Patriot News Network

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

War on Freedom

Grandmother strip-searched and jailed over a jar of motor oil!

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada - July 29, 2011 - This senior citizen's trip across the border lasted far longer than expected when authorities couldn't tell the difference between oil and heroin.

War on Freedom

Police Corruption: False warrant sent man to prison for life!

TULSA, Oklahoma (PNN) - July 20, 2011 - DeMarco Deon Williams, 36, filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court, alleging that indicted Police Officer Jeff Henderson falsified a search warrant that led to a drug conviction and life sentence for Williams.

Road to Depression

Economy slowed sharply in first half of year!

WASHINGTON - July 29, 2011 - The U.S. economy expanded at meager 1.3% annual rate in the spring after scarcely growing at all in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The combined growth for the first six months of the year was the weakest since the recession ended two years ago. The government revised the January-March figures to show just 0.4% gro

Road to Depression

Container ship plunge signals U.S. slowdown!

NEW YORK - July 28, 2011 - Plunging rates for chartering container vessels that carry sneakers, furniture and flat-screen TVs may signal a U.S. consumer slowdown and losses for shipping lines in what is traditionally their busiest time of the year.

Road to Depression

Hay shortage stuns ranchers!

CELINA, Texas - July 27, 2011 - With 75% of the state suffering through an exceptional drought, ranchers have begun using words like “desperation” and “panic” when it comes to finding and affording hay to feed their livestock.

Road to Depression

Durable goods orders fall 2.1 percent in June!

WASHINGTON - July 27, 2011 - U.S. businesses cut back on orders for aircraft, autos, heavy machinery and computers in June, sending demand for long-lasting manufactured goods lower for the second month in the past three.

Orders for durable goods fell 2.1% last month, with the weakness led by a big drop in orders for commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. A n

Road to Depression

U.S. at the start of 500 days of economic pain!

NEW YORK - July 26, 2011 - As a sign that the U.S. economic Depression is continuing relentlessly, Amerikans remain apprehensive, especially about their jobs, and that fear is likely to weigh on consumer spending in the months ahead, according to one retail industry consultant.

Burt Flickinger, managing director of retail consultantcy Strategic Resource Group, said the U.S. has just