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High Impact Diaries - June 17, 2008

Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 06:47:46 AM PDT

Welcome to agentX (uid 167959) who registered at 2008-06-18 04:28:19 EDT, the most recent of 105 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 379 Kogs posted 379 diaries of which 363 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3773 recommending readers and viewed by 10978; 212 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 64 by 30 or more, and 12 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3390) visited 377 diaries; 240 had 10 or more commenters, 73 had 30 or more, and 12 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 379 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.168, average = 0.39, max = 10.38, total =  148.5 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.84 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed Jun 18 06:10:26 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.

2008-06-17 00:00:58 - 2008-06-17 23:59:17
DailyKos diaries = 379;  379 per day; 15.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 5182 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5890 (only view diaries)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryview a diaryCRW onlyCRWV onlyall
comment339020293303339118918158
recommend202937731593701174343158
write33015937937548 158
view3339370137510978 5890158

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations3793632126412
commentators3793772407312
connections37936330915519
views379379378362239

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

Impact statistics from all 379 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.168, average = 0.39, max = 10.38, total =  148.5 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.84 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 18235
Maximum possible such pairs: 5182 x 379 = 1963978
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.928%
Average degree (links/user) = 18235/5182 = 3.519

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 90816
Number of tag size classes: 759
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (33697 diaries)
Singleton tags: 56010 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 423 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 274 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 663 (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.

