Jan 022018
 

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Congrats to Jerry Critter for posting the 95,000th comment here at Politics Plus.  This is his sixth award.  The last was for 75,000th in February, 2016.  He used to visit, because he was addicted to the Jig Zone Puzzles in our Open Thread, but  I haven’t heard him mutter “My Precious”, in quite some time.  When he visits, he is involved in all aspects of this site, and is one of the few people who has been here since before we converted to WordPress from Blogger, making him a friend of many years standing. He remains one of our most welcome commentators.   When he does comment, he makes excellent points and has a good sense of humor.  He used to write an excellent blog of his own.  You could find him at Critter’s Crap,  but it’s been over a year, since his last article there. Please join me in praising and thanking him. We’d like to see him far more often again.

Jerry does…

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Dec 022017
 

Compared to October, November results were slightly down.  It was a shorter month with a four day holiday weekend.

Here is our latest summary:

Stats11-2017

Reported period

Month Nov 2017

 

 

 

 

First visit

01 Nov 2017 – 00:00

 

 

 

 

Last visit

30 Nov 2017 – 23:59

 

 

 

 

 

Unique visitors

Number of visits

Pages

Hits

Bandwidth

Viewed traffic *

8,864

 

31,085

(3.5 visits/visitor)

114,110

(3.67 Pages/Visit)

238,522

(7.67 Hits/Visit)

8.76 GB

(295.54 KB/Visit)

Not viewed traffic *

 

 

 

514,109

587,072

13.24 GB

 

Reported period

Month Nov 2016

 

 

 

 

First visit

01 Nov 2016 – 00:01

 

 

 

 

Last visit

30 Nov 2016 – 23:58

 

 

 

 

 

Unique visitors

Number of visits

Pages

Hits

Bandwidth

Viewed traffic *

9,276

 

27,473

(2.96 visits/visitor)

81,817

(2.97 Pages/Visit)

276,690

(10.07 Hits/Visit)

6.78 GB

(258.67 KB/Visit)

Not viewed traffic *

 

 

 

350,170

405,161

7.30 GB

The comparison with last November reveals that we have fewer unique visitors, but the ones we have are visiting more and reading more articles.  That’s a good thing, I think.

Here is our ClustrMap for 2017 Year to Date.

ClustrMap11-2017

ClustrMap misses a lot of visits, because many visits can’t be easily traced to a location.

Here are our top five articles:

National Popular Vote for the Reich 9/29/2017 2,654
Jane Smiley: Capitalist Pigs 1/17/2010 1,045
Samantha Bee from 11/8 11/9/2017 641
Open Thread – 11/12/2017 11/12/2017 414
Personal Update – 11/26/2017 11/26/2017 405

The count represents only the people who followed an external link to that specific article.  Three were from November.  Four were from this year.  All were from me.

Here are our top non-blog/news referrers (100 referral minimum):

Google 2,182
Care2  1,808
Stumbleupon 290
Facbook 187
Baidu 102

Google is down from October.   Care2 is down.  Stumbleupon is up. Facebook is up.  Baidu is down.

Here are our top  blog/news referrers:

http://infidel753.blogspot.com/
http://bildungblog.blogspot.com/
http://oakcreekforum.blogspot.mx/
http://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/
http://www.psuunderground.com/
http://globalglassonion.blogspot.be/
http://trumpinvestigations.org/

We had 7 sites  with 2 or more referrals, up 3 from October.  Putting blogs’ links here increases the ratings of their sites, so this “linkey love” is our thank you for their referral support.  We need to improve this.

As of midnight December 1, we had 7,823 articles and 94,215 comments.

Congrats to SoINeedAName, aka Nameless, for posting the 94,000th comment.

I recommend using your own avatar. Go to Gravatar.  Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use as your avatar.  Whenever you comment under that email address here or on any WordPress blog (several others too), that image will become your avatar.

