KARLSRUHE, Germany (PNN) - July 1, 2014 - Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a method of concealing objects from the sensation of touch that would finally meet the exacting standards of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale princess, who felt a single pea prodding her beneath 20 mattresses and 20 feather beds.

The Revolution
By Brent Johnson
(to the tune of “The Gambler”)

Once upon a time
Across the sprawling ocean
An evil king conspired to
Destroy the liberty
Of a faraway people
With a faith in God Almighty
A commitment to a life in which
They could all be free

By John W. Whitehead

July 1, 2014 - Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials. Imagine that in this very same country, you’re watched all the time, and if you look even a little bit suspicious, the police stop and frisk you or pull you over to search you on the off chance you’re doing something illegal.

PRETORIA, South Africa (PNN) - July 1, 2014 - Eyewitness News has learnt the High Court in Pretoria has ordered the arrest of the chief of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF), the secretary of defense, and the head of the air force for being in contempt of court.

NEW YORK (PNN) - June 23, 2014 - An official with New York’s Oath Keepers organization denied the group held “far-right, anti-government views,” and then called on terrorist pig thug cops to disobey orders and join them in their fight against socialist tyranny.

HONG KONG, China (PNN) - June 22, 2014 - Nearly 600,000 votes have been cast in three days of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong, part of a civil campaign that has been branded illegal by the former British colony and by Communist Party authorities in Beijing.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - June 20, 2014 - Can’t do your taxes because the dog ate your hard drive? No problem! According to a press release from Congressman Steve Stockman  (Tex.), taxpayers who do not produce documents for the Internal Revenue Service will be able to offer a variety of dubious excuses under new legislation he introduced a week after the IRS offered an incredibly dubious excuse for its failure to turn documents over to House investigators.

PARIS, France (PNN) - June 20, 2014 - A father’s decades-long mission to avenge his 15-year-old daughter’s death has finally reached its culmination.

MILAN, Italy (PNN) - June 18, 2014 - The tablets, phones and laptops we carry on us are, more often than not, always on. This also means that many of our activities are easily tracked and that hackers and government agencies have almost instant access to our information if they really want it.

So what can you do to protect yourself from this nosy behavior? If you’re familiar with the concept of the Faraday cage, you probably have an idea. A Faraday cage is a device made of a conductive material, such as metal, that blocks things like electromagnetic waves and signals. The CHBL Jammer Coat is basically a wearable Faraday cage for your body.

By John W. Whitehead

June 6, 2014 - How many children, old people and law-abiding citizens have to be injured, terrorized or killed before we call a halt to the growing rash of police violence that is wracking the country? How many family pets have to be gunned down in cold blood by marauding SWAT teams before we declare such tactics off limits? How many communities have to be transformed into military outposts, complete with heavily armed police, military tanks, and “safety” checkpoints, before we draw that line in the sand that says “not in our town”?