Public Relations Industry Forecasts a Series of Massive Layoffs
Public relations firms across the country predict massive layoffs in the coming months due to recent legislation outlawing the firms’ most lucrative practices.
Prison Industry Looks Within
An experimental new program spearheaded by the Department of Justice and the Department of Corrections will place federal and state lawmakers, criminal court prosecutors and judges, wardens, and guards in five randomly-chosen prisons for a period of three days per year.
Pharmaceutical Law Revised to End Corruption
Revisions in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (S.2029) will now make it a Class D federal felony for physicians to accept more than $25 annually in gifts or other rewards from pharmaceutical companies or biological product and medical device manufacturers.
Nationalized Oil To Fund Climate Change Efforts
Congress has voted to place ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, and other major oil companies under public stewardship.
High-Speed Internet Hits Fast Track to Appalachia
Massive public support pushes the Internet Freedom Preservation Act through both houses of Congress.
Congress Returns Civics to High School Curriculum
Congressional spokespeople announced a funding appropriation to return the subject of civics to high school curricula nationwide.
Biofuels Ban Act Signed Into Law, Seeks to Ease Food Shortage
In a dizzying about-face, the White House announced that the president will be signing the Ban Biofuels Act tomorrow.
American Evangelical Churches Announce New Policy of Sanctuary for Iraqi Refugees
In a scripture-laced address yesterday afternoon, Reverend Rich Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, announced a sweeping new initiative to house displaced Iraqi refugees of all faiths in the largest church facilities in the U.S., and among parishioners.
Times Reporter to Embed with Peace Groups
Recent studies have shown that embedded reporters lose perspective and objectivity. Thrust into high-tension situations of dangerous conflict, and surrounded by a corps of strong personalities devoted to a single objective, journalists almost inevitably write subjectively and sympathetically of situations that are best addressed analytically.
Pentagon Ends Secret Budget
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced today that it would eliminate more than $60 billion worth of secret programs that have taken over an increasing share of the defense budget over the last 30 years.
“There is no place, in a democracy, for massive programs hidden out of sight of the public eye,” said Pentagon spokesperson Jackson [...]