ranknrecncomtatorscnxviewersimpactDiaryAuthorEDT
19579024151128308910.38Please... We have to try harder.  W/UpdateGranny Doc09:59
274531419284647987.99Guess Who's Blogging for the National Press Club?poblano02:07
368637618077527487.34Massachusetts School of Law Organizing Bush War Crimes Trialmarkthshark09:13
468118417575239607.24Fred in Vermontkos21:06
558430113364629456.21If you live along the Mississippi River, read this! [updated]Deep Harm10:02
653344729772843706.09Update: Obama Responds to McCain Campaign Charge that he has "A September 10th Mindset"TomP11:24
748725217954218555.19Life and Deathwillb4800:56
844634012551225994.80"Moral refusal" extends to ambulances--and a potential fixdogemperor17:45
94311338245516654.52IOWA'S FLOODS & OBAMAInMyLifeIowa21:59
1038325811544931784.15Updated:Lead story on Morning Edition "Kandahar"Theghostofkarlafayetucker06:27
1133932619748230693.93Scarborough ridicules Gore...using a slimy edit!!  **Updated from Media Matters**Vet 4 Dean07:38
12307977634136433.27Supreme Court OVERRULES Gore's Endorsement!CuseDem17:49
1394148601209411.05PATH TO VICTORY!JeffLieber16:50
14794124891960.84About that "September 10 mindset"clammyc15:53
157889671083790.90Updated, As Promised: My Gay Wedding PicsHumboldt Jodi13:15
16723929833980.78Amy Goodman breaks through.  Kicks ass.Rep Chip Shields02:50
1768126751217030.87Texas GOP: "If Obama is President... will we still call it The White House?"jackbauer839313:30
1863865710510690.78SUSA: Obama SLASHES McCain's Kentucky Lead; Lunsford within MOE!Billary Redux16:23
19615220742810.67Earliest Monsoon Ever Hits IndiaFishOutofWater23:17
205915255953710.72Eating Lobster Is An Abomination Too: A Photoblogdadanation10:39
21597716612330.62NFTT: Make these diaries stopgreenies20:22
22582114621460.61Sibel Edmonds' Redacted IG Report Releasedlukery20:00
23555226621250.59What Ever Became of Democracy?One Pissed Off Liberal18:27
24552114581580.58Pentagon doesn't like results of KBR audit, hires different auditorgatorbot01:25
25532111551990.55BREAKING: 'Disposable Heroes': (Updated)jimstaro07:50
26526643754320.61Fox News Smears Michelle Obama as "The Angry Black Woman"ROh7004:45
27523415571730.55Dire Water NewsAsinus Asinum Fricat11:43
28515938744860.60George Will Rips Into John McCainSetrak01:24
29512822594220.55What McCain Called His Wife -- VIDEOthe1bostongirl13:20
3050152701006420.69BREAKING: OHIO PPP OBAMA 50-39!Canadian4Obama11:04
31509131692570.57Top Comments- 6/17/08 "Dad, we need to talk" Editionbrillig22:02
32504124655120.56Art Teacher Loses Job, Obama Answers the Call!Rian Fike15:06
33492521051243990.78Who or what do you want to marry? (w/pole)Bob Johnson16:15
34491913541940.52My Grandfather & Obamamamabigdog03:06
354810856867220.62Elect Barack, and We Get Civil Warwmtriallawyer12:57
36482317551980.52Obama's urgent call for Missouri flood help.akdude601622:32
37466528592670.51Bush: If You Want To Slander America...Angry Mouse13:54
38455417481230.47History for Kossacks: The GuillotineUnitary Moonbat21:11
39451713491810.48Don Siegelman Needs Our Help UPDATEDpalmbeachlefty15:16
40444723551600.49Beware the Silver Bullet ...A Siegel08:00
414313241642430.51Reagan Urges Infantcide [update x3]PrdAmerican00:25
424211037724230.53EDITED ACTION ALERT:TOKYO RACIST ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST OBAMAProgressiveTokyo03:40
43425625542110.47Curveball: ‘I should be treated like a king’occams hatchet18:40
44415818441610.43Overnight News Digest: Army Official Ousted for Blocking $1bn to KBRMagnifico01:08
45406339622340.48The legs I wished I had...rest in peace, Cyd.exmearden21:12
46404330593780.47Devastating, Heart Wrenching new MoveOn ad Clocks McCainSteven R11:14
4740251743760.42V.A. using Iraq vets as guinea pigs--Obama calls for probeGregMitch12:08
48385324502140.43Obama Slams McCain on Offshore Drilling Flip Flop (W/Video of Gore Endorsement)NCDem Amy13:31
49383225572870.45Conyers Caves, Rove Won't Have to TestifySmileySam12:24
50373421471430.41A Must-Read Report from Iraneugene20:45
51371711452320.41Congress finds Big Oil holding back fields that could DOUBLE US outputProfessor Smartass17:42
5237138423270.40Skoolin' ABC: Obama is a 2:1 Favorite w/ 4% Lead!kubla00018:08
533620869913270.57A conversation with a born-again friend about ObamaChristian Dem in NC09:34
54362417462060.40No more bright blue eyes, no more mischievous smilescskendrick20:15
55355930532330.42Obama: GOP Lacks Guts and Credibilty on Terror (W/Video)Engine 0819:32
56352423471540.40Are We Not Allowed to Talk About McCain's Iraq Position?davidsirota16:14
57333223471380.38The Election through the eyes of a 73 y.o. African Americanicecrystal7209:05
58324018411680.36J-Street Stands up to AIPAC - Announces First EndorsementsShane Hensinger17:48
59323312372240.34Fans in Detroit Pack the Joe (Updated:  pics & videoes)dkmich05:51
6032311536940.34WaPo: Pentagon Blamed Military for Own Torture PolicyLithiumCola01:07
61318535542570.39What is McCain hiding in his military records?xhibi02:58
62312721411560.35Texas GOP: Come for the tax cuts, stay for the racism...Melody Townsel17:09
63305429504220.37Detroit: w/ Gore, Obama calls out HRC boosBelvedere Come Here Boy08:33
64303522401840.34Reviews are Not Kind to Sen. "Big John" Cornyn's Corny AdKTinTX04:37
65292418361140.32The Diversionedscan17:14
6629211134660.31OR-Sen candidate Merkley is a Progressive Patriot!sarahlane17:20
67291814331380.31GOP abuses grand jury process into abortion witch huntDirk McQuigley13:27
68291613321050.31New 350.org Launches in 8 LanguagesBill McKibben16:38
69291412382860.3380 MILLION dollars for Cheneymaggiejean21:28
70284917341580.31"You've got the cutest little baby face..." -- Call to ActionGreyHawk18:58
71284016341350.31Subjective, not objective. Persons, not people.teacherken09:54
72283720421980.33MD-04 elects Donna Edwards [Updated]Sharon in MD21:36
