America by the Numbers
250 — Estimated cost of the California wildfires over the past year (in billions)
12 — Insurance payouts related to California wildfires over the past year (in billions)
5 — People who watched Tucker Carlson’s cordial interview with Nick Fuentes (in millions)
11.1 — Tons of Qatari urea being imported into the US by the Koch brothers over the next 15 years (in millions)
62 — Global happiness ranking of Americans under 30 (below Moldova, Bosnia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Cyprus, and the Dominican Republic, and barely above Malaysia)
53 — Increase since 2003 in the percentage of Americans who report having eaten all of their meals alone the previous day
43 — Percentage decline in cases of …
Agricultural Digest
As you may recall from our June edition, a true family farm in the heart of Cranbury, New Jersey, was to be seized by eminent domain to build some affordable housing. At the time, proprietor Andy Henry promised to fight any such move, should it come to that. Well, it came to that — and Henry won! His 21-acre, 175-year-old livestock farm in the middle of the Jersey exurbs will live on, thanks to the challenges filed by his lawyer Timothy Duggan, and presumably public sentiment, which seems to be that getting rid of a 175-year-old farm to build government-imposed housing is the type of thing that happens in hellholes like Venezuela.
Even New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy seems to agree. In a statement released October 23rd, Murphy said: “New Jersey’s family farms are an essential and deeply cherished part of our state’s story. For 175 years, the Henry Family Farm has stood on South River Road in …
Best Drunken Holiday Fight-Starters by All 50 States
Alabama — “So how many of Nick Saban’s ‘5 enemies of greatness’ are here with us for dinner tonight?”
Alaska — Curing the mukluk in Grandpa’s Hennessey.
Arizona — Replacing Grandma’s trazodone with sugar pills.
Arkansas — Calling “Woo, pig, sooie!” at your sister-in-law when she brings in snacks during the game.
California — Expressing a preference for women-only locker rooms at the day spa.
Colorado — Saying “No, me niego a pagar el alquiler a Tren de Aragua” when the man with the tattooed face arrives to collect the rent.
Connecticut — Inviting that slut Charlotte von Muffeling to Christmas Eve dinner.
Delaware — Forgetting the laptop at the repair …
