Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Global share sell-off continues on Hungary crisis fears!

Asian shares and the euro plummeted Monday as traders took their lead from a slumping Wall Street and worries that Hungary's public finances face a Greece-style meltdown.

LONDON, England - June 7, 2010 - Fresh fears for the global recovery were stoked after the United States released worse-than-expected jobs figures at the end of last week.

In Tokyo,

Road to Depression

Growing ranks of long-term jobless face tough odds!

WASHINGTON - June 5, 2010 - If you lose your job these days, it's worth scrambling to find a new one - fast. After six months of unemployment, your chances of landing work dwindle.

The proportion of people jobless for six months or more has accelerated in the past year and now makes up 46% of the unemployed. That's the highest percentage on records dating to 1948. By late summer or

Road to Depression

U.S. 13 trillion dollar debt poised to overtake GDP!

WASHINGTON - June 4, 2010 - Illegitimate President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output; a step toward what Bill Gross called a “debt super cycle.”

The Chart of the Day tracks U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and the government’s total debt, which rose past $13 trillion for

War on Freedom

400 drunk driving convictions in D.C. based on flawed test!

WASHINGTON - June 10, 2010 - Nearly 400 people were convicted of driving while intoxicated in the District since fall 2008 based on inaccurate results from breath test machines, and half of them went to jail, city officials said Wednesday.

D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles said the machines were improperly adjusted by city police. The jailed defendants generally served at least f

War on Freedom

Stop and search used illegally against thousands!

Police forced to apologize to those stopped after officials find 40 operations under section 44 were illegal

LONDON, England - June 10, 2010 - - Tens of thousands of people have been stopped in the street and searched unlawfully under controversial section 44 anti-terrorism powers, the Home Office has revealed.

Fourteen police forces are urgently tryin

War on Freedom

Farmer fights developers with homemade wheelbarrow cannon!

BEIJING, China - June 8, 2010 - A Chinese farmer is fighting off property developers who want his land, firing rockets from a homemade cannon made out of a wheelbarrow and pipes, state media said on Tuesday.

War on Freedom

Anti speed camera activist buys police web domain!

BLUFF CITY, Tennessee - June 7, 2010 - Brian McCrary found the perfect venue to gripe about a $90 speeding ticket when he went to the Bluff City Police Department’s website, saw that its domain name was about to expire, and bought it right out from under the city’s nose.