*Announcements*: * The [ALP boldly copies 90% of the coalition senior citizen benefit increases](http://www.smh.com.au/news/federalelection2007families/41b-pitch-for-grey-vote/2007/11/01/1193619029438.html?s_cid=rss_news) (with some extra treats). $4.2 billion. * The coalition promises [50 new family emergency…
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[Tiger Woods retirement fund could be worth $US 1 billion](http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news;_ylt=AvrCG7Va3rP9NtKe3.eLXJ45nYcB?slug=dw-pension090407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns). It's hard to find retirement funds better than the government one, but this manages it...
[Is the Star Trek Federation of Planets really a federation](http://volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml). Almost as fun as a debate as ['Is Star Trek communist'](http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html)
[The environmental benefits of manual transmissions](http://www.slate.com/id/2176867/fr/rss/). The US obsession with automatic transmissions is bizarre. Personally I'd pay more manual...
[The most disturbing pencil sharpener ever](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/30/decapitated-doll-hea.html). Really creepy, but I want one!
[Kevin Smith protests his own film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QepgKVOVfZ8). Sadly, probably funny than *Clerks II*.
*Announcements*: * Coalition announces [$444m for more doctors and nurses](http://liberal.org.au/info/news/detail/20071031_MoreAustraliantrainedDoctorsandNurses.php). * ALP announces [a national public holiday hospital report card system](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/mshealoo310.php). *Other*: [Not a good day for Tony…
[Beautiful typographic art](http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/09/14138.html). I love fonts.
[A very unstable bookcase](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/concepts/topple-bookshelf-concept-is-as-unstable-as-the-dollar-311563.php) Probably not what you want if you are trying to encourage people to read.
[A guide to when it's safe to eat people with various diseases](http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/30MaryamAkbariandSeanMichaels.html). Hopefully I'll never need it, but handy to know...