The daily clickthroughs:

STATE OF THE PLANET: Prince Charles saves the planet while the solar industry ruins it.

FRIDAY TRASH WRAP: George Michaels wants a million-pound sculpture of his face.

What’s new on the Crikey blogs:

THE POLL BLUDGER: On the eve of the New Zealand election, two more polls signal that the nine-year-old Labour government of Helen Clark is in dire straits.

JONATHAN GREEN: Crikey’s editor trawls photo galleries for the most poignant pic of the US election.

CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Queuing for The New York Times. For one day, paper beats digital.

LITERARY MINDED: Angela Meyer reviews a book that’s post-modern and readable.

THE NORTHERN MYTH: Bob Gosford’s bird of the week.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: The world may have changed on November 4, but one thing remains the same: Gore Vidal’s curmudgeonly tirades. Here he is in top form, taking on the BBC’s David Dimbleby after the US election: