High impact Diaries - August 2, 2008

Welcome to moseyon (uid 172033) who registered at 2008-08-03 03:21:10 EDT, the most recent of 71 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 318 Kogs posted 318 diaries of which 296 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2742 recommending readers and viewed by 8552; 136 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 43 by 30 or more, and 17 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2412) visited 310 diaries; 175 had 10 or more commenters, 48 had 30 or more, and 8 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 318 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.117, average = 0.34, max = 6.73, total =  106.9 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 2.01 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Aug  3 06:10:06 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.

2008-08-02 00:02:36 - 2008-08-02 23:59:26
DailyKos diaries = 318;  318 per day; 13.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3828 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 4799 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2412	1372	272	2370	890	11	122
recommend	1372	2742	122	2682	1370	33	122
write	272	122	318	313	46		122
view	2370	2682	313	8552		4799	122

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	318	296	136	43	17
commentators	318	310	175	48	8
connections	318	296	232	87	20
views	318	318	317	291	155

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

Impact statistics from all 318 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.117, average = 0.34, max = 6.73, total =  106.9 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 2.01 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 12987
Maximum possible such pairs: 3828 x 318 = 1217304
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.067%
Average degree (links/user) = 12987/3828 = 3.393

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 98708
Number of tag size classes: 777
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (38412 diaries)
Singleton tags: 61398 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 306 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 282 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 660 (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	638	206	119	686	2681	6.73	I met a soldier on a plane	susan in sc	17:42
2	580	358	178	672	3720	6.26	Sole Black Reporter Booted from McCain Event	thinkbridge	15:36
3	514	420	214	602	2440	5.56	I apologize in advance if this leaves a mark, Mr. Goldfarb.	JeffLieber	18:07
4	455	225	128	522	2722	4.89	Updated: Corporate media (AP) omissions. A deliberate decision?	shpilk	13:43
5	435	220	111	505	3852	4.70	Upcoming Wall Street Journal Op-Ed	D Wreck	09:21
6	391	177	95	450	2517	4.21	"The media says you don't get substance, but he answered everyone...with substance"	dansac	12:59
7	388	280	147	487	3039	4.30	AP in the Tank for McCain - confirmed	max227	16:17
8	387	129	70	408	1561	4.06	Legislation by Feingold and Whitehouse targets Bush’s Executive Orders	markthshark	12:09
9	281	149	83	330	1987	3.04	Tampa papers portray Obama's town hall as a success	davidkc	10:14
10	280	163	93	321	2933	3.01	Deep Sadness	teacherken	07:19
11	272	148	64	306	1546	2.91	What a Democrat Sounds Like - Bill Moyers Interviews Fritz Hollings	TocqueDeville	00:13
12	266	149	85	297	1484	2.84	McCain Mocked Idea of Obama on U.S. Currency...in JUNE	JedReport	21:26
13	173	241	103	247	1608	2.01	UPDATED w/ Video Clip - Obama: "McCain Campaign Not Being Racist; They're Being Cynical"	NWTerriD	10:00
