From fascinators to fascination.

Or maybe fascinated fear?

Are these particular Americian midterms the most important elections in a long time?

Gippsland Laborite has already started his superb coverage: these are the comments he has already posted today:

It was ordained that, on the first Tuesday of this November, a couple of dozen hexapods would chase each other round a track for about 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This, apparently, is cause for much celebration and the wearing of outfits.

This seems to have been the case for some years.

1881 (from Wikimedia)

1896 (National Film and Sound Archive)

1896 (National Film and Sound Archive)

1896 (National Film and Sound Archive)

1930 (Wikimedia)

1937 (Fin Review)

1965

1968

1970 (edition.cnn.com)

1980 (Goulburn Post)

I’ll close this one for comment after tomorrow

Just when I was seriously doubting America’s chances of returning to at least a semblance of sanity, this gives me hope: