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Log onto Facebook. Before you know it, you’ll see ads from Temu or Wish, pitching cheap products. Or open your old email account, the one that you’ve had for years, so it gets the most spam. Every other message is an offer from some unknown store, selling the sort of thing in which a person like you just might be interested. Or log onto Amazon and look for something, anything at all. Twenty percent of the hits, maybe more, will be “sponsored” items, often from a brand you’ve never heard of. Of course, you can shut down the internet, close...

This clip is sure to fire you up after watching it. Scott LoBaido is one of the most influential artists, activists, and patriots in New York City’s Staten Island borough. **SNIP** On Friday, LoBaido was livid when he made this short video about a phone call from his friend. According to LoBaido, his friend’s ill 4-year-old child was denied a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The foundation allegedly denied the young child their wish due to being unvaccinated. Watch LoBaido’s fiery message (warning – explicit language):

Jimmy Carter’s birthday is still nearly two weeks away, but tributes and well wishes are already pouring in from across the globe. The oldest living former president turns 97 on Oct. 1, and the Atlanta-based Carter Center on Friday asked fans to submit birthday wishes and photos to the Georgia native ahead of his big day.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said the Senate “must honor” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s wish to be replaced after a new president is elected, despite demanding the Senate to “do its job” by holding confirmation hearings and voting on former President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, in 2016. “With voting already underway for the 2020 elections, Ruthie’s ‘most fervent wish’ was for her replacement not to be named ‘until a new president is installed.’ We must honor her wish,” Warren said in a statement on Friday:

Online shoppers were amused when they spotted an advertisement that offered them a chance to purchase former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein at a bargain price of $20. The unusual ad was put out by Wish store. Several people posted screenshots of the ad for the deceased leader on social media. "Enjoy much cheaper items sold by Wish. don't miss 60-80% OFF store prices," the ad was captioned. The viral screenshot of the ad made "Saddam Hussein" trend on Twitter. One user asked, "Who wants to buy Saddam Hussein for $20?" Another wrote, "Can’t believe the U.S. spent all that time...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man is charged with providing material support to the Islamic State extremist group, including attempting to buy multiple weapons and scouting potential targets for an attack in the Tampa Bay area, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A criminal complaint charges Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charge carries a potential 20-year prison term. **SNIP** According to the affidavit, Al-Azhari scouted a number of targets in the Tampa Bay region, including beaches, parks and even the Tampa FBI field...

My father would often tell us, "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it." This is a key statement in life that many of us have heard and know the full ramifications involved. One sets one's heart on getting something no matter what (i.e. a girlfriend, a boyfriend, husband, wife, money, car, house, land, etc.) and later regrets the entire process and consequences of actually accomplishing that goal. We've all been there. In this political paradigm, an election was held and per the constitution and rules in place, a man rightfully won the Presidency. The other side, so...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) teed off Thursday on the Republicans' omnibus spending bill, saying the GOP's initial offer for funding the government constitutes a "Tea Party policy wish list" that "literally takes your breath away." "This is not an appropriations bill with a few policy riders," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "This is a Tea Party policy wish list with an appropriations bill as an addendum to it. "This is not the way you - fulfill a budget that fulfills the needs of the American people." Pelosi and the Democrats wasted no time this week rejecting the...

Miley Cyrus was too busy creating terrible music to pay attention to a Make-A-Wish kid. Miley Hodge, a seven-year-old girl with a fatal form of osteosarcoma, wanted to meet Justin Bieber more than anything in the world. But Bieber was clearly busy either getting arrested or smoking weed or both, so Hodge had to settle for her second favorite celebrity, Miley Cyrus. According to Radar Online, the Hodge family flew to Los Angeles, Calif. to meet Cyrus and were made to wait a week before finally meeting her at a recording studio. “The family went to Los Angeles and were...

FLINT (WWJ) - A Flint man dying from cystic fibrosis is holding out hope he will live to see his 21st birthday next week, and his mother is making sure he gets a couple of last wishes granted. “The first day, we got like 13 cards in the mail from people we didn’t even know, the second day we got like 54 cards, yesterday we got about 39 cards. It’s just from all over, different states, and they’re all writing personal notes on there, like ‘Oh, I have a son with cystic fibrosis’ or ‘Hang in there and keep fighting.’...