14	168	151	69	188	405	1.79	IGTNT: An end to his suffering.	noweasels	20:41
15	158	166	75	205	809	1.77	A Tale of Two Terrorists	Dood Abides	09:12
16	145	117	51	174	858	1.58	Obama: "Our march is a march for America. Not black America or white America" (VIDEO UPDATE)	Muzikal203	14:46
17	109	345	67	137	307	1.21	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 4.24	Frankenoid	08:59
18	64	37	20	69	94	0.68	Another Farm Worker dies. Does anyone give a damn?  The Netroots Do.	TomP	10:49
19	52	38	16	55	291	0.55	McCain is sorry, so sorry. Apologizes again and again and again....	Zwoof	01:25
20	50	78	21	56	115	0.53	A Week of Sunsets (many photos)	Eddie C	21:28
21	46	190	66	100	391	0.66	Sunday Talk - Grumpy, Crotchety Edition	Sam Loomis	23:47
22	46	108	24	54	190	0.50	Overnight News Digest:  McCain Wants Military-Style Invasion To Control City Crime	Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse	00:02
23	46	36	25	61	241	0.52	Theocrats Mobilize for "Armageddon" in California	dday	22:40
24	44	25	16	50	141	0.47	Offshore Drilling: We Can Choose Simple Confusion or Outright Lies	A Siegel	11:33
25	44	25	10	48	131	0.47	The Meta-Analysis Of State Polls is back! (w/poll)	mindgeek	05:47
26	42	68	28	58	232	0.48	Obama, Yes to 3 Debates...Florida Pictures...	icebergslim	17:17
27	41	57	19	46	143	0.44	Little Girls (and Boys) Lost	Avila	22:26
28	41	21	18	56	335	0.47	First Joe Klein, now Jonathan Alter...MSM finally waking up?	azurewaterfall	17:38
29	39	201	46	64	163	0.48	What's for Dinner: Zucchini!	ek hornbeck	19:31
30	38	65	15	43	120	0.41	Top Comments 8-2-08 - Dream a Little Dream	emeraldmaiden	22:00
31	37	85	27	56	281	0.44	Rapist "Self Regulates" by Using a Condom While Raping Women; Society Thanks Him	OrangeClouds115	19:12
32	36	59	26	47	128	0.40	A late night big cat photo diary (cheetah)	Haole in Hawaii	02:55
33	35	42	12	39	71	0.37	Dawn Chorus Birdblog:  Yosemite and Mono Lake	lineatus	10:09
34	35	17	11	40	115	0.38	Globalization begins the great unwinding.	SciVo	16:05
35	34	107	30	53	160	0.41	Happy Caturday Pooties and Woozles	triciawyse	15:38
36	33	16	11	37	123	0.35	Daily Kos University	plf515	09:03
37	31	74	38	58	287	0.41	[Updated] YouTube Video Questions John McCain's POW Record	Progressive East Texas	18:44
38	31	71	21	41	87	0.35	Saturday Morning Home Repair blogging 2.50	claude	09:02
39	31	35	23	44	178	0.36	Is the Financial Times stupid, or just in McCain's pocket?	thereisnospoon	20:11
40	31	34	15	40	185	0.35	Cowtography: Please Help! Need Bale Money!	Stranded Wind	06:49
41	31	9	7	32	66	0.32	High Impact Diaries - August 1, 2008	jotter	10:05
42	30	95	38	61	368	0.42	Freakish New McCain Ad Promotes Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory	Troutfishing	10:52
43	30	29	22	47	312	0.36	CNN Caught Stoking Racist Paranoia	Stroszek	18:34
44	28	35	20	35	91	0.31	Loose Ends	edscan	12:32
45	28	23	15	36	89	0.31	We may hold even acquitted Gitmo detainees forever!	leevank	22:32
46	27	188	45	55	203	0.37	What's Your F**** Problem: WYFP #2, 3, more?	AndyS In Colorado	21:20
47	27	45	23	38	89	0.31	The Truth: Difficulty of "Running while Black"	Drdemocrat	08:00
48	26	78	39	55	341	0.37	UPDATED: SiteMeter/IE Issue Supposedly Fixed.	Brainwrap	10:17
49	26	10	10	30	136	0.28	NY Times' Herbert: Running While Black	LaughingPlanet	14:22
50	25	50	31	46	133	0.33	Compromise on Offshore Drilling Smart Policy OR Politics?	lowkell	07:37
51	25	28	25	39	247	0.30	Updated- WSJ reporter made "Obama too skinny for Potus" smear up on Yahoo Message Board	blueintheface	17:00
52	25	21	13	29	104	0.27	Texas Democrats Going to the Dogs	Anti Fanatic	14:18
