Suicide by doctor is not about being kind. It’s about money and organ harvesting. Absolutely! They advertise it as being kind when they want money, organ harvesting and getting rid of people who are no longer productive and using up resources. Hypocrites! Cuba, which for years has been subject to near-endless blackouts on a daily basis, reached on Monday the fourth day of an ongoing nationwide blackout. Its barely functional power grid collapsed entirely on Friday, leaving almost the whole country without power for the past few days – with the exception of the regime-connected wealthy, who rely on independent power generators for their electricity. Cuban officials reportedly attempted to bring the power grid back online, only for it to collapse again at least four more times throughout the weekend. An unnamed Cuban citizen from a Havana neighborhood told the independent outlet 14 y Medio on Sunday that the Castro regime had cut the scarcely functional internet signal “because the people are still here in the street, not even by landline can you call, but the protest is felt everywhere.” 14 y Medio reported on Monday morning that Cuban state employees have been ordered to face “any situation” on the streets due to the ongoing nationwide blackout, as well as continuously guard government buildings and immediately report any gathering of people to the police. A Cuban state official who the outlet identified as “Humberto,” a 52-year-old resident of Cienfuegos, stated that he has opted to obey orders despite the doubts he has about them. “The truth is that if there is a protest I would not know what to do, because deep down I also have many grievances and disagreements with everything that is happening in the country,” the man told 14 y Medio. “I don’t want to lose my job, because at least it guarantees part of my family’s livelihood. I am worried that all this trouble will result in violence that will be controlled by force. Something like that would be very hard for people who, obviously, are tired.” Díaz-Canel blamed the collapse of the power grid on the U.S. “embargo” on Cuba, which, he claimed, allegedly causes the nation to be unable to be consistently supplied with fuel to operate its rundown power plants. In reality, the embargo does not affect Cuba’s friendly relations with many of the world’s top fuel suppliers, most prominently Russia. The complete collapse of Cuba’s power grid is the end result of more than six decades of communist mismanagement that have pushed Cuba to the brink of complete ruin. In addition to the power crisis, the regime has caused severe shortages of food and medicine (which the “embargo” does not block from exporting from America), rampant hunger, poverty, the collapse of Cuba’s garbage collection infrastructure, and several other inhumane living conditions that the Castro regime continues to force its citizens to live through. The anti-Soros fervor has been reanimated by a federal government fast-track of Soros’s purchase of Audacy, a massive media empire housing more than 200 radio stations in 40 markets. Most conservatives would likely agree the FCC’s decision reeks of politics and that, beyond traditional talk radio, conservatives have been underrepresented or even unfairly persecuted in the media. Money talks, but medium matters too, and conservatives cannot trust unfriendly platforms will get their message out. Smith, the Sinclair Broadcast Group executive chairman, told the Washington Examiner Republicans must ask themselves if they are willing to do what it takes to influence the nation’s political and philosophical direction. “There are four places where you can have a voice in today’s marketplace: internet, radio, TV, and newspaper,” he said. “So the simple question is, if I was standing in front of every billionaire in the United States right now, I would say, ‘Do you want to have a voice to put out your philosophical perspective?’” “If the answer is yes,” he continued, “then, OK, here’s how to do that. They have to decide: Do they really want to just sit on their money and put it in a nonprofit someplace? And then they lament the fact that Democrats control everything.” For now, conservative donors continue placing bets on Washington politicians to fight for their agenda. But with a liberal agenda the norm on Capitol Hill as Republicans disappoint conservatives time after time, some donors may begin looking for a better use of their fortunes. Fortunately, Soros has provided a winning playbook. A United Nations report reveals that a staggering number of female athletes have lost medals to transgender competitors. The report states that as of March 2024, more than 600 female athletes have been pushed off podiums in 29 sporting categories. As such, women have lost almost 900 medals to men who identify as women in over 400 competitions, the report says. The report, titled "Violence against women and girls in sports," was published by the U.N.'s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem. In the document, Alsalem explains that various national federations and governing bodies have allowed males who identify as females to compete in female sports categories. Alsalem goes on to say that no matter the age at which transgender males compete against females, inherent athletic advantages for trans competitors will persist: "Male athletes have specific attributes considered advantageous in certain sports, such as strength and testosterone levels that are higher than those of the average range for females, even before puberty, thereby resulting in the loss of fair opportunity." The U.N. report claimed that reliable sex screening procedures can be provided through a simple cheek swab and that female Olympians were in favor of its use in the past. "A 1996 survey of female Olympians found that an overwhelming number (82 percent of the 928 surveyed) supported sex tests," the report noted. Last week a group of female activists and former athletes urged the U.N. to push for limitations on men who wish to compete against women in their events. Five Doves, Donna Danna, Oct 20: Major U.S. Banks On Course To Close A Staggering 1,000 Branches This Year: US banks closed more than 700 branches in the first nine months of the year, forcing thousands to travel further to access vital services. Bank of America closed the most locations of any bank, shuttering 132 between January and September. U.S. Bank followed swiftly behind, having closed 101 of their own branches. Wells Fargo closed 92, Chase 90 and TD Bank 52 in the same period. The worst hit state was California which saw 86 branches close across the state. New research recently revealed that the last physical bank branch could close in the US in 2041. Despite the majority of Americans now opting to do the majority of their banking online, customers still prefer to use physical branches for particular services. It is also a struggle for some older clients to operate services such as mobile banking. Nearly two-thirds of Americans still use a physical branch to make cash deposits, while over half use them to speak to an in-person adviser, the report found. 39 percent of those polled told Self Financial that they had more trust in banks with physical branches than those without. