On the morning of Oct. 15, two U.S. Air Force C-17 heavy-lift aircraft left Alabama and landed at the southern Israeli Air Force base of Nevatim. The aircraft carried the essential components of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery. By the end of the following day, seven additional C-17A Globemaster III heavy lift aircraft — with payload capacities of 170,900 pounds — had landed at Nevatim to offload THAAD auxiliary components and U.S. service members to operate the systems. The arrival of the THAAD battery comes in the wake of Iran’s Oct. 1 missile strike on Israel. On Oct. 9, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that a retaliatory strike on Iran, “[W]ill be lethal, precise, and above all, surprising.” The deployment of THAAD is part of Biden’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel’s security against further Iranian strikes. What Is a THAAD Battery? A single THAAD battery contains a long-range radar unit that detects ballistic threats and communicates with a mobile command and control center. The command center operates six truck-mounted launchers, each containing eight interceptors. The entire battery is operated by approximately 100 U.S. soldiers. The THAAD system is designed to detect hostile ballistic missiles inside and outside the Earth’s atmosphere and launch high-speed interceptors to collide with and neutralize the incoming missiles during the descending phase of flight. It is manufactured by Lockheed Martin, with radars built by Raytheon, and comes with a price tag of $1 billion apiece. The technology and effectiveness of the THAAD is highly sought after and was included on the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s “wish list” given to Congress on Dec. 6, 2023. The Ukrainian government hoped it would be effective in intercepting Russian Iskander and Kinzhal missiles. During the U.S. negotiations with Saudi Arabia, a THAAD battery was also on the table in exchange for recognizing Israel as part of the normalization Abraham Accords. The U.S. Congress, however, denied Kiev the THAAD — despite its two-year war with Russia. The deal with Riyadh has since been derailed following the Oct. 7 hostilities. Israel’s Defenses The rapid deployment of a THAAD battery to Israel leaves many speculating over the status of Israel’s munition stockpiles, the nature of U.S.–Israel relations, and the future of direct Iranian involvement in Israel’s conflict. The London-based Financial Times was the first to report that Israel had a severe shortage of defensive missiles. The deployment of THAAD is perceived as the U.S. rushing to fill the deficit as Israel prepares for a major strike on Iran — an act that will, undoubtedly, trigger retaliation. “Israel’s munitions issue is serious,” noted Dana Stroul, a former senior U.S. defense official. She further added that, “[T]he U.S. can’t continue supplying Ukraine and Israel at the same pace. We are reaching a tipping point.” Most of Israel’s defensive interceptors are manufactured at the State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. Chief Executive Boaz Levy noted that production lines are working 24 hours, seven days a week. “It is no secret that we need to replenish stocks,” Levy said, although Israel does not officially disclose the status of its stockpiles. The Iranian Threat Fast tracking the deployment of the THAAD battery to Israel comes in the wake of two Iranian aerial assaults. Further Iranian aggression is anticipated as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) progressively dismantle Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The first Iranian attack in April consisted of Iran launching roughly 300 cruise missiles and drones at Israel. The country’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling air defense systems effectively neutralized all of them — with the help of U.S. and allied naval and air power. The second Iranian strike on Oct. 1 saw over 180 new Iranian Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles ascend into the atmosphere, alter trajectory, and descend toward targets at immense speeds, posing significant challenges to traditional air defense systems. Most of these missiles were intercepted by Israel’s third line of aerial defense — Arrow 2 and 3 — which sent interceptors at hypersonic speed to intercept in the upper atmosphere. The Israeli Arrow manufacturers noted, “[The system] performed as expected, with wonderful results against the Iranian strike.” (READ MORE: Israel Fends Off Massive Iranian Missile Barrage) Although the October attack resulted in only one death — a Palestinian in the West Bank from shrapnel — almost two dozen missiles slipped through the defensive shield and landed near the Nevatim Air Force base. Another landed in the vicinity of the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv. I witnessed several others landing in the highly populated, but open area of Ra’anana and Kefar Sava. Questions emerged whether these slipped through because of system failures or because of strategic defensive decisions. “It’s only a matter of time before Israel starts to run out of interceptors and has to prioritize how they are deployed,” noted Ehud Eilam, a former researcher at Israel’s Ministry of Defense. It is hoped that THAAD will be effective at intercepting Iranian Fattah-1 missiles — although this has yet to be proven. U.S.–Israel Relations The deployment of a THAAD battery also signals a shift in U.S. policy. Although the U.S. has been Israel’s main supplier of arms throughout the war — more than 50,000 tons worth of weapons in the last year — the Biden administration has been tough, at least in verbal rhetoric, over Israel’s military engagements with Hamas and Hezbollah. The White House has long maintained that a diplomatic resolution must be reached to secure the return of Israeli hostages taken on Oct. 7 and that the fighting in Gaza and along the Lebanon border end. This policy has caused many in Washington to threaten to withhold arms to Israel should Jerusalem act outside the constraints of U.S. directives — as was seen during the IDF ground incursion in Rafah and the recent precision strikes of Hezbollah strongholds and arsenals in Beirut. The arrival of THAAD, along with the necessary 100 U.S. service members to operate the systems, is a clear shift away from diplomatic solutions to a defensive bolstering of strength to deter belligerency. The Pentagon described the deployment as, “[P]art of the broader adjustments the U.S. military has made in recent months, to support the defense of Israel and protect Americans from attacks by Iran and Iranian-aligned militias.” Last week, however, was not the first appearance of THAAD or U.S. soldiers on Israeli soil. A battery was temporarily deployed to Israel in 2019 for training exercises — although Israeli forces never operated the system and it was handled exclusively by U.S. personnel. Unconfirmed reports late last year also claim that an earlier THAAD battery had been covertly deployed as early as November 2023 in response to increasing Houthis missile attacks. Furthermore, the current THAAD battery is presumed to operate by utilizing the top-secret AN/TPY-2 radar facility that the U.S. military has long maintained on top of Mount Har Qeren in southern Israel, dubbed “Site 512.” Around 300 U.S. service members of the 1st Space Brigade have been operating this largely unknown radar facility to detect early missile warnings. The increased presence of advanced U.S. equipment and personnel in Israel is a hopeful sign of a strengthening partnership amid an escalating and expanding war. However, an administration change in November could alter the level of strength or leverage this partnership maintains. READ MORE on Israel: Israel and the Twilight of the Terror Masters A Growing Nightmare for Kamala Harris: The Israel–Hezbollah Escalation One Year After Oct 7., the Heartbreak and Hope of Israel and the Jewish People The post US Equipment and Troops Deployed to Deter Iranian Aggression Against Israel appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Are we are on the verge of the worst public health crisis that any of us have ever witnessed?  