Labor unions and liberal groups are pressing President Obama to select left-wing nominees for key regulatory and judicial posts in the aftermath of the Senate nuclear option. Groups have been meeting with White House officials throughout the year to influence the president’s selection of nominees and plan to ramp up their efforts in the weeks ahead. “Before we weren’t trying to push people with a labor backgrounds because we knew they would never have been confirmable,” said a senior labor official. “That bar has been removed. You’ll see considerable interest in seeing more progressive people appointed to positions.” Groups are...

Live Forever I met a fairy the other day and she said she would grant me one wish. "I want to live forever," I said. "Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant that particular wish." "Fine," I said, "then I want to die the day after Congress gets their heads out of their asses!" "You crafty bastard," said the fairy.

NEW YORK -- Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was traded to the New York Knicks Monday, the Denver Post reported, citing a source. The mega deal, which ends a saga that has lasted months, sees Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari and Timofey Mozgov go to the Nuggets, while Denver also gets the Knicks' 2014 first-round draft pick, the Warriors' 2012 and 2013 second-round picks and $3 million.

Steve has just one simple holiday wish

4/15/2010 - TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- With his dad squarely in his sights, a 9-year-old boy pulls the trigger in the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle simulator. "Don't worry dad, I'm just going to do a practice landing," Isaac Ezell said jokingly as he searched the simulated sky for his father's jet. Isaac participated in the Tyndall Air Force Base Pilot for a Day program April 8 with the 95th Fighter Squadron staff here. Isaac suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. People with Asperger's demonstrate significant difficulties with social interaction and tend to show repetitive...

FRAZEE, Minn. -- Some young men like to talk sports. Tyler Shipman's favorite topic is a car model that last rolled down an assembly line three years before he was born. "I got my first one when I was 15," says Tyler about the Pontiac Fiero with which he fell in love after seeing one on the internet. "They were something different ... they drive really sweet." General Motors pulled the plug on the sporty mid-engine two-seater in 1988 after a four year run. Quality issues dogged the car from the start. Tyler didn't care. In August, before starting his...

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, March 27, 2008 – Gavin Cox could have traveled to any exotic locale or tried any profession in the world, but this 5-year-old with leukemia had just one wish: to be a soldier. Army Maj. Gen. Russell Czerw, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, installation commander, teaches 5-year-old Gavin Cox how to shoot an M-9 pistol at the ES 2000 weapons training facility. Gavin also trained on an M-16 rifle and walked away with a marksmanship badge. Photo by Ed Dixon   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. His wish was granted March 18 when he became...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2007 – Representatives from 23 America Supports You home-front groups received a timely military update today when they had the opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer session with a Marine commander in Iraq. From Iraq, Marine Col. Richard Simcock, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 6, talks to troop-support organization representatives during a conference call Nov. 29, 2007. After a brief update on the conditions his troops face, he told the groups what those troops most appreciate receiving when they get care packages. Defense Department photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Col. Richard Simcock, commander...

Shane Inwood, of Tripod Jimmy Well, I assume that trite answers like "Saddam Hussein so I could slip 10 tabs of bad acid and some rat poison in his dinner" or "David Geffen so I could auction it on-line to the millions of graspers all vying for his time" are against the spirit of the question. And as much as I would love to meet say, Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine or Bob Mould or to have met Kurt Cobain etc, how much can you really accomplish in one dinner? You may love their work but hate them and...

6/27/2007 - F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyo. (AFPN) -- Two special children got the once-in-a-lifetime chance to "launch" intercontinental ballistic missiles June 11 from F.E. Warren Air Force Base. Ariana Ruskey-Moffett and her family visited F.E. Warren AFB to participate in the base's first Missileer for a Day Program, where sick or disabled children learn about what it's like to be a missileer in the Air Force. "I've learned a little about being a missileer," said Ariana, a 9-year-old cancer survivor. "I've enjoyed myself a lot." Ariana and her 6-year-old brother, Avery, received a personalized tour of the base and learned...