But how much deception is involved in more conventional forms of placebo used in medical practice?

If you want more in that vein, read the piece. It's the last anti-Cameron stuff you're getting me before the election. (Unless of course, he does something quite egregiously stupid, in which case all promises are suspended.) Why? Because like the mighty Lord Tebbit I agree that however much we all loathe these despicable, Saul-Alinsky-loving Fabian faux-Tories, they are nonetheless our least worst option in this General Election.

12.23 Madrid are introducing Bale right now. Nice and low-key. Nothing too flashy or over the top. That wouldn't be their style. "As the new Galactico arrives at the Bernabeu, the crowd breaks into a chant of "Gareth Bailey," says Jim White.

A fourth child, a teenage girl, was limping and her white hoodie top was in parts soaked in blood. She appeared to be talking to one of the gunmen as he shooed her away towards the supermarkets exit.

Perhaps best of all, federal tax law lets you keep as much as $250,000 of the gain tax-free if you're single, and up to $500,000 for couples. That money can be used any way you like; the rule applies as long as you've lived in the home you're selling for at least two of the last five years.