73282718391300.32Same-sex Marriages Begin in West Hollywood -- With Beautiful Pictures!The Bilerico Project16:35
7428129321950.30Global Boiling: Midwest Climate Disaster Predicted in 2000The Cunctator18:47
752811929650.29High Impact Diaries - June 16, 2008jotter10:33
76277549642710.41Where the hell is our president?don fong14:48
77275725443000.33Please Give this Guy a Look for Veepaaronlev1421:25
78274733533920.37Is John McCain trying to lose Florida? (with poll)terjeanderson22:39
79272922401260.32Detroit, Barack CityThe 1n Only Leoni00:56
8027141433790.30Biggest Blast in Baghdad in Three Months Kills 51.Eternal Hope21:21
81279729690.28Hear John Conyers Speak in NYC Today; AMA Prefers Medicare!DrSteveB07:47
82261121229520.28Live Blog-Senate Armed Services on TortureNC Dem09:48
83264125475700.34Breaking--Clinton and Obama to appear togetherDragon561621:44
84264118371070.30Rocky Mountain HighFrankenoid10:20
8526129322690.29Blogger arrests hit record highCode Breaker00:00
8625691429730.27Pro-Israel/Palestine Peace PAC Endorses Netroots CandidatesGoldnI13:21
87253323411700.31One Final Thought on Mr. RussertCrashing Vor18:07
88252118402080.31OK-SEN: HELP SCREW WITH INHOFE'S ONLINE POLLVoteHope0809:39
89241611322420.27Buckeye State Bounce: O 50 M 39souledout11:48
90232414342810.27New Poll: Abortion Rights Sink McCainStuHunter17:28
912387281660.25Please read willb48's diaryEkaterin04:28
922219262752230.44Is John McCain's Military Career Fair Game? (Update)Muzikal20309:59
932215656692300.41HOLY SMOKES!!! -- Celtics -- 2008 NBA Champions!!!!! 131 - 92 W/UpdatesMr Magu23:42
94229058725490.42Brit Hume's Obama Smear: "Not So Sure" He's ChristianPDonaldson15:54
95223119331880.26Breaking: Israel and Hamas Agree TruceLib Dem FoP09:35
96222119382320.28The Rise of "Baracknophobia"eclecticbrotha15:32
97221714301400.25Hardball Flirts With Understanding Women VotersRH Reality Check12:51
982217824450.23Out of Sight - Not Out of MindJoeGarcia0814:56
992213626770.24DON'T Let Hagee Wiggle Away To Restart His Pro-War-With-Iran MachineTroutfishing11:23
100212514313130.25The Ultimate October SurpriseThisDudesArmy21:23
101212220373390.27Obama on Jon TesterPocketNines15:42
102211910251110.23Keystone Kondi's Kwazy KwestionsJeff Huber08:44
103211712301130.24Operation Smile and Operation Give Us MoneyTooFolkGR14:17
104218726510.23Thank you Phyllis and DelKateG00:20
105206601381423280.76The Tuesday Diversion: The Worst Movies Ever MadeThe Centerfielder13:38
1062011668816380.46John McCain Will Not Be the NomineeItsJessMe13:23
107205327422120.28Handicapping the 269-269 tie: Obama wins it.hekebolos21:00
108205226423510.28Cleveland Rocks! Ohio Rocks! For Obama, +11%!Davidsfr10:53
109202619352340.26GOP promises $2 gas!Keith Pickering00:40
110202016302030.24Bakersfield Same-Sex Controversy FizzlesRandomfactor15:24
111201814251210.22BlackmailMark A R Kleiman01:59
1121912543522280.32$7.69 for Toilet Paper?  Ummh...carolh1119:54
113196738502690.31Is Your Child Really A Pagan? Take The Test HereDaniel DiRito16:38
114195441542950.33Ann Coulter, Still a Font of DishonestyAgnosticTheocrat21:50
115195431462550.29George thinks Jeb would make a keen VP for McCainJohnny Venom13:07
116192717301430.23McCain Has New Ad On Global Warmingslinkerwink07:08
117192013293090.23The NPR Impeachment News Blackout ExplainedAkonitum17:42
118192013281690.22Social Security updates its same-sex marriage policydavidkc20:15
119186837462170.291 + 1 = 10, 1 + 1 = 1? Both are correct, here's why! Part 1 of 2ronin12201:08
120184925404240.26New ABC/WAPO Poll: Obama +4jenontheshore01:53
121184324312000.23Help Michelle Obama Beat Cindy McCain!THEpersonal ISpolitical16:34
1221797566510950.37Breaking Up With Keith OlbermannChristopherM21:38
123175228423050.27Military choppers fly over DNC Site in "drill"xxdr zombiexx15:01
124167334462520.28Oh My GOD - California did not fall in oceanegarratt12:12
125165832361890.24"Big John" Cornyn - The worst campaign video everalpolitics00:12
126164220331660.22Mccain's Off-Shore Drilling Puts Florida In Playmanumit12:09
127163419342760.23PPP: Obama 50%, McCain 39% in Ohio, Voinovich Vulnerable in 2010Pragmaticus12:49
1281517544542680.31Dailykos, Discussion group or Purity Policearodb20:38
129155733458770.27Oh no he DIDN'T! (Was I the only one who caught this today?)boofdah15:12
130146429401700.24Communist China Endorses McCain!R o o k14:58
131145536463660.27Would we still call it the White House? WTF? [Updated]gimmick13:59
132144723363730.22CNN Poll: Huge Enthusiasm Gap, Obama vs. McCaindansac16:35
1331317454625810.34Gore will Be the VP with ObamaAn American Living in London05:59
134136932393410.23Clinton-McCain Supporter Jumps the Shark, PoorlyThe Baculum King20:07
135136425351750.22Obama Can Take Kansas!redglare07:58
136128744481620.27Music: A topic we can't all agree on... with a poll.BFSkinner16:31
137119733402070.23McCain's navy recordlh11411:53
1381017360633140.34How many are we really?  An "adjacent UID" roll callSeneca Doane23:59
139107637401450.23Does God really care?fhamme19:13
14095339474590.26What's Wrong With Obama!?  (Why McCain's So Close)NotablyZen14:14
14187641473570.25Kossacks, I need advice..updatedChaoslillith23:22
142735765717050.37Re: Hillary ,hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.FORMERHACK14:25
14379266736870.38Jay Leno Is An IdiotDEVO9SAM14:35
144610538422760.22Hillarywatchangry liberaltarian09:10
145522154574420.30Matt Yglesias and Commenters Fellate Chuck Todd on theAtlantic.com BlogSwan02:04
14649963662470.34Hagel for Obama's VP [Updated]smckenzie2316:05
14739444461570.24Who should succeed Tim Russert?Roxpert20:10
14838144463570.24What if McCain resigns?MS14:43
14926445456480.23New SUSA MN poll just out and .....Update NC Civitas polladocarbog13:04
150112970712530.37Tiger is . . . softthepalimpsest12:50

