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18. In one of my short stories, a scientist creates a strange garden

Sat Oct 15, 2022, 03:04 PM

Oct 2022

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It is full of creatures from nearby universes that are improbable in ours yet were somehow sensed by storytellers in the past: unicorns, wizards, elves, etc. He surrounds the garden in a powerful magnetic field to prevent the creatures from escaping because should any find their way into the outer world, other improbable things will occur: "we might elect a carnival barker as president, or make a chicken the pope," he warns. The Democrats taking both houses seems improbable yet this election comes on the heels of other improbable things: an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a tortured opinion reversing Roe V. Wade, Herschel Walker forming a complete sentence in a debate, etc. So I think that historical improbability can be ignored this time around, especially considering the Democrats are favored to take the Senate and those candidates have coattails and their issues have resonance down-ticket, so I suspect the House may follow.

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25 days until the election, what do you think will happen? [View all] Polybius Oct 2022 OP

willing to bet good money. mopinko Oct 2022 #1

Agree. lees1975 Oct 2022 #2

do you know who banshees shriek at, according to the legend? mopinko Oct 2022 #3

Screaming Vaginas will be the name of my all-women punk band. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #12

lol. you need a singer? mopinko Oct 2022 #13

Yes! I can't carry a tune in a bucket! Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #14

i'm in. mopinko Oct 2022 #16

Kanas they made a huge mistake by putting abortion on the ballot Polybius Oct 2022 #4

yeah, it's on the ballot in mich. mopinko Oct 2022 #5

Republicans will lose big in Michigan Polybius Oct 2022 #7

i think we'll take fla too. mopinko Oct 2022 #17

Maybe Rubio loses Polybius Oct 2022 #19

think u have that backwards. mopinko Oct 2022 #22

I don't think either Rubio or DeSantis are losing Polybius Oct 2022 #24

we shall see, but he's a little cheato. mopinko Oct 2022 #25

The people will explain to the MAGA-Roos on the SC what they really think of them. Gaugamela Oct 2022 #6

I've been disappointed too many times before. meadowlander Oct 2022 #8

Seems to be running second in this poll Polybius Oct 2022 #20

I'm pretty confident in saying that we'll hold the Senate. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #9

Waaay too close to call. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #10

Looks like "Democrats control the House and Senate" is winning by 86% Polybius Oct 2022 #11

It's depressing... kentuck Oct 2022 #15

In one of my short stories, a scientist creates a strange garden nuxvomica Oct 2022 #18

Too many reliable republican voters dead from COVID, giving democrats the edge? Brainfodder Oct 2022 #21

I think there will be an election tavernier Oct 2022 #23

I don't know iemanja Oct 2022 #26

thinking we'll keep both House & Senate. Maybe a bit of increases in both, I hope... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #27

I think the house will come down to how well the GOP gerrymandered their districts Johonny Oct 2022 #28

18 days until the election, I have changed my vote Polybius Oct 2022 #29

So, what's your vote now?? Or am I reading your post wrong?? a kennedy Oct 2022 #30

Hate to say it, but I think we lose the House and Senate now Polybius Oct 2022 #31

17 more days! Polybius Oct 2022 #32