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abolition-usa-digest    Thursday, December 28 2000    Volume 01 : Number 408




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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:04:20 -0800
From: Tom Condit <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fighting back

Ummm ....
But Gore was a *stronger* supporter of fast-tracking star wars than Bush.
Bush wants to save the money for building up conventional forces to
intervene around the world.
Of course, Bush also lost the election but got picked anyway.

At 03:29 PM 12/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey folks--I'm not supporting the Democrats.  I worked for Ralph  Nader and
>the
>Greens.  But the group below is a group that is fighting the theft of an
>election, the murder of democracy, a fast track for star wars, an arms race
>with China and probably Russia, and an enormous block to nuclear abolition.
>After all the "nice-nice" talk from the Democratic "leadership" about harmony
>and unity, I thought y'all would like to know that there's some fight left
>against the outrage from the Court, Bush, Gore"s "gracious" concession, etc.
>Alice
>
>At 11:18 PM 12/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Wasn't it the Democrats that committed that war crime in Yugoslavia?
> >
> >
> >From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
> >Reply-To: [e-mail]
> >To: [e-mail],[e-mail],
> >[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail],
> >[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail],
> >[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail],
> >[e-mail]
> >Subject: (abolition-usa) fighting back
> >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500
> >
> >
> >www.Democrats.com
> >"Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists
> >-- on the internet or anywhere else."
> >
> >No Surprises in Electoral College,
> >But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6
> >December 19, 2000
> >
> >Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican
> >Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As
> >Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the
> >Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator
> >to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to
> >spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and
> >persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're
> >taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate
> >media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there
> >with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because
> >Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium!
> >___________________________________________________________
> >
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:55:43 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: The true Florida vote

>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:19:26 -0500
>Subject: The true Florida vote
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
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> [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Dear friends,   A statistical analysis of the Florida vote was done by
>the Miami Herald.  They found that if all votes were correctly counted,
>Gore would have won by 23,000 votes.
>
>The heaviest undercounts were in the urban counties- Only one of every
>40 ballots was rejected in precincts Bush won, while one of every 27
>ballots was rejected in
> precincts Gore won. Nearly half of Gore's margin, more than 11,000
>extra votes, would come from Palm Beach County alone. The other counties
>that would give him more than 1,000 new votes are Broward, Miami-Dade,
>Duval and Pinellas.  Palm Beach, home of the infamous butterfly ballot,
>and Duval, where candidates' names were spread across two pages, had 31
>percent of the uncounted ballots, but only 12 percent of the total votes
>cast.
>
>To read the article, go to http://www.herald.com/
>
>One possible redress is suggested by Zev Greenberg, publishing
>athttp://www.indymedia.org/    This online newspaper, for those of you
>who don't know it, is the CNN of the new left activists.  Anyone can
>publish, most publications are responsible, and there is a chance to
>comment.
>
>PETITION CONGRESS TO REJECT FLORIDA ELECTORAL VOTES
>                    by zev greenberg 2:12am Fri Dec 22 '00
>
>                              Citizen action needs to begin now in an
>effort to prevent
>                              counting of Florida Elecoral Votes.
>                              Congress meets January 5, 2001 to accept
>electoral votes
>                              Act now!
>
>                    PETITION CONGRESS TO REJECT FLORIDA'S ELECTORAL
>VOTES
>
>                    PETITION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
>
>                    Whereas, the Congress has power to Reject electoral
>votes of any state; and
>
>                    Whereas, recount data demonstrates that Al Gore won
>plurality in Florida, (as well as nationwide by more than 500,000 votes)
>and is thereby entitled to  FloridaÆs 25 electoral votes; and
>
>                    Whereas, BushÆs road to the Presidency has been
>characterized by illegality, fraud, threats, nepotism, abuse of power,
>legal manipulation, orchestrated mob  intimidation, resulting in denial
>of equal protection under the law and injury to
> the Presidency of Al Gore; and (Wm. A Ruha, Democrats.com); and
>
>                    Whereas, documented violation of Voting Rights Act
>of 1965 disenfranchised  thousands  of Florida minorities, thereby
>denying them æequal protection under the lawÆ
>
>                    Whereas, the Supreme Court's specious reasoning,
>misinterpreted law, and protrusive   partisan politics collectively
>''departs from the rules of judicial restraint."    (Justice Stevens),
>and thereby violated Democratic votersÆ and Al GoreÆs   æequal
>protection under the lawÆ; and
>
>                    Whereas, Congress is not obligated to accept the
>Supreme Court's decision, but has in the past  used its assigned powers
>to correct erroneous Supreme Court rulings, using the  same rights the
>Florida legislature assumed in overruling the Florida Supreme Court;
>and
>
>                    Whereas, inauguration of an unelected President is
>destructive to the principles of democracy,  violates the equal
>protection of the law regarding citizens' votes, and creates the
>conditions   for social unrest and probable physical, psychic, and
>financial harm to American  citizens   whose protests are compelled by
>violation of their right to equal protection under the  law; and
>
>                    Whereas, So strongly do the undersigned feel that
>their rights under the law have  been abridged, that   we enjoin all
>Senators & Representatives to reject Florida's Republican electoral
>votes, and will target for recall any who violate the trust of the
>people by failing to reject Floridas'  votes;
>                    "The patronage of public office should no longer be
>confided to one who uses it for active opposition   to the national
>will." --Thomas Jefferson, 1804
>
>                    Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Republican
>electoral votes of Florida be judged   invalid and   rejected in the
>United States Congress, causing the Presidency to be awarded to  Albert
>Gore,   the winner of the 2000 Presidential election.
>

