2008 Buy Nothing Day Nov 28

Hallelujah! The lord has heard our beseechments!

Holiday retail season may end before it begins

"The holiday shopping season begins Friday with a blitz of early morning specials. For some U.S. merchants, though, it's practically over already.
Piles of jewelry, clothing and electric drills are bypassing store shelves and heading straight to liquidators by the caseload as stores try to save as much cash as they can."

Library-like silence in the stores as Thanksgiving sales fail to draw crowds

The ugly consequences of psychopathic consumerism

Is it just me, or is this much the same as the faithful being trampled during religeous pilgrimages?