Your Administrators are Lynn Squance, aka Sasquatch or Squatch, SoINeedAName, aka Nameless, and I, aka TomCat, the Founder.  Your Editors are Joanne Dixon, aka JD the Erynator and Lona Goudswaard, aka Lona the Napster.  I  promoted them from Author in August to give them the ability to add graphics to comments and the ability to correct my innumerable typos.

This is our policy on links.  We do not embed links to extreme Republican websites, like Faux Noise, Breitfart or World Nut Daily.  However I leave notes in square brackets when I delete such links, (example: [faux noise delinked]) so readers, who wish to follow them can click through to the source article.  I also remove topical links.  Finally, I blank the target on all links, so they open in a new tab or window.

Thank you for all you do, everywhere you do it.

We have huge fights ahead, especially since the Republican Tax SCAM just passed the Senate.  And we have lost one of our premiere guiding lights.  Keith Olbermann retired.  To honor him and hold him up as an example for us to follow, here is his very first resistance video, published on 11/16/2016.

 

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Dec 012017
 

Here are the results of our “Thanksgiving Dinner” poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

1201Poll

Since our polling site no longer enables us to copy and paste your poll comments, you may read them here.

Like most of you, I voted for and had Turkey bird.  Now I intended to have dawg, but someone got to it before I could.  I suspect that the Sasquatch cooked my dawg and shared it with her own kitties, without saving any for me!  Sad smile

The new poll is up.  Don’t forget to vote.  A friend left this message: Ho! Ho!! Ho!!!

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Nov 212017
 

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This is Nameless’ ninth Big Mouth Award, having won in September 2010, May 2010, July 2011, August 2011, December 2012, January 2015, July 2015, and July 2017. And this is the second he’s won since becoming a Politics Plus Administrator with authority equal to my own. He regularly publishes hilarious "Friday Fun" articles. His comments add to the content of my and others’ articles with many useful links and graphics. Others have followed his example, improving the site even more.  His sense of humor is superb!  We could not be anywhere near as good without him!

So, please heap all the praise and kudos on him that he so fully deserves!!

Tell the squirrels to eat the nuts from his gutters.

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Nov 172017
 

Here are the results of our “Dump Trump” poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

1117Poll

Since our polling site no longer enables us to copy and paste your poll comments, you may read them here.

I voted ‘When his term ends.’  I just don’t think he will resign, because of his ego.  I just don’t think Republicans will impeach him, because they don’t care how much he damages the nation as long as he allows them their greed.  Time will tell.

The new poll is up.  Should I vote dawg?

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Nov 032017
 

Compared to September, October results were up across the board.  Hopefully, we shall keep improving, since the things that have interfered with my writing are being resolved.

Here is our latest summary:

Stats10-2017

Reported period

Month Oct 2017

 

 

 

 

First visit

01 Oct 2017 – 00:00

 

 

 

 

Last visit

31 Oct 2017 – 13:17

 

 

 

 

 

Unique visitors

Number of visits

Pages

Hits

Bandwidth

Viewed traffic *

9,111

 

29,700

(3.25 visits/visitor)

120,034

(4.04 Pages/Visit)

270,469

(9.1 Hits/Visit)

9.50 GB

(335.45 KB/Visit)

Not viewed traffic *

 

 

 

426,993

498,793

11.94 GB

And for a year ago:

Reported period

Month Oct 2016

 

 

 

 

First visit

01 Oct 2016 – 00:00

 

 

 

 

Last visit

31 Oct 2016 – 23:59

 

 

 

 

 

Unique visitors

Number of visits

Pages

Hits

Bandwidth

Viewed traffic *

8,423

 

26,804

(3.18 visits/visitor)

75,402

(2.81 Pages/Visit)

235,117

(8.77 Hits/Visit)

5.22 GB

(204.36 KB/Visit)

Not viewed traffic *

 

 

 

390,061

449,360

7.98 GB

This is a major improvement.

