Here's One Way Prison Phone Providers Could Skirt Federal Rules and Gouge Poor Families
Andy Cush · 02/10/16 05:16PM
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission put in place a new set of rules that make it much more difficult for the providers of prison telephone services to charge the bejeezus out of inmates and their families. How might the providers continue with their scam? One shady, anonymous document may provide an answer.
All the Words Carly Fiorina Will Never Say
Allie Jones · 02/10/16 04:42PMDr. Oz Airs Debunks Claims Charlie Sheen's Former Quack Made on Real Time
Rich Juzwiak · 02/10/16 03:30PMToday’s episode of Dr. Oz returned to the subject of Charlie Sheen’s HIV and the experimental treatment he received from a “doctor” who practices in Mexico, Sam Chachoua. Chachoua allegedly injected himself with Sheen’s HIV positive blood and more recently discussed his treatment of arthritic goat milk on Real Time with Bill Maher, on which Chachoua received 10 minutes of airtime with virtually no scrutiny from Maher.
Ashley Feinberg · 02/10/16 03:14PM
Quiz: Which One Is Jim Gilmore?
Jordan Sargent · 02/10/16 03:10PM
Back in August, ex-Virginia governor Jim Gilmore was included in the group of 17 Republican candidates who participated in one of two inaugural debates in Cleveland. Yesterday, in New Hampshire, he received less votes than dropouts Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, 73-year-old retired public school custodian Richard Witz, and Democratic candidate Vermin Supreme, who wears a galosh on his head.
Curtis Sliwa's Guardian Angels Are Looking for Trouble
Andy Cush · 02/10/16 02:55PM
This was how things worked, as Curtis Sliwa recalls it, back in the heyday of the Guardian Angels, from the late ’70s through the early ’90s: In one subway car, Sliwa might break up a fistfight, then move to the next car and find a domestic dispute in progress. In the following car, there might be a drug dealer pushing his product, and in the car after that, a group of young men openly drinking malt liquor 40s and smoking blunts.
What Color Is Donald Trump's Face?
Sam Biddle · 02/10/16 02:45PM
If there’s anything more erratic than what Donald Trump says or thinks, it’s the hues of the flesh surrounding his mouth and brain, that fluorescent, noxious stink-maker known as his face. In New Hampshire last night, the only question more compelling than “can he really win?” was “what color will his face be?”