Fitz Statz

The numbers tell all

“Harper’s Index” is one of my favorite features in “Harper’s Magazine”. One can learn so much from a simple number, whether it’s a percentage, a statistic or a dollar amount.

Here are twenty stats related to breaking news I researched this week that I found surprising and informative, stats that I hope you will find equally enlightening.

1. Dollar amount jury awarded E. Jean Carroll: 83,300,000

2. Number of Trump associates serving time in Federal prison: 83,300,000

3. Ounces in one cup of covfefe: 83,300,000

4. Times Melania has said to Trump, “Ew.Get your hands off me!”: 83,300,000

5. Ivanka: 83,300,000

6. Lies Trump has told since Wednesday: 83,300,000

7. Calories Trump consumes in one sitting at a McDonald’s: 83,300,000

8. Current lawsuits Trump is appealing: 83,300,000

9. Number of tweets Trump will post tonight before 3AM: 83,300,000

10. Times Trump has not answered Kari lake’s calls this week: 83,300,000

11. U.A. Athletic Director’s severance package in Euros: 83,300,000

12. Average number of U.A. college students living in a mini-dorm: 83,300,000

13. Gallons of Sephora Bronzer Trump uses in one week: 83,300,000

14. Chance Trump will win in 2024: 1 in 83,300,000

15. Percentage of insurrectionists who can’t spell “insurrection”: 83,300,000%

16. Trump’s actual current wealth in Pesos: 83,300,000

17. Banks refusing to loan Trump money as of Tuesday: 83,300,000

18. Number of golf courses Trump is banned from playing: 83,300,000

19. Odds Trump will defame E. Jean Caroll again: 83,300,000 to 1

20. Times E. Jean Carroll will be happy to sue Trump again: 83,300,000

Reference:

Harper’s Magazine

https://harpers.org/