Hulleye Comes By!

On May 5, the New York Times reported that Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles, who has spent the last 45 years in a violent struggle to overthrow Fidel Castro, may have snuck into Florida in an attempt to seek political asylum for having served as a cold war soldier on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1960’s. Posada has long been a symbol for the armed anti-Castro movement in the U.S.

But he is also, by virtually any definition, a terrorist.

Now, the current Bush administration faces the same test of their convictions. Do they grant Posada asylum, thus compromising their principle that those who harbor terrorists are as guilty as terrorists themselves? Do they extradite him, thus handing a victory to President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Castro’s closest ally in Latin America and no friend to President Bush? Or do they jail him themselves, thus handing a victory to Castro, who has railed against Posada in recent speeches, calling him the worst terrorist in the Western Hemisphere?

Read the rest at K5.

from the brilliance of the dark side of the force (no pun intended), comes anakin skywalker’s latest entry on darth’s memoirs.

He looked out into the forest spread out beneath the landing platform, his back to me. I ignited his light-sabre, its green glow filling the corridor. Smooth action, nice gyroscopic response. I always end up fiddling around with gadgets whenever somebody says something that makes me feel uncomfortable. “I see you have constructed a new light-sabre,” I said, retracting the blade and turning the handle over in my hands. “Your skills are complete. Indeed you are powerful as the Emperor has foreseen.”

I turned away then, my feelings threatening my composure and the stability of my left leg. I felt Luke’s mind open to my own, reading my heart in a rush of communication I was too slow to interrupt. His thoughts were flavoured like mine, and my defenses could not discern them. His mind is mine.

“Come with me,” he implored suddenly.

my apologies for the constant serenity posts but this is a rather exciting time. whatever questions the series left behind in firefly, and the movie won’t have enough time to answer, the comics are sure to pick up. and joss whedon definitely did a kick ass job on xmen, so let’s see what this new serenity comic brings. thanks to dark horse for bringing this one fan much joy. you can pre-order these comics here.

The plot of the three-issue comic book series centers on the crew members of Serenity, who once again find themselves broke and on the wrong side of a number of very large firearms when a heist goes awry, and some old enemies catch their scent. After facing one failure after another, Malcolm Reynolds becomes the target of a conspiracy between government and mercenary forces, and a tense and divided crew must try to unite behind their compromised leader.

“Working with Joss is always fun and a privilege, and especially so when it’s Serenity,” commented co-writer Brett Matthews. ” I love the characters and the world so much, how distinct and consistent the vision is and always has been. That sometimes to just keep going is enough, that there’s meaning in the struggle even if you don’t know exactly what that meaning is — that speaks to me, and you get it in Serenity in a way that’s dusty and real and organic, not forced. It just fits. It all just means a hell of a lot to me.”

The Serenity comic book miniseries is written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews with art by Will Conrad and Laura Martin. Each issue of the series, which takes place in the time between the series Firefly and the movie Serenity, will feature three different covers — one for each member of the Serenity crew, drawn by the biggest names in comics. Issue #1 features “Mal” by John Cassaday, “Inara” by J. G. Jones, and “Jayne” by Bryan Hitch. Issue #2 features “Zoe” by Joe Quesada, “Book” by Tim Bradstreet, and “Kaylee” by Jo Chen. Serenity #1 and #2 are available for preorder now at
http://www.darkhorse.com/comics/upcoming.php