Impact total:  124.5

 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

2007-06-18 00:00:39 - 2007-06-18 23:57:44
DailyKos diaries = 240;  240 per day; 10.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 3626 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment23011366217838120
recommend136626701221302120
write21712224021120

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations2402301223416
commentators2402371354812
connections2402301868419

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 240 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.142, average = 0.39, max = 6.32, total =   92.8 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 2.03 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11415
Maximum possible such pairs: 3626 x 240 = 870240
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.312%
Average degree (links/user) = 11415/3626 = 3.148

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
15529393157596.32Democrats in Congress: The Wheels Are Coming Offdlindorff14:35
24604851665314.96Without Impeachment................George Bush Skatesbuhdydharma20:23
34453901695514.90Waxman: "Extensive Destruction" of White House EmailsMLDB12:42
44293492295424.76John Denver is deadfeduphoosier09:42
54218351875374.69How To Not Hire An American - MUST SEE VIDEOBobOak13:47
63674961955034.20"The inconvenient truth about Al Gore"Barcelona00:00
73404501364183.74Paul Krugman on John Edwards and Authenticitynannyboz15:07
82934511233353.15Torture and Tyranny in the Land of the Free –Where Are the Democrats?One Pissed Off Liberal18:56
92742271103323.00Al Gore Is Getting HotLinda in SFNM19:10
102672401133362.96The Facts So Few Americans Know About Iraq & George BushGoosio05:07

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

2006-06-17 00:02:18 - 2006-06-17 23:58:00
DailyKos diaries = 203;  203 per day;  8.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2472 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment161288817163784
recommend88817188682884
write171862033084

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations203194872313
commentators20319999266
connections2031941404514

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

Impact statistics from all 203 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.104, average = 0.27, max = 4.96, total =   55.0 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 1.35 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 6846
Maximum possible such pairs: 2472 x 203 = 501816
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.364%
Average degree (links/user) = 6846/2472 = 2.769

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
14384532255854.96Debating A Pathological Liar on CNBCdavidsirota08:46
2346277863773.66'Fatal Inaction': Must Read, I say!va dare16:39
32672451103382.97The Four Words we Bloggers are Afraid to Hear From the Bossodum12:29
4239194922882.61Bombshell: BBC/Palast Uncovers GOP Memos Used to Thwart Black Votespronin223:53
5187173822322.06Armando Should Be Writing This DiaryDevilstower10:51
6178131562081.93Blindness drug blocked: costs too little!Gorette21:44
71753651412722.11The Low Spark of Well-Heeled Trollsxxdr zombiexx12:01
81482391052131.73It ain't the money: what's wrong with wealth in Americaredstar08:22
9123223901731.42paperbacks and cassette tapeskid oakland18:13
101223921021781.43BROKEN: Reporter outs Leopold instead.AnonymousArmy19:01

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