and now in other news that mostly doesn't cover politics

hey, women, if I can see you it makes me want to commit rape, get back in the kitchen where you belong:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/world/asia/27australia.html
that's what my cleric told me

teh gayz, TEH GAYZ! THEY'RE GONNA GETZ TEH MARRAGEZ!!1one! GO VOTE!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/washington/26cnd-marriage.html?hp&ex=1161921600&en=ac60a5a80249aa4f&ei=5094&partner=homepage

but Mom, everybody else is torturing:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23410381.htm

the diamond age is upon us:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061025/dew017.html?.v=63

hang on Hubble!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6088076.stm

the Russians are having docking problems, obviously they didn't check their email first:
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Docking-Problems-at-the-Space-Station/story.xhtml?story_id=122002OXY8VU

the government is testing sound warfare in New Zealand:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/mystery-noise-is-a-real-humdinger/2006/10/24/1161455714733.html

today's horror story, AL GORE IN SSSSSPPPAAAACCCEEEE!
http://www.space.com/news/061026_gore_space.html

Nintendo up, Sony down...Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/10/26/1851229.shtml
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/red-steel-wii-multiplayer-footage

history would never reveal why DVD Jon would be more popular than DVDA Jon:
http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2006/10/doubletwist/index.php

technology at work for you, Discrimi-Nav, avoid all those pesky (insert racial group here):
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/discriminav-the-racially-discriminating-gps-system

not getting enough sex? try Nuclear Weapons(tm)! the all-new homeopathic remedy from Kim Jong-il:
http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_299103331.html

forget the mouse, use your eyes:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/immersive-eye-tracking-computer

fruit roll-ups: old and busted, teh new hawtness: roll-up displays
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-philips-readus-demonstration

damn the cigars! war is a sucker born every minute:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-10-25T141127Z_01_N24206601_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARTS-QUOTATIONS.xml&WTmodLoc=OddNewsHome_C1_[Feed]-8&rpc=92

these Ethiopians need to understand that internation corporations know what's best for us, that's why they pay all those politicians:
http://www.itv.com/news/world_f2cf99817ca9fbb8a860c1e7ae86e08e.html

sexsomniacs fear not, help is on the way:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/od_nm/sexsomniacs1_dc

get ready for the new 14-blade Gillette FusionUltraKrazyMachEliminator:
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624861
and the Onion has been proven prescient:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

I got your bling right here!
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/lexus-builds-chrome-is250

Supersoaker mods for the adventurous among you:
http://www.sscentral.org/tech/mods/

FINISH HIM!!  SCIENTOLOGY!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/25/48hours/main2124568.shtml
this is a new finishing move in Mortal Kombat: Impossible starring Tom Kruise

flat TVs with amazing pictures, high contrast, blah blah blah:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-sed-displays
these have been "coming out soon" longer than the aforementioned celebrity

and the winner of the youtube video of the day goes to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIM27kq24Jw

The Daily Schadenfreude:
http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2006/10/26/the-internet-is-for-porn/