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High Impact Diaries - June 18, 2008

Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 06:46:44 AM PDT

Welcome to LBS (uid 168053) who registered at 2008-06-19 09:29:06 EDT, the most recent of 87 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 365 Kogs posted 365 diaries of which 350 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3804 recommending readers and viewed by 11304; 190 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 67 by 30 or more, and 16 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3503) visited 364 diaries; 240 had 10 or more commenters, 73 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 365 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.157, average = 0.40, max = 9.57, total =  147.4 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.79 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Thu Jun 19 09:35:18 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.

2008-06-18 00:00:05 - 2008-06-18 23:59:47
DailyKos diaries = 365;  365 per day; 15.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 5338 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 6058 (only view diaries)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryview a diaryCRW onlyCRWV onlyall
comment350320233093454130917138
recommend202338041403732177943138
write30914036535954 138
view3454373235911304 6058138

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations3653501906716
commentators3653642407313
connections36535029214619
views365365365349228

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

Impact statistics from all 365 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.157, average = 0.40, max = 9.57, total =  147.4 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.79 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 18382
Maximum possible such pairs: 5338 x 365 = 1948370
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.943%
Average degree (links/user) = 18382/5338 = 3.444

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 91018
Number of tag size classes: 765
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (33800 diaries)
Singleton tags: 56142 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 388 (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
1892379227101642759.57WaPo: General Accuses WH of War Crimes (Update x2)abundance14:05
261460029981453866.93BREAKING: Larry Sinclair arrested in D.C.daveweigel18:59
359855535776320326.66CA Marriage Equality: From The Inside (I'm MARRIED!!!) UPDATE: PHOTOS!Killer of Sacred Cows01:22
456730717866123156.13The Right-Wing Offshore Drilling Scamenvironmentalist14:30
556540519469343936.21AP REPORTS SMEARS AS TRUTHbuckeyemike14:16
653238620965035405.84Bush getting Drilled Offshore by Foreign InterviewerFools on the Hill21:07
747835317958629985.25Update III: Michelle, Our Belle, Grabs the Cover of US Weekly, Co-Hosts The View, NY Times Splash...kubla00001:02
842046721857637054.80Update IV Poll - Obama up in FL, OH, PAzenbowl06:19
941742122858538694.81This McCain Video Will Give You the Heebie Jeebies.Gramarye10:07
1039924913047122984.33Offshore drilling: a few useful factsJerome a Paris16:56
1134860623251420384.10How to Transform the US From a Debt to an Equity Economybonddad08:19
122771398031511842.97Bush Slanders Troops, Blaming Them For His Own Torture PolicyTroutfishing22:29
132381469628912812.61What Are You Afraid Of, Steny?thereisnospoon16:07
14180139621934121.90IGTNT: "he lived life to its fullest and with no regrets"a girl in MI21:15
151691114518512911.79Breaking Poll:  Kissell and Obama leading in NC-08The Southern Dem10:50
1614292591647791.53To Luke Russert: You Are Your Dad's Greatest LegacyVita Brevis22:37
178513133952570.91Overnight News Digest: CIA Advised Military on TortureMagnifico00:20
18796128941780.86Mississippi's "moral refusal" law--and now the "model moral refusal law"dogemperor17:25
19724927832200.78Ocean temps, levels rise 50% higher than expectedmwmwm16:44
20695734863760.76Exclusive: We talk to Jeff Gannon about his Press Club blog!GregMitch11:20
21695539905280.77The Daily Show: The BEST Interview In AgesOmarLittle11:17
22692819793000.74Blackwater USA requests Sharia in US Courtroom!hekebolos21:31
23675127803680.73News Flash:Olbermann Exposes Gramm Oil ScamMaaarrrk20:53
24587146896900.69Mark Kirk (R-IL): "Shoot Obama on Sight"robertacker1323:51
25585432744880.65Michelle Obama Hosts "The View"PDonaldson12:45
26576629652110.61Why we don't drill offshore, anymoreTrojanHusker11:16
27573230742380.64Hillary Clinton Calls to Investigate HalliburtonAHiddenSaint14:25
285511915561150.57NFTT: 115° in Iraq and No Complaintsgreenies20:14
