Patriot News Network

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

War on Freedom

Cafe owner supports anarchists and deplores police!

PORTLAND, Oregon - June 7, 2010 - John Langley wanted to clarify his role as proprietor in asking a Portland police officer to leave the Red and Black Cafe last week. However, when his clarification was done, the bottom line appeared to be the same: police, on or off duty, are not welcome there.

War on Freedom

Billboard puts cost of Obama at 100 trillion dollars!

TUCSON, Arizona - June 07, 2010 - Thanks to an advertiser who wishes to remain anonymous, cars and trucks on Arizona Highway 260 in East Central Arizona are driving by a billboard advertisement that recently went up, bearing illegitimate President Obama’s face on a mock U.S. $100,000,000,000,000 (One-Hundred Trillion Dollar) bill.

The billboard’s ca

War on Freedom

Action Alert: Off-duty killer cop murders unarmed man!

BALTIMORE, Maryland - June 5, 2010 - An off-duty Baltimore police officer cold-bloodedly murdered an unarmed man outside a Mount Vernon nightclub early Saturday. Police said the officer fired his service weapon at least 13 times on a crowded street after witnesses said the victim groped the officer's female companion.

While police said witnesses agreed that the victim had inappropr

War on Freedom

Speed cameras being used to confiscate cars!

Western Australia uses speed cameras as the sole evidence used to impound and permanently confiscate automobiles.

PERTH, Australia - June 5, 2010 - Being accused by a speed camera now provides sufficient evidence for police in Western Australia to confiscate a car. On Friday, a 49-year-old man lost his Porsche 944 Turbo because a combination red light camera and sp

War on Freedom

Estimated speed is enough for Ohio cops to write tickets!

COLUMBUS, Ohio - June 2, 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that police officers can issue speeding tickets based on visual estimates of speed and without any other form of proof such as radar.

The practice is allowed as long as an officer has been trained and certified in visual speed estimation by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, a 5-1 majority of court justices r

Road to Depression

Ford closes Mercury line!

DETROIT, Michigan - June 2, 2010 - Edsel Ford conceived the Mercury brand in the 1930s as a way to fill the gap between basic Fords and luxury Lincolns. Now, that gap will again go unfilled.

Ford Motor announced Wednesday that it would discontinue selling Mercury models this fall, ending a 71-year-old brand that once stood for innovation and speed but that became a “me, too&r

Road to Depression

Buffett warns municipal debt next ratings minefield!

NEW YORK - June 1, 2010 - After being blasted for months by critics for exacerbating the financial crisis by putting overly rosy views on bundles of mortgage securities, credit-rating agencies now have an unlikely defender: Warren Buffett.

The famed billionaire investor said on Wednesday that ratings agencies such as Moody’s Investors Services and McGraw Hill Cos.’ Stan