Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Euro slides and stock markets fall!

LONDON, England - June 1, 2010 - The FTSE 100 joined a fresh global market sell-off and the euro hit new four-year lows on jitters for the world economy after a fall in Chinese factory production and worries over the ability of European banks to weather an escalating eurozone crisis.

Road to Depression

Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health care model!

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - May 31, 2010 - Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada's provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system.

Ontario, Canada's most populous province, kicked off a fierce battle with drug companies and pharmacies when it said earl

Road to Depression

When will the Euro Zone collapse?

BRUSSELS, Belgium - May 31, 2010 - Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, has never been too worried about upsetting his European Union partners. He risks doing so again with a piece just written for the libertarian Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty & Prosperity, provocatively entitled, “When Will the Euro Zone Collapse?”

His main c

Road to Depression

Greece urged to give up euro!

ATEHNS, Greece - May 30, 2010 - The Greek government has been advised by British economists to leave the euro and default on its €300 billion (£255 billion) debt to save its economy.

The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), a London-based consultancy, has warned Greek ministers they will be unable to escape their debt trap without devaluing their own curren

War on Freedom

Former TV cameraman sues police!

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - June 1, 2010 - A local news cameraman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Oakland Police Department for an alleged 2009 run-in with officers that occurred the same day four other officers were killed.

Attorneys for former KGO-TV cameraman Douglas Laughlin said Laughlin was on a sidewalk near Highland Hospital as an ambulance arrived March 21, 2009, when police

War on Freedom

Former cop gets probation for punching handcuffed man!

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - June 1, 2010 - A former East St. Louis police officer who punched a handcuffed suspect in the police station and lied about it was sentenced to probation and monetary penalties Tuesday.

Antonio “Tony” McWherter, 47, was angered by damage done to his uniform pants during the arrest of the man on January 30, 2006, and promised payback, Assistant U.S.

War on Freedom

Police State Files: Party patrol nets another bust!

All fun prohibited in Police State!

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - June 1, 2010 - The second weekend of the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department's new Party Patrol was fruitful and the program could be extended.

BCSO is going all out by utilizing 16 deputies and the department's helicopter to bust up underage parties.

Early Sunday morning, the patrol arrested Mi