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/bank-closures/article-13933689/us-bank-closures-list.html Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group's leaders at a summit next week. President Vladimir Putin is keen to build up BRICS - which has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates as well as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - as a powerful counterweight to the West in global politics and trade. The October 22-24 summit in the city of Kazan is being presented by Moscow as evidence that Western efforts to isolate Russia have failed. It wants other countries to work with it to overhaul the global financial system and end the dominance of the US dollar. The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office has opened 51,000 cases of desertion through the first nine months of 2024. The number of soldiers abandoning their posts is likely to double last year’s total. The Times of London reported data from the Ukrainian government showing that "51,000 criminal cases were initiated for desertion and abandonment of a military unit between January and September of this year." At the start of the year, Kiev was estimated to have between 500,000 and 800,000 active-duty soldiers and an additional 300,000 reservists. The Ukrainians have also sustained casualties fighting to defend from Russian advances and amid Kiev’s Kursk invasion. Kiev has struggled to fill its ranks with fresh soldiers, leading Ukraine to drop its conscription age from 27 to 25. As Kiev is still facing manpower shortages, American politicians are pushing Ukraine to drop draft age to 18. Responsible Statecraft has reported. Ukraine has also resorted to allowing prisoners to leave jail if they join the military. The United States on Wednesday said at least 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, raising the possibility they will be sent to fight in Russia’s war on Ukraine — an assertion made by South Korea and the Ukrainian government in Kyiv. The move may show that Moscow’s shortage of manpower amid exorbitant casualties is worse “than most people realize,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said. “We are seeing evidence that there are (North Korean) troops that have gone to Russia,” Austin told reporters..... “What, exactly, they’re doing is left to be seen.” Austin said the U.S. is still trying to determine whether North Korean troops will be deployed into Ukraine. If so, he warned, it would be a dangerous escalation. Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, who heads the largest youth gender clinic in the United States at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, told The New York Times she feared releasing the results of the study would lead them to be "weaponized" by opponents of such procedures. The doctor also told the outlet she feared the study, which is part of a project that has received nearly $10 million in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health, "could be used in court to argue that 'we shouldn’t use blockers,'" according to the outlet. The study, which began in 2015, followed 95 children with an average age of 11, who started taking puberty-blocking drugs, which prevent the development of natural bodily changes such as breast growth in females or voice changes in males. After the study showed the puberty blockers offered no improvement to their mental health after two years, Olson-Kennedy claimed that was because the study's participants were already "in really good shape." Erica Anderson, a clinical psychologist who identifies as trans and specializes in working with young people who have gender dysphoria, denounced the decision to withhold the study's results, according to the New York Post. "We’re craving information about these medical treatments for gender-questioning youth. Dr. Olson-Kennedy has the largest grant that’s ever been awarded in the U.S. on the subject and is sitting on data that would be helpful to know," Anderson told the outlet. "It’s not her prerogative to decide based on the results that she will or won’t publish them," Anderson added. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling...was especially vocal. "We must not publish a study that says we're harming children because people who say we're harming children will use the study as evidence that we're harming children, which might make it difficult for us to continue harming children," Rowling tweeted. @patrician Our children, born and unborn, are under attack by the Devil himself. Anyone aligned with transgendering kids and killing the unborn is evil beyond belief. From Amir Tsarfati's Bible Bites email: Replacement Theology says that God replaced His chosen people with another group, the church. Dual Covenant theology says God has a different covenant through which He will save the Jews than He does for the salvation of the Gentiles. Both teachings are grievous errors in Biblical interpretation and thieves and robbers of wonderful truths. Replacement Theology requires that God break an everlasting, unconditional covenant made with both Israel and the land He promised to them. Dual Covenant theology makes the Holy One of Israel a misnomer because they sat that Israel can be saved without the One whom the title represents, Jesus. The truth is that Israel has not been replaced by the church, and in order for any Jew to be saved they must come to the King of Jews for salvation just like any Gentile. If the church has replaced Israel, then why is Paul talking about God taking away their sins and all Israel being saved? If Dual Covenant theology is true, then Jews can be saved by keeping the law. So, why is Paul referring to a Deliverer out of Zion, which is an idiom for Jerusalem? The lessons we should be learning from Israel are that God keeps His word, and He disciplines those whom He loves. God never loses track of His people. Israel is God’s timepiece, and the last days center on Israel. God never meant for Israel to become religious, instead He desires a relationship with His people. Does “God saving all Israel” include unbelieving Jews who reject the Messiah? No. No one is saved because of their nationality, and anyone who is saved receives that salvation by the blood of the Lamb of God slain from the foundations of the world – Jesus. Two-thirds of the Jews will die during the Tribulation and they will all die in unbelief. The Jews who come to faith in Yeshua, Jesus, will survive the Tribulation by means of divine protection, and in the end they will declare, “The Lord is my God!” Our God is faithful, and His relationship with Israel is proof of just how faithful He truly is! 
Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses Entirely, Prompting Protests and Communist Repression:
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Ukrainian Troops Increasingly Refusing Orders, Desertion Rates Explode:
US confirms North Korean troops in Russia amid fears they’ll be sent to fight in Ukraine:
Doctor withheld results of puberty-blocker study for political reasons: report
A medical doctor and leading proponent of transgender procedures for minors recently admitted that she deliberately withheld the results of a taxpayer-funded study because it showed there were no positive mental health effects for gender dysphoric children who used puberty blockers.
