Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Illinois stops paying its bills yet keeps on spending!

CHICAGO, Illinois - July 2, 2010 - Even by the standards of this deficit-ridden state, Illinois’s comptroller, Daniel W. Hynes, faces an ugly balance sheet. Precisely how ugly becomes clear when he beckons you into his office to examine his daily briefing memo.

He picks the papers off his desk and points to a figure in red: $5.01 billion.

War on Freedom

Oakland police search without warrants!

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - July 8, 2010 - In a little-known city program that critics say may be unconstitutional, cops join fire and building inspectors as they enter homes without a warrant and then arrest residents if they find anything illegal.

War on Freedom

Sovereign citizens under attack by Feds!

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (PNN) - July 7, 2010 - West Memphis, Arkansas police officers and some local prosecutors just finished training on how to identify and deal with anti-government, extremist groups.

This comes six weeks after a father-son pair of so-called "sovereign citizens", shot and killed two West Memphis police officers.

War on Freedom

Armed robber killed in shootout with store clerk!

DELRAY BEACH, Florida - July 4, 2010 - A man who tried to rob a convenience store at gunpoint ended up being killed by the store clerk Saturday night, according to police.

The apparent robber, who has not been identified, ran into the Community Food Market at 139 Northwest Fifth Ave. around 10 p.m. and tried to rob the store, according to a police report.

War on Freedom

Surveillance system monitors conversations!

LONDON, England - July 4, 2010 - A controversial covert surveillance system that records the public's conversations is being used in Britain.

The technology, called Sigard, monitors movements and speech to detect signs of threatening behavior. Its designers claim the system can anticipate anti-social behavior and violence by analyzing the information picked up by its sensors.

War on Freedom

Police ordered to pay reporters they assaulted at rally!

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia - July 3, 2010 - Three Los Angeles-area reporters who said they were physically assaulted by LAPD officers at a 2007 rally have won their day in court.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has awarded one of the journalists, Fox camerawoman Patricia Ballaz, $1.7 million for lost earnings and medical expenses. Another reporter, NPR journalist Patricia Naz

War on Freedom

Freedom of the press illegally suspended by criminal government!

WASHINGTON - July 3, 2010 - As CNN is now reporting, the U.S. government has issued a new rule that would make it a felony crime for any journalist, reporter, blogger or photographer to approach any oil cleanup operation, equipment or vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone caught is subject to arrest, a $40,000 fine and prosecution for a federal felony crime.