Blackouts in Cuba. NY Times blames Trump, glorifies communism

The NY Times loves communism.  Always has, dating back to 1930 or so, when they won a fucking Pulitzer prize for publishing hundreds of fawning, slobbering stories about how totally wonderful things were in communist Russia.

So if you know anything about that era (if you're under age 50 you have no idea), you won't be surprised to see the Times publish a story fawning over how cleverly the people of Cuba were out-foxing duh eeeeebil Orange Hitler.  Title: 

      "Cut off from fuel, Cuba is still surviving."

Sub-head: "Trump has tried to strangle Cuba by blocking its oil imports, but six months later, the island is finding ways to endure."

Ahh, so Cuba is supposedly "Cut off from fuel," eh?  And "Trump has tried to strangle Cuba by blocking its oil imports."  That's right in the sub-head, in those exact words:  The Times claims Orange Hitler "has tried to strangle Cuba by blocking its oil imports." 

If you pay attention to things beyond your immediate reach you've surely heard that in Cuba, electricity is only on for a few hours a day, in the entire country.  So when the the lying sons of bitches at the Times claim that's Trump's fault, virtually all readers believe it--because the Times bleats that everything is Trump's fault.  So it seems plausible to most Americans--which was the purpose.

Let me explain:  Cuba generates about 95% of its electricity from oil.  But there are no oil wells in Cuba.  So the island has always had to import oil.  Back when the USSR existed, the Soviets gave Cuba oil as part of their effort to make the communist outpost flourish.

The "Trump barring Cuba from buying oil" is horseshit.  What Trump did was threaten to impose tariffs on imports to the U.S. from countries that sold oil to Cuba.  That's an incredibly easy threat to evade: find a communist country that exports virtually nothing to the U.S, and have that country buy Russian oil and sell it to Cuba.  But apparently no leader of a commie country is smaht enough to figure that out, eh?

The real problem is two-fold:  First, since 2021, blackouts in Cuba have been increasing, cause by lack of maintenance and "accidents" due to incompetence.

Remind me again who was the U.S. prezzy in 2021?  Oh, dat right: NOT Trump, but corrupt, bribed vegetable bribem.  So blackouts were occurring when bribem was in.

The second problem may be more serious: Cuba doesn't have the cash to buy jack shit.  For decades the USSR supported their fellow communist regime in Cuba, but that ended when the Soviet Union dissolved.  So for literally decades Cuba got all its oil from the communist regime that ruled Venezuela, by sending soldiers and doctors to VZ in return for oil.

The communist dictator of VZ, Nicholas Maduro, was happy to trade oil to Cuba for troops and doctors, since he needed armed enforcers to keep the suffering population from overthrowing his corrupt regime and ripping him limb from limb.  Residents of the capital city (for young Americans that's Caracas) were reduced to killing and eating zoo animals to avoid starvation.

The Times is upset because Trump ended Maduro's support for Cuba by having the U.S. armed forces snatch the communist dictator and his wife and fly 'em to New York City, where  they're now in jail pending trial.  (Of course the ACLU will defend 'em pro bono.)

The Times is even MORE furious that Trump did this without asking permission from congress!  Cuz heaven forbid a president would do anything wif'out asking permission from ouah totally faaaabulous, honest, non-corrupt members of congress, eh?  The sons of whores who can't even pass a law requiring a fucking photo-ID to VOTE, eh?

And of course the Times never said a critical word when Obozo and his SecState Hilliary bombed Libya for 90 days or so--without asking permission from congress.  Double-standards again, as always.

SO...the problem is that Cuba doesn't have the cash to buy oil at market price.  And now that Venezuela is no longer trading oil for Cuban troops and doctors, Cuba doesn't have any nation willing to give 'em oil.

So the Times is delighted to show Americans how the people of Cuba are coping with only having electricity a few hours a day.

When residents of, say, North Carolina lose power for weeks after a devastating flood, duh Times bleats that it's a real disaster--and Trump's fault cuz...reasons!  But when Cubans lose electricity, the story is totally different: Now it's a faaabulous, inspirational, uplifting story about people having fun!  Seriously, you have to read it to see what a total propaganda piece it is, praising communism and tarring Trump.

Here's the Times:

[Trump] has pushed the island into its worst ever energy crisis, with mass blackouts now lasting nearly all day. And yet six months later the Cuban government and people are still standing.
   This month we visited Cuba to understand how. After a week on the ground, we found that while Cubans are clearly suffering, they are also doing what perhaps they do best: adapting.

Totally faaabulous story!  Heroic resistance to Orange Hitler by duh Cuban pipo, eh? 

We met families walking two hours for water because government pumps had run out of diesel. Without gas for cooking, women burned firewood on the street.

Wait, I thought the story was about no electricity, blamed on Trump.  What does gas have to do with it?  Nothing, but the Times bleats that there isn't any.  Yet later in the article they contradict that.  Eh, don't be picky, readers.  A few contradictions are nothing.

Without electricity, refrigerators became cabinets.  Hitchhikers littered roadsides after the city stopped public bus service.  And dozens of people told us they were simply exhausted after so many sleepless nights in the sweltering heat without fans or air-conditioning. 

