Watching a 60 Minutes piece about effectiveness of placebos… did anyone ever think that sugar pills might be a miracle cure for illness?
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Sense and nonsense about Obama and Osama – CNN.com
“Miniter’s account of the intelligence that led to bin Laden and the decision-making surrounding the operation that killed him is a pile of poppycock served up with heaps of hogwash.”