29556535735260.62Going Mainstream: McCain 'C-Word' Moment Getting AttentionJunglered111:57
30553825651580.60How's that hunt for bin Laden going?clammyc15:30
31524027673840.58Obama Drinks McCain's National Security Milkshake (w/ Vid)CalexanderJ21:43
325010959884270.64Cindy McCain, Doing the Heavy Lifting Against Michelle Obamaicebergslim19:52
33505222612310.55(UPDATE) ACTION Alert: McCain's Terror Argument Completely Busteddansac11:24
34503724642820.56You Mind Blowing Kossacks, You!!Granny Doc12:31
35503320621750.55McCain debates himself on impact of offshore drilling [vid]JedReport21:47
36486624622210.54ENVIROFASCISTS!!! AAAAAIIEEEAAAGHHH!!!!occams hatchet15:32
374721863834010.60(Updated W/ Video)Michelle Obama on The View; Live Thread....rapcetera11:01
38478051876890.62I can't stand to see Barack or Michelle anymore...niaonwheels15:37
39471413521270.50Follow the money ... into McCain's pocketsA Siegel01:02
40464918511630.49HELP send Killer (of Sacred Cows!) on a honeymoon!IndySteve13:06
414511664904620.62Fluffy Diary Alert: Michelle Obama's Donna Ricco DressMaddyTheCat15:43
42456032703900.54Michael Reagan Death Threats - Where is MSMmondaymedia01:35
43453219542210.49This Soldier's view of John McCain's experienceUSArmyParatrooper20:30
44453013481480.47Update on "Killing Alan: Suicide by Spreadsheet" DiaryMsSpentyouth12:12
45424126524710.46Please Unrecommend All My Diaries!mellowinman13:53
46421212501320.46NYT Calls BS on FISA "Compromise"Red Wind08:44
474118237592120.48Top Comments 6-18-08 - I Scream, You Scream ...emeraldmaiden21:55
48416230575170.47Read This E-Mail Before You Vote For ObamaHL Mungo12:30
49382117461770.42The Idiocy of Offshore Oil Drillingeugene14:36
50381611411140.40NYT: U.S. Oil Majors Back in IraqLithiumCola23:50
51379323411420.39Overnight News Digest: Taiwan leader urges rapid expansion of economic ties to ChinaScottyUrb23:34
52373314411460.39All it Takes is a Change of BehaviorAsinus Asinum Fricat18:35
53362916401660.38"Someone needs to be considering how history will look back at this"smintheus15:23
54355428483820.40Things Cindy McCain is known to have said...JeffLieber05:08
55353220491350.40Response: How to Transform the US From a Debt to an Equity Economycthulhuology13:07
5634125791037240.61Cindy McCain Attacks Michelle ObamaSetrak21:19
57343424481720.39Guiliani's Own 1994 Words Contradict his Attacks on ObamaTomP11:56
58342620431430.38In death, all things are made equal.droogie665532112:23
593320773882490.54Is it time to retire the word "Rethugs"?Mopcomike20:47
6032713154960.40Failure to Impeach = Appeasementxxdr zombiexx08:53
61322819441920.37Ron Paul defends Habeas CorpusNorbrook21:36
623121834650.33High Impact Diaries - June 17, 2008jotter09:47
63311913371160.34Want to hold Steny accountable? Here's your chance.Leslie in CA11:18
64311711371090.34Democrats, Listen up:  Here's how to talk about terrorism! (Updated w/video!)DraftChickenHawks19:28
65304023421670.35"Grow Up! You're Too Old To Be Liberal!"justiceputnam18:27
66303320431680.35450 Trains a Daybink18:25
6730181232990.32Tom Perriello VA-05: an Emerging Raceteacherken21:52
68292115343350.31Serious stuff on Daily Show and ColbertLincMad06:32
69291812361120.32Video: One Detainee's Heartbreaking Story of US Torturejhutson00:12
70291211351700.32A Father's Day Revelation---I Must Support Obama Nowtom the letter carrier06:34
71286025421660.33A Somewhat Serious Pootie Diary #2webranding17:21
72282216383260.32Honestly, How can this be allowed to happen in this Country?Ctron00:39
73281711341160.31Black transwoman got beaten by cops and no one caredThe Bilerico Project10:45
742812935750.31Death Row Inmates Must Not Be Denied Habeas CorpusACLU15:39
75276739563940.38Updated: McCain only +4  ALASKA; NARAL Poll +13 Obama PotentialSteven R12:09
76273625442350.33How We Responded to a Viral Email2more4Obama21:31
772777291290.28"There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes."attytood10:51
78265832533060.36McCain's Ugly Florida ProblemR o o k15:52
79265416341580.29BREAKING: Corporations Admit Trade Is About Lower Wages (Duh)Tasini09:03
80265017373780.30YouTube Bomb for ObamaRane Wallin01:57
81251323040830.31Bookflurries: Bookchat: Incandescent Friendshipcfk20:01
82259735565520.37Urgent: Contact Secret Service Nowsweetie4obama15:05
83257051678430.41Larry Sinclair's BOMBSHELL!islandinthesun16:54
84256726462200.33Special Forces Manual Wiki-leakedtunaman13:24
85253023392300.30ME-SEN: Another Tossup? Allen Closing In On CollinsSteve Singiser15:10
8625171331800.28Two 100-Year Plans: McCain vs. ClarkcatherineD13:16
872418057755040.44Unrecommend the McCain "heebie jeebies" diary!Inky9912:45
88244318351150.28Wake UP !edscan10:36