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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:49:16 -0000
From: "Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Christmas 2000 and New Year 2001 Greetings

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Dear Ffriends and Supporters

We take this opportunity to thank you all for the hard work you do and =
the inspiration and support you give.

CAAB will continue working for accountability at NSA Menwith Hill, =
Fylingdales and other US Bases and peacefully opposing the American NMD =
proposals.=20

As this very busy year comes to a close we would like to wish you all a =
hope and joy filled Christmas and renewed strength and faith in the =
continuing struggle for a peaceful future!

May a strong, just and gentle Spirit embrace us all as we strive to make =
our world a better place, free from war and unnecessary want.

Love and Peace

Anni and Lindis
CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES(CAAB)=20
8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K.
Tel/fax no: [phone]R [phone]
email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/
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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:27:30 +0000
From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [abolition-caucus] Christmas 2000 and New Year 2001 Greetings

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Dear Lindis and Anni,

So many times your actions have inspired me and feel certain that many
others feel the same.  I certainly return your message of appreciation
and hope for the new year.

Wishing you all the best,

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience

Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow wrote:

>   Dear Ffriends and Supporters We take this opportunity to thank you
> all for the hard work you do and the inspiration and support you
> give. CAAB will continue working for accountability at NSA Menwith
> Hill, Fylingdales and other US Bases and peacefully opposing the
> American NMD proposals. As this very busy year comes to a close we
> would like to wish you all a hope and joy filled Christmas and renewed
> strength and faith in the continuing struggle for a peaceful
> future! May a strong, just and gentle Spirit embrace us all as we
> strive to make our world a better place, free from war and unnecessary
> want. Love and Peace Anni and LindisCAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF
> AMERICAN BASES(CAAB)8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ,
> England, U.K.
> Tel/fax no: [phone]R [phone]email:
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> http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/ "Never doubt that a small group
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Dear Lindis and Anni,

<P>So many times your actions have inspired me and feel certain that many
others feel the same.  I certainly return your message of appreciation
and hope for the new year.

<P>Wishing you all the best,

<P>Sally Light
<BR>Executive Director
<BR>Nevada Desert Experience

<P>Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow wrote:
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Dear
Ffriends and Supporters</FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>We
take this opportunity to thank you all for the hard work you do and the
inspiration and support you give.</FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">CAAB
will continue working for accountability at NSA Menwith Hill, Fylingdales
and other US Bases and peacefully opposing the American NMD proposals.</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>As
this very busy year comes to a close we would like to wish you all a hope
and joy filled Christmas and renewed strength and faith in the continuing
struggle for a peaceful future!</FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">May
a strong, just and gentle Spirit embrace us all as we strive to make our
world a better place, free from war and unnecessary want.</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Love
and Peace</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Anni and Lindis</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>CAMPAIGN
FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES(CAAB)</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>8
Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K.</FONT></FONT>
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world: indeed it's the only thing that ever does."
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:14:17 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Oak Ridge, INEEL, Los Alamos to Produce Pu-238

>Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 13:55:37 -0500
>Subject: Oak Ridge, INEEL, Los Alamos to Produce Pu-238
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail]
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>                 OAK RIDGE MAY PRODUCE PLUTONIUM
>              The Tennesseean -- December 25, 2000
>
>    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is
>expected to be tapped next month to help in plutonium production for the
>space program, a development that would bring $34 million for
>renovations to the nuclear lab.
>    The U.S. Department of Energy has identified Oak Ridge as one of two
>sites under consideration to help produce plutonium-238 and serve as the
>primary processing facility of radioactive material.
>    Oak Ridge's High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Advanced Test Reactor
>at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab would split the
>production role, according to the latest DOE proposal.
>    For Oak Ridge, the new project would mean long-term work for about
>70 people, and it would help solidify the lab's nuclear mission. Once
>the decision is final, plans will proceed for upgrades to the
>Radiochemical Engineering Development Center, a two-building nuclear
>complex.
>    Gordon Michaels, director of nuclear technology programs at Oak
>Ridge, said the staff is excited about the new work, which would bring
>"an interesting and challenging scientific operation."
>    NASA needs plutoniuim-238 to fuel probes in deep space.
>    Oak Ridge workers would purify the plutonium, which then would be
>shipped to Los Alamos National Laboratory where it would be formed into
>pellets used in space power systems.
>    Oak Ridge has never handled plutonium in large quantities, but the
>lab has experience in handling other highly hazardous. If approved, Oak
>Ridge is expected to begin plutonium production in late 2006 or early
>2007.
>

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:41:45 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: BEIR VII study extension

>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:04:59 -0500
>Subject: BEIR VII study extension
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>The BEIR VII study has been extended two years in order that new
>information on
>the doses to the Japanese atomic
>bomb survivors can be developed and analyzed.  The new anticipated date for
>completion of the study is October, 2003.
>
>Rick Jostes
>National Academy of Sciences
>2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20418
>
>[e-mail]
>Phone [202] 334-2840
>FAX   [202] 334-1639
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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:41:45 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: BEIR VII study extension

>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:04:59 -0500
>Subject: BEIR VII study extension
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>The BEIR VII study has been extended two years in order that new
>information on
>the doses to the Japanese atomic
>bomb survivors can be developed and analyzed.  The new anticipated date for
>completion of the study is October, 2003.
>
>Rick Jostes
>National Academy of Sciences
>2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20418
>
>[e-mail]
>Phone [202] 334-2840
>FAX   [202] 334-1639
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:51:28 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Peltier Poll on vote.com]

>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:56:09 -0500
>Subject: [Fwd: Peltier Poll on vote.com]
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>Friends- Sorry to have to keep sending you Peltier material, but the FBI
>is still busy trying to bury Cointelpro and Leonard. Keep on calling
>Clinton at 202-456-1111 (Push O to bypass menu)
>Louise is recovering nicely from her abdominal surgery. Happy Holidays
>Louise & John
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Peltier Poll on vote.com
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:39:41 -0600
>From: "LPDC" <[e-mail]>
>To: [e-mail]
>
>Dear friends,
>
>The website http://www.vote.com has a poll up with the question "Should
>President
>Clinton Pardon Leonard Peltier, Who Was Convicted Of Killing Two FBI
>Agents?"
>The current total is about 6,500 votes no and 350 votes yes. Clearly the
>FBI
>found out about the poll before we did, but we can fix that!
>
>For each person that votes, "vote.com" sends an email to President Clinton,
>telling him how he/she voted.
>
>[Vote.com was created by Dick Morris (who was President Clinton's chief
>strategist and advisor in the 1996 campaign.  He's now a commentator on the
>Fox News Channel and writes a weekly column in the New York Post) and
>Eileen
>McGann is an attorney and former public interest lobbyist.]
>
>We are asking all Peltier supporters to go to this website an vote in
>support for Clemency for Leonard Peltier.
>
>In solidarity,
>
>--- LPDC
>
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:52:25 +0000
From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: DOE lacks funds for Test Site nuke storage]

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Las Vegas SUN
December 27, 2000

DOE lacks funds for Test Site nuke storage
By Mary Manning
<[e-mail]>
LAS VEGAS SUN

If Congress next year approves temporarily storing nuclear waste in Nevada,
the Department of Energy won't have funds for developing a storage facility
at the Test Site.