53	25	18	9	29	83	0.27	Sen. McCain:  No, you failed the commander-in-chief test!	Murchadha	11:48
54	25	11	11	27	64	0.26	RAND Study Concludes: 'War on Terror' Not Working	diranuk	02:47
55	24	65	41	57	504	0.37	Barack Obama pulls a brilliant flip flop.	Dr Teeth	00:07
56	23	111	46	56	284	0.36	Obama’s weak Media Strategy	The British Observer	09:41
57	23	16	10	28	101	0.25	Stop Waiting for Obama	TellerCountyBlue	10:52
58	21	95	58	66	159	0.39	I quit smoking today, anyone want to join me?	ThatPoshGirl	16:33
59	21	35	19	36	146	0.27	McCain is Obama's Cash Register	CatBO	08:15
60	21	34	16	32	109	0.25	Kamp Wottakreepyidea	Crashing Vor	00:04
61	21	28	19	36	276	0.27	I'll say it...	fivefouranonymous	22:56
62	20	133	24	39	189	0.27	God, Occam's Razor, and Quantum Physics	Eternal Hope	21:01
63	20	80	50	59	388	0.35	I Got A Letter from Cindy McCain Today	ProduceMan	22:05
64	20	49	14	22	45	0.21	Afghanistan - A Different Kind of Surge	truong son traveler	08:18
65	20	23	15	30	397	0.24	Jon Stewart pwns McCain and the Press	Zelbinian	18:39
66	20	17	10	24	66	0.22	Rape in the Military:	jimstaro	12:47
67	20	16	11	24	110	0.22	I Wore A Shirt of Violent Green: Moody Loner at Netroots Nation	Moody Loner	09:48
68	20	13	11	26	150	0.22	What happened to the money,Hannity?	gitmo bay	18:44
69	19	60	21	29	76	0.23	Multilingualism and you	iampunha	06:11
70	19	24	11	23	74	0.21	Obama group needs 2 Saturday nights at your place in Reno!	highacidity	16:01
71	19	24	8	20	58	0.20	Historical precedents; how they affect us now (Part II)	MotleyPatriot	00:37
72	19	18	10	25	105	0.21	An Extensive Rebuttal That Offshore Drilling Will NOT Currently Lower Gasoline Prices	kavips	06:36
73	18	63	11	21	61	0.19	A Great Space Week - Obama, SS2, X-Racer, and SpaceX (Updated 2)	FerrisValyn	19:14
74	18	18	17	28	300	0.22	Obama too thin? Here's hysterical 'Onion' parody of 'WSJ' piece	GregMitch	17:41
75	18	18	13	28	246	0.22	At Last: A Strong Response From Obama	kenm	17:28
76	18	13	9	23	126	0.20	Excitement building in Winston-Salem for Obama	ncbrian	11:08
77	18	11	9	24	80	0.20	The third season of recession	gjohnsit	21:45
78	17	30	18	28	174	0.21	Obama's keeping me up nights.	MichiganGirl	05:19
79	17	26	11	22	78	0.19	Global economic tipping point: at the intersection of China and Oil	New Deal democrat	15:06
80	17	23	14	26	126	0.20	Congressman Wexler Under Attack And Needs Our Help!!!	unionsally	11:16
81	17	20	7	21	48	0.19	Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.156	boran2	08:59
82	16	85	16	27	95	0.20	Saturday Night Loser's Club,  Vol. CXVI:  Killer Pizza from Mars	jlms qkw	19:38
83	16	56	23	31	178	0.22	Sorry Phil, this time we lost- the Cross Stays	arodb	23:46
84	16	26	16	24	132	0.19	Assess your Solar Situation	charityslave	23:13
85	16	24	15	29	190	0.21	John McCain is Not Winning and it is becoming about Him.	Liberal Youth	18:09
86	16	21	10	24	206	0.19	Jon Stewart Targets Virgil Goode  (VA 5th)	Granny Doc	16:23
87	16	11	11	21	88	0.18	Darkness On The Edge Of Town	PapaChach	01:19
88	16	7	5	19	60	0.17	Free to Choose Terrorism	BobboSphere	00:40
89	16	4	4	16	26	0.17	Live Chat with Annette Taddeo (FL-18) at FDL Now	TeddySanFran	14:09
90	15	68	35	48	352	0.28	Why can't Barack Obama appeal to this voter?	joedemocrat	00:15
91	15	53	10	19	85	0.17	Motivation? A seething hatred of my oppressors	Urtica dioica gracilis	05:20
92	15	33	16	24	104	0.18	Saturday Night Uforia: The Battle of Los Angeles	two roads	22:20
93	15	23	19	28	182	0.20	AP adopts right-wing's "liberal media" meme	wolverinethad	22:55
94	15	13	9	20	89	0.17	U.S. HIV infection rate has been underestimated by 40%	Seneca Doane	22:40