89243522373170.29Obamalanche of Polls! Recap and Open Thread UPDATE: New Pollspsycho liberal18:33
90242615341590.28Enron, Gas and OlbermannMrMichaelMT20:42
9124241533830.27The Color Of The Sky On My Planet Is Bluexysea10:14
92242117343770.28New Obama viral e-mailCaptUnderpants14:03
93234411281070.25Wa Post: Wall Street Lobbies to Protect Oil Speculatorstecampbell23:44
94233823341140.27Imagine an oil spill on Florida's coast?  John McCain just lost Florida ...NMDan08:24
95227826412660.29TN: Harold Ford and Lincoln Davis duke it outSandy on Signal12:52
96226743623360.38Cindy McCain has no classrdxtion19:02
97224718353030.27I'm sorry, Bonddad, but you're wrong...James Kroeger10:35
9822371326880.24The Honeymooners:  Celebrating Marriage Equality In Californiamartianchronic17:52
992228925680.24Butterfly Dreamsjuliewolf09:15
1002123832433160.29Countdown with Keith Olbermann - June 18, 2008CityLightsLover21:42
1012112466773010.44The Kos Community's Hypocrisy on Ageismlifelongactivist18:28
1022112250664800.39Memo to Obama: You Can't Represent the Uprising While Undermining Itdavidsirota17:14
103216535482210.31Why Republicans Are Losing WomenMooncat14:43
104215733522270.33Gas Stations, "Drive-Offs" & Exxon Mobillao hong han09:39
105213328451520.30McCain, Bush Wed In California: Lieberman "Devastated"Stranahan17:57
1062111723910.22Obama, Cornyn on Veterans Drug Testingjimstaro05:59
107206842543760.33NEW VIRGINIA POLL: OBAMA +2 (update)oxman11:28
108206236491510.31A Tribute to Michelle ObamaAcacia95102:58
109203525373520.26PPP Confirms that Obama leads in VirginiaTybalt13:40
110202914291080.23Stereotypes... is this one better since its not about minorities?FatDumbHappy12:58
111202314282170.23Must Read: Matt Taibbi's Takedown of John McCainDJShay10:47
1121919451601510.35FAQ Forum: Got Dkos questions? We've got answersdmsilev20:36
113192913301940.23Obama:  No imposters here. dkmich07:33
11419251122650.20Huck Foyer:  Telco Immunity and What You Can Do [With Update]LunkHead12:56
115191910241840.21Supporting a fellow KossakKentuckyKat15:57
1161914822550.205 Bucks for Vic!oaksmarts15:10
117182721271270.21Mario Cuomo's 1984 Keynote Address to the Democratic National Conventionxerxes300:21
11818241425830.21John McCain has a September 10th, 1787 Mentality.davefromqueens00:08
119182219342880.24"I Am Aware Of All Internet Traditions"carpediva14:16
120182217304100.22Why I personally know Larry Sinclair is lyingdearmurray13:50
1211710638472860.29In The Stars? Obama's Natal Chart (with Poll)Purple Priestess20:11
122172917301840.22Thomas Sowell smears Obama: My LTEdsteffen19:12
123167624351640.23Why the Dems have no choice re: War Crimesjohnsonresult06:51
124163923331720.22Michelle More Popular Than CindyPhoenix Woman10:52
125163919291530.21My kid says, "Barack O-BAM-aaaaaah!"Praxxus06:36
126162919343120.23Lou Dobbs and CNN Goes FAUX Newsangrytoyrobot20:15
127155024353100.23Texas GOP drops racist button vendor....littlebrowngirl15:46
128152722321980.21Darrell Issa "USED" Tim Russert's Death Today!StuHunter00:00
129144527373730.23More of McCain's Violent Tempermarkstevens713900:34
130144027363890.22Obama has 257 EVsChristian Dem in NC17:04
1311311762697340.38No Quarter really has the goods on Obama this time!Joe Beese12:31
132138843513960.29"When McCain Drops Out" -- Steve R. of HuffPo's Worthwhile QueryGreyHawk09:24
133134531412550.24Obama's Jewish problem in FL...tommytutone11:41
134133023342440.21The Perfect Running Matewmtriallawyer09:27
135124430373290.22Rush Limbaugh's OBAMA/OSAMA "mistake" (with poll)RethinkEverything14:17
1361110849535120.29Obama campaign in Massachusetts made me sadeurthamudtoes09:43
13784041161238830.64The Listless Obama Campaign: Making Costly MistakesThe Bagof Health and Politics14:55
13884835427620.23DON'T SHOOT ME!!! New ARG polls out ....adocarbog13:39
139716858642150.34Here's Why,Gabriele Droz23:16
140714351532780.28I'm GLAD Nader is running.Blimey20:16
14166644492770.26This Russert thing has gone on long enough!Steaming Pile13:51
14265847504210.26Vermont Bear Company shows BaracknoBearismobamagramma02:10
143527678794330.41Out of the picture: Obama Volunteer Bars Hijabis From Photo Opamad17:32
14455235393150.21Nader finds new big donors - Disappointed Hillary SupportersLefty Coaster21:16
14532041041064670.55Huckabee As Barack Obama's VP Nominee - Opinons?cscmm16:44
146311566673980.35Obama Backtracks On NAFTAbethrsingleton23:22
147211254555590.29Obama: "no dramatic changes "on Iraq during my presidencykingsbridge7701:51
148113865663620.34Is Daily Kos Democratic?Truth Finder23:59
149113591928730.48The Obama Meltdown:  Day One  w/pollspaceoddity19:06
150 9046463180.24Anyone thinking of changing their vote w/ poll?Kaos23720:14

