While going through my referers, I've noticed a lot of people linking to me as Woz.  I'm Wozz, Woz is different.

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Salon has brought together a nice summary of international opinion on Bush's foreign policy aims.

A good summary of the main points of Tony Blair's dossier.

"Imagine driving a car that not only doesn't pump out any greenhouse gas emissions, but also acts as a generator to power your house at night, and feeds any excess energy back to the power grid. It's a dream that goes by the name of "distributed generation" and it's based on the idea that hydrogen is the next great power source. "

A good interview on Salon with Jeremy Rifkin , the author of "The Hydrogen Economy" discussing the impending appearence of hydrogen fuel cells in our homes and cars, and some of the barriers in the way.

"The anticipated dossier of British intelligence on Iraq's arsenal and intentions contained little new. According to Tony Blair, Saddam is trying to obtain nuclear materials in Africa, wants to extend the range of his handful of missiles (which now can't reach beyond 400 miles), and plans to use chemical weapons again if threatened. As Maj. Charles Heyman of the authoritative Jane's World Armies remarked, "It does not produce any convincing evidence, or any 'killer fact', that says that Saddam Hussein has to be taken out straight away. What it does do is produce very convincing evidence that the weapons inspectors have to be pushed back into Iraq very quickly." "

As Joe Conason points out on Salon, Blair's dossier has provided no new evidence of Saddam's imminent danger to the free world.  In fact, according to Jane's, it would seem to enforce the UN's case for immediate inspections.

"A parade of celebrities including Eagles members Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey, rocker Tom Waits, Backstreet Boys Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough and country singer Clint Black are scheduled to appear at a hearing before California lawmakers Tuesday to help press their case.

The artists contend that musicians are deprived of millions of dollars in royalties each year because industry accounting is riddled with mistakes and based on antiquated formulas delivered in vague language. The Recording Artists Coalition, whose members include Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Beck, is among the groups seeking legislation that would impose penalties on record companies for accounting errors."

I mentioned this here before.  Today's hearings are focused on the lack of good accounting practices in the music industry and the lack of penalties for underreporting royalties to artists.  Artists hope a good law passed in California could influence national practices.

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