hey, a map of the new US oil exploration areas! courtesy NYTimes...
offshore petroleum exploration is one place where american technology shines these days. It's where the next fifty years of military dominance will come from- or, rather, it's a prerequisite for maintaining the empire, nothing like a guarantee.
finally.
you cannot imagine the twisted shit that i've seen perpetrated on people under fee-for-service. why think about the patient's problems when we can shove instrumentation in them? thinking doesn't pay.
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