The DOE had $85 million of taxpayers' money tucked away in the Defense
Department fund to pay for temporary high-level nuclear waste storage near
Yucca Mountain, the nation's only site under study as a permanent
radioactive waste dump.

The money, which was dedicated for temporary storage, was the Defense
Department's share earmarked for nuclear weapons waste.

But during this year's prolonged budget negotiations, $75 million of the
funds were stripped from the DOE's budget, leaving $10 million for
completing a site recommendation report next year.

Congressional staffers credit Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the second most
powerful Democratic senator, for removing the bulk of the funds.

Congress first attempted to approve a plan to ship thousands of tons of
highly radioactive waste to Nevada for temporary storage in 1996. The money
was set aside in one of two funds, but never spent, because President
Clinton vetoed any temporary storage bill that managed to pass.

Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., who was not in Congress at the time the original
legislation was passed, said the remaining funds should go for
transmutation, the process that converts deadly nuclear wastes into less
harmful materials, or for recycling research, "either of which benefit the
environment and the health of Nevada citizens."

The $85 million was contingent on Congress passing a temporary storage bill,
said Michael O'Donovan, spokesman for Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., who
opposed the funding.

Instead of having the money ready to construct the temporary facility,
Congress must appropriate it again, giving Nevada's congressional members
another area to fight the project. Without the money sitting in the fund,
the process will be further delayed even if Congress gives the OK.

Transmutation did receive $4 million, given to UNLV for further research.
Reid secured the funding in the Senate while Berkley protected the funding
in the House.

The DOE has been under pressure from nuclear utilities to remove spent
nuclear fuel from reactor sites.

Nuclear power plants have generated more than 40,000 tons of waste, most of
it sitting in storage pools near nuclear power reactors at 76 sites in 34
states.

In addition to the 2,000 tons of waste generated each year by utilities,
100,000 gallons of nuclear waste from defense activities are stored in
Idaho, Washington and South Carolina.

The DOE missed a 1998 deadline to take nuclear wastes off power plant sites,
resulting in 13 lawsuits. A recent federal appeals court ruling allows the
utilities to sue the DOE.

Although the DOE still has not completed studies for a permanent nuclear
waste tomb at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, the $85
million was set aside so environmental studies at the site could begin
immediately if and when Congress approves temporary storage in Nevada.

The money for nuclear waste management is collected in two funds. In order
for the money to go to temporary storage, Congress must request it on an
annual basis.

The first fund is fed by nuclear power customers, who pay one-tenth of a
cent per kilowatt hour on their monthly utility bills. As of this year, $9.1
billion was available from nuclear electricity consumers.

The second fund comes from taxpayer dollars and covers radioactive wastes
from Defense Department activities that contractors are cleaning up at
hundreds of former nuclear weapons sites across the country. A total of $1.1
billion has accumulated in that fund to date.

The DOE cannot spend these funds without annual congressional approval for
studies at Yucca Mountain, the proposed permanent nuclear repository for
77,000 tons of highly radioactive waste, or for temporary nuclear waste
storage.

Congress has attempted to send nuclear waste from commercial reactors to
either the Nevada Test Site or to a location nearby Yucca Mountain since
1996, although interim storage is against current federal law in a state
under study as a permanent waste repository.

For the past five years Nevada's congressional delegation blocked temporary
nuclear waste storage, so the $85 million stayed in the defense fund, the
DOE's annual reports to Congress said.

Congress has considered how much money to give the DOE each year for its
nuclear waste activities. For 2001 the DOE has roughly $351 million for
scientific studies at Yucca Mountain.






Kalynda Tilges
Nuclear Issues Coordinator
Citizen Alert - Las Vegas
P.O.Box 17173
Las Vegas, NV 89114
702-796-5662
702-796-4886 fax
[e-mail]
<http://citizenalert.org>

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