When people argue that a supreme being exist, what they really want is to believe someone powerful is going to make things come out ok for them.

Clinton is selling meetings for thousands of dollars.

50 years before John Kiriakou, Anthony Russo tried to report on how the CIA tortured prisoners in Vietnam.

However, his report never reached the public.

The UK plans to block sale of all "legal highs", as well as nitrous oxide.

Some of these chemicals are dangerous, but some are not. In particular nitrous oxide is hardly dangerous at all. There is no need to ban it, just educate people in how to use it safely.

The law would interfere with research into brain function.

This law would be incoherent; really they need to ban neurotransmitters.

Reddit censors comments in a subtle way: they are visible to those who posted them, but not to anyone else.