The faaabulous stories almost write themselves, eh?  "The heroic resilience of people who are suffering because of the murderous policies of Orange Hitler!"

Medical clinics, nursing homes and bank branches run off solar panels donated by China.  Cell service was sometimes working. Televisions showing the World Cup were not hard to find.  Even roadside stands were serving cold beer from refrigerators powered by the sun.

But the makeshift energy grid also exposed Cuba’s inequality:  The batteries, solar panels and electric vehicles overwhelmingly belong to wealthier Cubans, which usually means those with relatives abroad. Their poorer neighbors often live without power and scrape by with meager pay amid rising inflation.

Wait...isn't one of the principles of communism dat all pipo are totally equal?  But now the Times has just accidentally let it slip dat dis core claim may not actually be true, eh?

Not to worry, comrades: All comrades are equal!  We just haven't confiscated duh solar panels and batteries for duh Collective Good yet, cuz if we did dat, family in Miami would stop sendin' dere relatives duh money to buy dis stuff!

Seriously, you need to read the Times piece at the link to believe how fawning and Trump-demonizing it is.  The communists at the Times want readers to believe that if Cubans are suffering, it's because of Trump, NOT communism. That's horseshit, but the average Times reader has no idea cuz it sounds so plausible, eh?

Exhausted Cubans told us they were angry at both Havana and Washington.  Yet no one said they planned to take to the streets. Aside from banging pots and pans, the Cuban people have hardly staged protests.
    “If you express your opinion on the street, they throw you in jail or fine you,” said a 24-year-old, standing with his wife on a darkened street. “I can’t put my family at risk.”

Ah.  Guess that would explain the lack of protests, eh?  Of course that's universal with communism.

The Times story explains how communism continues to attract millions of followers in the U.S. and Europe despite being a disaster: because reporters and editors in the Mainstream Media lie--fluently, brazenly, plausibly.

When U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, in January, Nelson Vega knew Cuba had a problem. Venezuelan oil had powered Cuba for years.
   A month later the 38-year-old entrepreneur borrowed money from relatives in Florida to buy a Chinese-made electric rickshaw for $4,850. It took 10 hours to charge, and almost immediately the blackouts made that difficult.  So he bought another $600 in solar panels and fastened them to its roof.
   Now he can power the battery by parking it in the sun for a day. “To me, this is the future,” he said. “We’re going to overcome the U.S. blockade.”

Sounds suspiciously like capitalism, eh comrade?  And with the help of prosperous relatives in Miami, he'll probably do well.  Nice to have prosperous relatives in a capitalist country, eh?  So Cubans will keep going, and the leftists who run the Times will keep blaming Trump--when the problem is communism.

Few countries are adopting solar faster than Cuba.  Solar now provides about 10 percent of Cuba’s electricity needs, the government says, and that the country's entire consumption will from renewable energy by 2050.
   We came across one of the government’s 54 solar parks, all built with China’s help.

One small problem: 

Cuba lacks the massive batteries needed to store solar power.  So at midday solar can provide about 20 percent of Cuba’s electricity--but virtually none after dusk, when demand peaks. 

The Times softens this shocking news by writing "virtually none."

The Times probably thinks sunset is part of Orange Hitler's assault on Cuba too, eh? 

A hot-selling item in Cuba now is lithium batteries that can be charged in a few hours to temporarily power televisions, fans or even refrigerators. 

The Times writers call this "Cuba’s hottest product of the moment."  Suggests they're made in Cuba, eh?  Uh...no.  Imported from Chyna.  Costs about $750 in Cuba, where the average salary is $30 a month.  So two years of salary for most Cubans.  So how can Cubans manage to buy 'em, eh?

As the Times cunningly camouflages it, "most of the batteries are "sponsored by relatives abroad."  Ahh, "sponsored," y'say?  Not "given" or "furnished" or similar, cuz dat wud make the point they're trying so valiantly to hide too obvious.

Wait, it gets better:

Other Cubans are electrifying their homes with the gas piped in for cooking and heating water. About 280,000 residences in Havana alone have such gas lines, and many are using gas to power generators.  Cuba produces the gas domestically, so it's one of the few energy sources not affected by the [fictional] "blockade."
   Natural gas is also cheap, especially for the 120,000 households *that pay a flat rate regardless of use.*  One man said he had been running a generator off gas almost nonstop, yet was still billed the usual 50 pesos a month--about eight cents.

See, this is one of the faaabulous features of communism:  no meters.  Flat rate per month.  Meaning residents can use as much as they want at no extra cost.  Yay, FREE!

Y'know what we need, citizen?  A great prezzy like Kamala Harris!  Or AOC!  Or dat *totally dreamy, proven leader Gavin Newsom!  A candidate who will deliver on doze faaaabulous DSA goals, eh?

Just get the Times to do what they just did for Cuba!  Or earlier for bribem: "Sharp as a tack."  "No evidence of bribes."  "Hunter's laptop was a Russian plant!"  Cackles will the leading the polls within days.