Here is our ClustrMap for 2017 Year to Date.

ClustrMap10-2017

ClustrMap misses a lot of visits, because many visits can’t be easily traced to a location.

Here are our top five articles:

National Popular Vote for the Reich 9/29/2017 – 2,434
Jane Smiley: Capitalist Pigs 1/17/2010 – 556
Another Heck of a Job 10/18/2017 – 509
Manafart’s Millions 10/14/2017 – 463
Open Thread – 10/12/2017 10/12/2017 – 314

The count represents only the people who followed an external link to that specific article.  Three were from September.  Four were from this year.  All were from me.

Here are our top non-blog/news referrers (100 referral minimum):

Google 2,693
Care2  1,920
Baidu 302
Stumbleupon 250
Facebook 128

Google is up from September.  Baidu is way up.  Stumbleupon is up, and Care2 is down.  Facebook made the list for the first time in years.

Here are our top  blog/news referrers:

http://crooksandliars.com/
http://infidel753.blogspot.com/
http://bildungblog.blogspot.com/

We had only 3 sites  with 2 or more referrals, down 4 from September.  Putting blogs’ links here increases the ratings of their sites, so this “linkey love” is our thank you for their referral support.  We need to improve this.

As of midnight November 1, we had 7,759 articles and 93,499 comments.

Congrats to Pat B for posting the 93,000th comment.

I recommend using your own avatar. Go to Gravatar.  Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use as your avatar.  Whenever you comment under that email address here or on any WordPress blog (several others too), that image will become your avatar.

Your Administrators are Lynn Squance, aka Sasquatch or Squatch, SoINeedAName, aka Nameless, and I, aka TomCat, the Founder.  Your Editors are Joanne Dixon, aka JD the Erynator and Lona Goudswaard, aka Lona the Napster.  I  promoted them from Author in August to give them the ability to add graphics to comments and the ability to correct my innumerable typos.

This is our policy on links.  We do not embed links to extreme Republican websites, like Faux Noise, Breitfart or World Nut Daily.  However I leave notes in square brackets when I delete such links, (example: [faux noise delinked]) so readers, who wish to follow them can click through to the source article.  I also remove topical links.  Finally, I blank the target on all links, so they open in a new tab or window.

I hope that things continue to improve.  I shall be devoting no time to heat waves and less time medical mayhem.  I hope Care2 finally gets control of that awful Glitch Monster.

Trump is fuming over an ISIS terrorist who killed eight people.  While that man should be punished, he is less worthy of punishment than Trump himself, who has caused hundreds of deaths.  During one day short of his first year, Trump has still failed to sign any major legislation.  That’s still your fault.  Your efforts to educate others and expose his insane policies to the light of day have frustrated him at every turn.  Kudos to you all!  Now, we also need to take control of the Democratic Party from the corrupt DNC.  Our work has just begun.

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Nov 012017
 

Here are the results of our “Old White Terrorist” poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

1101Poll

Since our polling site no longer enables us to copy and paste your poll comments, you may read them here.

I voted No.  Had the terrorist been Black, Latino, or Muslim, Trump and the Republicans would not be calling it an attack by a lone insane person.  They would be using it to act against an entire ethnic group, just as they are today.

The new poll is up.  Please vote, before you

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Oct 132017
 

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Pat followed Politics Plus and commented for quite some time on Care2, where she has been active for years, she started commenting here at the site.  A few months later, she won her first Big Mouth Award for the 78,000th comment in May 2016. She became a daily regular and won her second award for the 85,000th comment in December 2016. This is her third award. She is a progressive activist, an authentic Christian, and a Michael Moore Fan.  If you tell her to go to hell, she’s likely to answer, “I already live there.”  The poor girl is a Texan. On the other hand, she loves her Houston Texans.  Her comments are still bright, witty and above all, compassionate.  Please join me in piling on her with well-deserved congrats, kudos and praise.

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