image-heavy)	SciVo	03:13
115	13	70	27	37	223	0.22	McCain Website's "Coalition Apparel" Page	pakaal	17:24
116	13	45	38	44	367	0.26	Get Osama before I leave office orders Bush	taonow	21:52
117	13	33	22	29	131	0.19	Jimmy Carter's second term	Sean Robertson	12:16
118	13	17	12	22	67	0.16	While We're Tied Down in Iraq, Taliban Overrun Afghan Prison	ebilm	01:31
119	12	251	118	125	849	0.66	And the NEW "Meet the Press" Host is...	dain	16:03
120	12	118	49	58	424	0.32	Chris Dodd Has Some Explaining To Do	Sparhawk	14:12
121	12	85	54	61	329	0.33	Rachel Maddow for MTP! w/poll	kanuk	12:09
122	11	115	37	44	189	0.25	Media Was Sexist Against Clinton, But Not Why She Lost	DrSteveB	17:56
123	11	110	50	55	480	0.30	DailyKos' Executive Male Escorts ad?	Stranded Wind	04:21
124	11	28	20	23	79	0.15	What possible reason is there to support McCain?	santon	14:08
125	11	26	13	22	118	0.15	To all that believe we can drill our way out	sakins	00:35
126	11	25	18	26	401	0.17	Speaking as a 55 year old man...WTF, Tim?	arubyan	07:39
127	11	19	18	27	277	0.17	UPDATED W/ AUDIO: McCain agrees w/ Michelle Obama on "proud"	jg82567	22:23
128	11	19	16	26	171	0.17	The economy: WTF? (with poll)	gzodik	16:00
129	9	63	48	56	695	0.30	Mark Warner removes name from Obama vp list......	groundbar09	16:34
130	8	82	29	35	301	0.20	Japan Unveils Cars That Runs Purely on Water	eigenman	10:09
131	8	70	39	42	503	0.23	A V.P. Choice....You'll Never Guess Who	aaronlev14	12:20
132	8	52	27	34	232	0.19	Colin Powell may support Obama!	Wisteacher	10:52
133	8	34	32	39	388	0.21	Did We Liberals Get Laura Ingraham Fired?	Intercaust	11:48
134	6	99	52	54	294	0.29	Who will succeed Russert?	pelops	19:26
135	6	46	26	29	174	0.16	Colorado Repub Rep - $4.00 gas is PELOSI's Fault	tjlord	17:40
136	5	57	41	42	149	0.22	Some Fun: Best Song Title to Describe McCain and Obama?	tbrucegodfrey	22:07
137	1	76	46	47	218	0.24	Can Anyone Fill Russert's Shoes? Maybe.	Texasblue	10:39

Impact total:  104.5

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-06-15 00:00:07 - 2007-06-15 23:58:46
DailyKos diaries = 240;  240 per day; 10.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 3290 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2080	1278	217	700	115
recommend	1278	2466	116	1187	115
write	217	116	240	22	115

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	240	236	119	47	15
commentators	240	237	146	43	6
connections	240	236	194	88	16

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 240 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.150, average = 0.35, max = 8.42, total =   83.5 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.17 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10230
Maximum possible such pairs: 3290 x 240 = 789600
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.296%
Average degree (links/user) = 10230/3290 = 3.109

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	780	870	270	906	8.42	Time to move on, folks	eugene	14:18
2	434	197	105	466	4.58	"It's turned us into other creatures."	exmearden	02:53
3	346	269	98	412	3.76	S.214 is now LAW!!! [w/Poll]	kovie	17:28
4	321	440	169	414	3.59	We Are Losing the Fight Over Iran	Tom Rinaldo	13:36
5	264	143	83	307	2.85	Tim Griffin's Tears: Update	drational	10:01
6	261	364	124	338	2.92	Peak Oil - BusinessWeek tells the harsh truth	Jerome a Paris	09:51
7	255	151	70	279	2.70	God was wrong.  Support Mountaintop Removal.	teacherken	04:56
8	210	367	142	276	2.36	HTCW	SaraPMcC	11:05
9	175	283	103	242	2.01	I Have To Divorce My Wife	LunkHead	08:35
10	173	437	89	228	1.95	Edwards writes FCC while Hillary & Obama play in the Mud (comment update)	cosbo	17:26

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-06-14 00:03:40 - 2006-06-14 23:58:30
DailyKos diaries = 339;  339 per day; 14.1 per hour
Active Kogs: 3661 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2448	1363	287	950	152
recommend	1363	2529	157	1161	152
write	287	157	339	47	152

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	339	320	124	33	16
commentators	339	330	151	34	9
connections	339	320	223	73	19

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 339 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.094, average = 0.26, max = 5.43, total =   88.2 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.40 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11084
Maximum possible such pairs: 3661 x 339 = 1241079
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.893%
Average degree (links/user) = 11084/3661 = 3.028

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	512	157	101	559	5.43	Updated:  So, Bush - What price did you pay?	krazypuppy	14:04
2	461	263	152	545	5.00	Why What Happened at Home Depot's Annual Meeting Matters	Jay Elias	19:00
3	448	403	196	553	4.93	What I'm Really Worried About	Steven D	10:51
4	318	263	146	421	3.59	Ken Mehlman: This is harder than most.	kevin lyda	06:35
5	295	296	169	419	3.42	Don't be fooled, you are NOT Anonymous	kharma	12:35
6	293	333	161	404	3.36	Taunted and jeered, Bolton bolted  from Oxford	testvet6778	05:16
7	284	219	144	376	3.21	Douchebaggery	Maryscott OConnor	16:56
8	275	177	90	328	2.99	I Was Attacked By The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)!	ChrisDJackson	15:06
9	266	319	174	390	3.13	Another wingnut bolts the GOP	thereisnospoon	19:38
10	162	95	61	201	1.79	Republicans Sabotage Accountability in Iraq	Rep Louise Slaughter	12:11

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