95	15	12	10	23	169	0.18	OBAMA SKINNY article: Cribbed from McCain PR, Yahoo board (POLL!)	judybrowni	14:04
96	15	11	9	18	38	0.16	Photo blogging: whales and seabirds edition	juliewolf	17:54
97	15	11	8	20	159	0.17	Obama documents on Scribd	mediaprof	22:31
98	15	4	4	17	29	0.16	If Health Care were an Olympic Sport	Visualarts101	16:45
99	14	359	134	140	846	0.74	It's Evan Bayh	RandySF	23:30
100	14	45	25	35	215	0.22	Holy Shit!: McCain Put Obama's Face On $ Bill Ad, Poll & Analysis	Excelscior1	13:46
101	14	37	26	35	181	0.22	Obama and Offshore Drilling: Media Gets It Completely Wrong	ShadowSD	09:36
102	14	37	17	24	83	0.18	The Energy Compromise and why Obama is Right	filibusted	07:56
103	14	32	11	20	58	0.16	Sumthin' Gotta Give - Big Boi  & Mary J Blige	Deoliver47	11:25
104	14	30	25	31	110	0.20	Where's Waldo? Searching For McCain Bumper Stickers in Arizona	Gramarye	11:19
105	14	15	10	22	95	0.17	The rotting old man John McCain wants to fight	a gnostic	13:33
106	14	5	5	17	71	0.15	McCain/Bush/Cheney can't handle dissent... but Obama can!	Blue Eyed Buddhist	19:43
107	13	213	44	50	293	0.28	A PUMA Usually Strikes from Behind	Shane Hensinger	20:59
108	13	61	18	27	340	0.18	CNN Runs My McCain/Edwards Story...Maybe	ihavenobias	11:45
109	13	46	28	32	163	0.20	Windshield Wiper Wars	mcolley	19:49
110	13	23	16	23	107	0.17	NYT headline:  "Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization"	strobusguy	14:06
111	13	11	8	19	186	0.15	LeftLeanWing has an intriguing counter ad for "Moses"	ObamaLovingExDemocrat	01:55
112	12	62	31	37	203	0.22	You Might Be A Redneck	slippytoad	15:26
113	12	58	29	36	220	0.22	UPDATED. Thank God Obama "Compromised" On Drilling	Nulwee	13:15
114	12	51	30	37	123	0.22	VP? Two Words: Howard Dean	mftalbot	11:53
115	12	31	17	26	221	0.17	McCain: "No hablo Español, mis amigos..."	jmadlc55	21:49
116	12	20	15	22	222	0.16	Media finally comments on McCain's racist ad	jeffdii	18:12
117	11	39	24	32	181	0.19	Ranking The States, From Progressive To Conservative	davefromqueens	17:06
118	11	23	17	22	114	0.15	Governator terminates 22,000 jobs almost unnoticed	whisperwolf	14:40
119	10	27	21	28	114	0.17	LIEberman coming to town.  What to do?	Susan S	20:55
120	9	114	49	55	393	0.30	My Drunken Rage Against Team Obama	Moxie Gurl	01:23
121	8	26	23	28	220	0.16	Bush's Mental Health	David Model	15:16
122	7	55	30	36	307	0.20	CNN & Dan Balz are racists!	OIL GUY	19:05
123	6	118	30	35	133	0.19	Dark Knight - Fascist Propaganda with an Eerie Impendency	Luis Mendoza	14:03
124	6	96	53	57	452	0.30	Yet another scurrilous McCain ad -- At what point does Obama go on the attack?	Deacon Blues	21:04
125	6	74	34	39	218	0.21	Obama caves on drilling?	xaxnar	00:09
126	6	54	25	30	145	0.16	Stop Playing Defense and Go on Offense w/Poll	Tackle	22:42
127	5	205	64	66	229	0.35	Obama Supports Offshore Drilling??????	bushwhacker	12:06
128	5	88	36	38	220	0.20	Obama's campaign needs a vacation or a shakeup	Kalki	08:05
129	4	211	38	39	576	0.21	Breaking: Cindy McCain pilots plane into mountain, disfigured; McCain proposes to Obama	JCHallman	14:03
130	4	84	49	50	208	0.26	Gary Hart: The Best and Most Overlooked VP for Obama	vednam	02:08
131	4	54	30	33	256	0.17	Obama Camp Accepts Fall Presidential Debate Schedule	Andre in Atlanta	14:01
132	3	159	83	85	454	0.44	Obama and His God Like Complex and his Flip Flops	mezz1962	02:17
133	2	57	32	32	169	0.17	VP Attack Dog?	rem123	14:54
134	1	266	99	100	684	0.52	Irrefutable Proof Of The John Edwards Scandal	Stranahan	13:16
135	1	116	72	72	567	0.37	FL : McCain 45 - Obama 40 (Scary)	ffour	15:22

