en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Alliance_(book)Is the original expose about cia involvement with crack, and still I think a good starting place, even if it has some flaws. It was less about what crack would do to americans, (though they were completely apathetic towards the harm they were doing in the US) and more to do with what the cia wanted to do with off books funding that crack provided, secretly fund paramilitary deathsquads in Nicaragua.
I think if the CIA is still involved in US drug trafficking, and I wouldn’t be surprised, it is probably still for off books funding primarily.
LeGuin is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read a lot, but not all of LeGuin’s novels. She has 2 main multibook series that I’ve read, the Earthsea books and the Hainish cycle.
Earthsea is sort of YA fantasy, but grows up throughout the series. The first 3 are a self contained trilogy, and my favorite is Tombs of Atuan which is book 2, I think would be okay as a standalone title. My other favorite is Tales from Earthsea which is book 5, and is a collection of short stories set in the setting. You’d be missing a little context only reading Tales, but this could also be a standalone.
The Hainish cycle is scifi, and are only loosely connected by the setting and don’t have a too firmly established chronology, or any shared main characters. My favorite from the Hainish Cycle is The Left Hand of Darkness and my 2nd favorite is The Dispossessed.
The university’s response was likely the quickest show of police force in response to a divestment protest among the dozens nationwide that have occurred in recent weeks. It was also probably the only one where pepper balls, stun guns and rubber bullets were used against students, faculty and community members – at one of...
Perception of the vietnam war protests at the time were also very split, and I would be very unsurprised to find that the people most against the student protests now are, or are the children of people who were very against the social movements of the 60s. The 60s were also an incredibly divided time in the US politically. Nixon won the whitehouse in 1968, and the civil rights movement had met extremely bitter opposition.
>The spear has a large, leaf-shaped blade with pronounced medial ridge and a short hexagonal socket pierced to receive the bolt of a toggle. The bolt ends in a loop from which the toggle is hinged....
I’m pretty sure the intent of the toggle, and of other such lugs on hunting weapons is to prevent the boar charging up the spear and still goring you after you’ve stuck it.
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
The Beatles are so ubiquitous and generally acclaimed though, you don’t really have to go out of your way to encounter their music or artifice of their cultural legacy. If people always want to argue with you about it, or are obstinate when you would like to listen to something else? Then I can see pretty easily how someone’s distaste for them could grow over time until they would describe it as hate.
Five more Republican representatives may join Ken Buck in resigning from the House of Representatives if they continue to be dissatisfied with the party’s nominee for the presidential election, Donald Trump....
I think Ken Buck, being a political insider, also probably knew that the media would run with that quote; and that the paranoia it would inspire would fuck with the republicans in the house who made him want to leave in the first place.
If the house republican leadership also starts exerting pressure to stay on those it perceives as weak links; it may drive some of them out, partially as a result of this statement.
Dirty girl is the brand, they are ankle gaiters that work with most trail running and low to mid height hiking boots. They do a pretty good job of keeping dust and rain out of your shoes from the top, and them only being ankle height means they are both lighter weight, and nicer when its hot out, but offer less protection if it is really cold and rainy.
They’re olive drab color, so fab to be drab is probably just some branding speak for that.
Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)
Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever (www.dw.com)
Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....
I just watched this little documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin. I never heard of her before this. Does the community have one or two books they recommend? (means.tv)
Let’s say that I may only read one or two, as I’m not a prolific reader. What do you think I should get?
Experimental Soviet jeep with a mounted anti-tank gun for airdrop with paratroopers, WW2, 1943 or 1944?
‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest | US universities (www.theguardian.com)
The university’s response was likely the quickest show of police force in response to a divestment protest among the dozens nationwide that have occurred in recent weeks. It was also probably the only one where pepper balls, stun guns and rubber bullets were used against students, faculty and community members – at one of...
French Boar Hunting Spear (~1610) (lemmy.world)
>The spear has a large, leaf-shaped blade with pronounced medial ridge and a short hexagonal socket pierced to receive the bolt of a toggle. The bolt ends in a loop from which the toggle is hinged....
Had me for a while there (lemmy.world)
New Biden rule would make 4 million white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay (www.usatoday.com)
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new rule that would make millions of white-collar workers newly eligible for overtime pay....
its not like you went anywhere (lemmy.world)
Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
I'm a sparkle goth (i.imgur.com)
400,000 species (lemmy.world)
Ok, hear me out: (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Five other House Republicans could resign after Ken Buck (www.newsweek.com)
Five more Republican representatives may join Ken Buck in resigning from the House of Representatives if they continue to be dissatisfied with the party’s nominee for the presidential election, Donald Trump....
can anybody translate (slrpnk.net)
AAAA!!!!!!!! (files.catbox.moe)
TIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person". (archive.org)
Maybe the “great” America that Donald wants to take us back to is the 1860s?
hen yea (lemmy.world)
by Adam Hillman (lemmy.world)
if you even care (lemmy.ml)
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