Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

War on Freedom

Electronic information data breach grows worse!

NEW YORK - April 4, 2011 - The names and e-mails of customers of Citigroup, Inc. and other large U.S. companies, as well as College Board students, were exposed in a massive and growing data breach after a computer hacker penetrated online marketer Epsilon.

In what could be one of the biggest such breaches in U.S. history, a diverse swath of companies that di

War on Freedom

Oregon Supreme Court urged to block warrantless cell phone searches!

EUGENE, Oregon - April 4, 2011 - A digital rights organization told the Oregon Supreme Court that allowing law enforcement officials to search arrestees' cell phones violates privacy protections guaranteed by the Constitution.

In the case Oregon v. Nix, police officers searched through the data on a criminal suspect's cell phone after he had been arrested and placed in a holding cell

War on Freedom

Federal thugs seek to steal 7 million dollars in privately owned gold and silver!

RALEIGH, North Carolina (PNN) - April 4, 2011 - Federal prosecutors on Monday tried to take a hoard of silver "Liberty Dollars" worth about $7 million that authorities claim - in order to justify the theft of so much money from the Amerikan people - were invented by an Indiana man to compete with U.S. currency.

Bernard von NotHaus, 67, was convicted last month in a federal kangaroo c

War on Freedom

USA PATRIOT Act debate reheats as provisions deadline nears!

LAKE WORTH, Florida - April 3, 2011 - Marie Zwicker, a Quaker and a registered nurse, recalls discovering in 2005 that she and friends of hers were covertly infiltrated and listed in a government database as potential terrorists.

They belonged to a group called the Truth Project, which distributes information to high schoolers about the small print on military enlistment agreements "

War on Freedom

Amerikan immaturity: Man beaten for supporting wrong team!

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia - April 3, 2011 - A 41-year-old Santa Cruz man who traveled to Los Angeles to support the San Francisco Giants in the season opener against their archrivals was on life support Friday after being beaten by two Dodgers fans.

Road to Depression

Wal-Mart CEO expects inflation!

NEW YORK - March 31, 2011 - U.S. consumers face serious inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations warned Wednesday.

The world's largest retailer is working with suppliers to minimize the effect of cost increases and believes its low-cost business model will position it better than its competitors.

Road to Depression

EU crisis deepens on Portugal deficit and Irish banks!

LISBON/DUBLIN - March 31, 2011 - Portugal revealed that its budget deficit had ballooned above target and Ireland said its banks needed 24-billion euros in extra capital, shaking euro zone markets and deepening the bloc’s sovereign debt crisis.

European leaders had hoped a package of new anti-crisis measures agreed at a Brussels summit last week would help draw a line under the woe