Impact total:   94.3

 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

2007-08-03 00:06:10 - 2007-08-03 23:59:22
DailyKos diaries = 278;  278 per day; 11.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 3984 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2507	1525	220	874	112
recommend	1525	2951	119	1419	112
write	220	119	278	51	112

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	278	268	139	54	18
commentators	278	272	151	54	16
connections	278	268	204	96	23

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 2

Impact statistics from all 278 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.136, average = 0.42, max = 8.23, total =  117.4 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 2.52 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 14313
Maximum possible such pairs: 3984 x 278 = 1107552
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.292%
Average degree (links/user) = 14313/3984 = 3.593

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	776	346	185	850	8.23	My run in with Homeland Security	saildude	11:35
2	576	656	245	697	6.30	The Day the Music Died	Granny Doc	22:34
3	553	223	138	627	5.93	Bush Nominee Blocked After He Pushes $30B Tax Break for Wal-Mart	davidsirota	09:49
4	515	315	173	626	5.64	The sound bite every American should hear	skralyx	00:38
5	509	479	187	606	5.54	Federal Agents Searching People at Indianapolis Bus Stops: Air Marshals Patting Civilians Down	BlueDotRedField	01:25
6	479	468	228	622	5.37	The Fix Is In: The Big Lie and the 2008 GOP Strategy	journeyman	10:04
7	405	362	115	454	4.33	DOD Report: Top US Military Officials Endorsed Evangelizing In Pentagon	Troutfishing	14:30
8	318	623	188	440	3.65	UPDATE:  Just got back from Dinner	Dania Audax	17:27
9	273	331	144	368	3.10	Lieberman's cheese slides off his cracker	The Termite	14:09
10	272	617	213	431	3.31	Senator Clinton Did Not Jilt Kossacks	gina	01:06

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

2006-08-02 00:12:15 - 2006-08-02 23:49:38
DailyKos diaries = 274;  274 per day; 11.4 per hour
Active Kogs: 3309 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2168	1207	225	840	104
recommend	1207	2305	110	1092	104
write	225	110	274	43	104

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	274	263	121	31	15
commentators	274	269	134	38	7
connections	274	263	207	70	17

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

Impact statistics from all 274 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.124, average = 0.28, max = 6.13, total =   77.8 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.41 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9754
Maximum possible such pairs: 3309 x 274 = 906666
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.076%
Average degree (links/user) = 9754/3309 = 2.948

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	580	313	184	627	6.13	They Are Not Coming...A Katrina Diary	luckydog	12:25
2	415	688	207	529	4.62	9/11 Deception by Pentagon Suspected by Officials	STOP George	14:55
3	307	108	60	335	3.25	Blackwell sued for voter suppression, investigation of 2004 possible	anastasia p	16:33
4	263	194	91	329	2.91	Bill Before Senate Would Censor Daily Kos	Troutfishing	22:40
5	248	298	117	318	2.77	What Every Blogger Should Know About The Apocalypse	pastordan	21:33
6	232	544	169	343	2.74	An open letter to Billmon	Carnacki	12:11
7	211	410	133	297	2.44	Household Deficit Hits All-Time Record	bonddad	07:48
8	209	197	83	247	2.27	Letter to Religious Rightwing: Get out of my life!	oscarsmom	18:49
9	207	205	111	272	2.33	SOLDIER: 101st Keyboard Brigade Refuses to Answer Hypocrisy	davidsirota	12:50
10	204	212	90	255	2.26	Heat Mining: A Solution to World Energy Problems?	Devilstower	17:05

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