Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Iran launches international oil bourse!

TEHERAN, Iran - July 13, 2011 - Iran's international oil bourse has officially been inaugurated on the Persian Gulf island of Kish for the convenience of international customers.

The Iranian oil bourse opened on Wednesday during a ceremony attended by Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Economy Minister Shamseddin Husseini, and Caretaker of the Oil Ministry Mohammad Ali

War on Freedom

Grieving mother faces 3 years in jail while son’s killer got six months!

MARIETTA, Georgia - July 21, 2011 - On April 10, 2010, Raquel Nelson lost her 4-year-old son. Nelson was crossing a busy street in Marietta, Georgia, with her son and his two siblings when they were struck by a hit-and-run driver. Police were able to track down the driver, Jerry Guy, who later admitted he had been drinking and had taken painkillers the night of the accident. He was also mostly

War on Freedom

Proposed surveillance scanner database goes too far!

BOSTON, Massachusetts - July 21, 2011 - Civil libertarians are raising the alarm over the state’s plans to create a Big Brother database that could map drivers’ whereabouts with police cruiser-mounted scanners that capture thousands of license plates per hour - storing that information indefinitely where local cops, staties, feds and prosecutors could access it as they choose.

War on Freedom

Family awarded 10 million dollars from Taser International!

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - July 20, 2011 - A federal jury has awarded $10 million in damages to the family of Darryl Turner, 17, who died in 2008 after a police officer shocked him with a Taser.

Turner was arguing with his boss at the northeast Charlotte Food Lion where he worked in March 2008 when police were called. Surveillance video shows Turner arguing with a Charlotte-Mecklenb

War on Freedom

Police State Chronicles: Cops to begin iPhone iris scans amid privacy concerns!

CONWAY, Massachusetts - July 20, 2011 - Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company's already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects.

The biometric technology, which seems to take a page from TV shows like MI-5 or CSI, could improve speed and accuracy in some rou

War on Freedom

Man takes Viagra and wears sweatpants for TSA pat down!

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - July 20, 2011 - A Wyoming man walked through a TSA checkpoint with a raging erection on Tuesday, daring TSA officers and even fellow passengers to give him an invasive pat down.

“I’m next,” Warren Kelvin, 34, screamed as he pushed to the front of the security line. According to TSA officials, Kelvin had ingested two Viagra and wore sweatpants without boxe

War on Freedom

County planning to seize dogs that chase people!

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia - July 19, 2011 - The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to approve an ordinance giving animal control officers the right to declare a dog “vicious,” a designation that can potentially lead to the animal being euthanized.