Impact total:  127.0

 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

2007-06-19 00:02:28 - 2007-06-19 23:54:52
DailyKos diaries = 269;  269 per day; 11.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3458 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment23171321235881120
recommend132124281201107120
write23512026934120

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations2692571163615
commentators2692681535110
connections2692572058717

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

Impact statistics from all 269 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.129, average = 0.32, max = 6.81, total =   85.4 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.66 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10905
Maximum possible such pairs: 3458 x 269 = 930202
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.172%
Average degree (links/user) = 10905/3458 = 3.154

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
16363731647216.81Court Deep Sixes The "Unitary Executive"Conceptual Guerilla17:48
23763331964774.18Turn, Turn, TurnCindySheehan04:12
33293211534043.62The Permanent Protest: to reject what America has become.xxdr zombiexx15:26
4317155873673.42Sens Kennedy, Whitehouse demand investigation into "Caging"Vyan11:26
53122481393933.46The WH Press Corps should just boycott the press conferencesclammyc10:51
62882441003223.07"Mix my blood with the blood of the unborn"moiv20:09
72522081173302.83Is the Washington Post calling for impeachment?flautist08:20
82474892044143.08Matthews taken down by audienceJjc200609:30
92436062053732.91Brownback Aide - Rape Victim's "Sacred Duty" to Have The Babybernardpliers10:26
102132181262982.46BUSTED! GOP Rising Star Nailed for Cocaine!R o o k21:34

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

2006-06-18 00:31:28 - 2006-06-18 23:51:51
DailyKos diaries = 231;  231 per day;  9.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 2660 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment1592922198586114
recommend92219581151035114
write19811523132114

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations231221822715
commentators23122587223
connections2312211404817

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

Impact statistics from all 231 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.085, average = 0.27, max = 6.36, total =   61.2 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 1.24 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7298
Maximum possible such pairs: 2660 x 231 = 614460
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.188%
Average degree (links/user) = 7298/2660 = 2.744

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
15938122036766.36Why I Woke Up to the Reality Of Stolen ElectionsSteven D10:52
2374284894183.99Hastert (IL-14) profiteering story getting BIGJerry 10113:55
32594371913803.04"Trailer Trash"mftalbot19:10
42561831033082.79Frank Rich is Right. Here's a Thought on Getting There.adguy17:06
5226132702692.46HUGE: Bush hacks enforcement of ban on hiring illegals!!!EZ writer22:25
6214106482342.27Iraqi Ambassador Cable: Iraq's A Mess and Getting WorseMLDB20:40
7204168882452.23Blown away by blowback (updated)Harmonious09:26
8176187542041.90Local response to Hastert's "Highway to Nowhere"John Laesch20:28
9175181772291.97Another Day, Another GOP Turd on the Lawnthereisnospoon08:57
10132127571561.43History for Kossacks: Mongols vs. MuslimsUnitary Moonbat19:26

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