30 Sep 2005
Consumer spending, incomes fall

Would anyone care to bet against an imminent recession at this point?

Reuters - U.S. consumer spending dropped a larger-than-expected 0.5 percent in August, the biggest fall since November 2001, according to a government report on Friday that also showed a surprise decline in income that may have reflected Hurricane Katrina.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Norway criticized for Christian quota

New from the homeland of Heathenry (as well as my favorite atheist)...

Norway's Constitution requires that over half of the government cabinet are members of the state church - the Norwegian Helsinki Committee says this provision is a violation of human rights.

(link) [Aften Posten [English Edition]]

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