I just read a report from the Los Angeles Times that chilled me to the core.  I knew that H5N1 avian flu was infecting dairy cows all over the nation, but I had no idea that things had gotten so bad.  California produces more dairy than any other state, and so prices for milk, cheese and other dairy products will inevitably go up as herd after herd gets devastated by this insidious disease.  More importantly, if H5N1 avian flu starts spreading among humans on a widespread basis, the panic that we will see will be off the charts. This wasn’t supposed to happen. We were told that even though millions of birds were dying, H5N1 avian flu would not start spreading widely among mammals. But now it is. At this moment, dead cows are “stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat” in some areas of California… A dystopian scene is emerging in California as dairy farmers battle a ruthless disease. Dead cows and calves stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat surrounded by crows, vultures and thick swarms of black flies. After wiping out tens of millions of birds worldwide, the H5N1 avian flu is tearing through dairy farms in the US. I know that everyone wants to talk about the presidential election right now, but this is important. Cows are dropping dead in large numbers, and there is no end to this crisis in sight. According to the Los Angeles Times, things are particularly bad in Tulare County… There’s a sickness hovering over Tulare County‘s dairy industry. On a recent 98-degree afternoon, dead cows and calves were piled up along the roadside. Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat. So far, 124 dairy herds have been hit in the state of California alone. The San Joaquin Valley seems to be the current epicenter of this crisis.  According to one industry insider, his drivers “picked up 20 to 30 animals at one farm in one day”… A similar observation was made by Jimmy Andreoli II, spokesman for Baker Commodities, a rendering company with facilities in Southern California. He said his workers are picking up a surge of dead cows throughout the San Joaquin Valley. “There’s definitely been an increased number of fallen animals lately, and some of that has got to be attributed to the long, hot summer we’ve had. And some of it, you know, certainly is attributed to the H5N1 virus,” he said, noting that one of his drivers picked up 20 to 30 animals at one farm in one day. Andreoli said that at some farms the cows are intentionally being left on the roadside to reduce contamination — preventing further inter-farm spread. At others, the animals are left on-site — but away from live animals and people. When dead cows are picked up, they are transported to a rendering site for processing… Infected carcasses are being brought to a rendering site – a facility that processes animal remains – to be turned into ‘high protein’ animal feed and fertilizer, or liquids used into used in fuels, paints, varnishes, lubricants and other industrial products. Removing and processing these carcasses eliminates the risk of them passing bird flu onto other animals or humans. California is the nation’s largest dairy producer, and this state currently holds the record for the most bird flu-infected cattle herds in a single state, in addition to a high number of cases among dairy workers. If this disease continues to spread like wildfire in California, it is going to have enormous implications for all of us. Because if dairy prices go through the roof there, they are going to go through the roof everywhere. And it doesn’t appear that much is being done to prevent this disease from spreading. For example, one California veterinarian says that she has seen sick and healthy cows right next to one another… In a video posted on X, California-based veterinarian Crystal Health shows a cattle pen that appears to contain both sick and healthy cows, with a ‘questionable’ number of them lying down. ‘The sick cows are supposed to be separated from the healthy ones,’ she wrote. ‘Not sure what’s happening here but a lot of the cows were laying down, and some flat out. The rendering truck did come to this facility in the morning, but no dead pile was visible from the road.’ I don’t know why the dairy industry is not taking this outbreak more seriously. What is going to happen if half of the dairy cows in the state of California get infected? And what is going to happen if H5N1 avian flu starts passing from human to human on a widespread basis? According to one local resident in Tipton, California a “lot of people” have gotten infected in her area… “A lot of people have it,” said a woman working behind the cash register at Tipton’s Dollar General, one of the few stores in this small, agricultural community right off Highway 99. The woman declined to provide her name, explaining her husband is a dairy worker in the country illegally in Tulare County; she said his job is not protected or secure, and she was fearful of retribution. “So far the symptoms seem pretty mild,” she said. “People can keep working.” Of course it isn’t just dairy workers in California that are getting infected. In fact, we just learned that four dairy workers in Washington state “have preliminarily tested positive for bird flu”… Four agricultural workers in southeast Washington have preliminarily tested positive for bird flu after working around an infected poultry flock at a commercial egg farm. The cases, if confirmed, would be the first time people in Washington have contracted the virus since officials began tracking a notable rise of it in birds and other animals starting in the U.S. around 2022. Since then, upward of two dozen human cases have been detected across five other states — all but one tied to contact with infected animals. Health officials emphasized that the four positive cases in Washington are “presumptive,” pending confirmation and analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far, there is no evidence that H5N1 avian flu is passing from person to person on a widespread basis. But if that changes, we could be facing a nightmare. According to the CDC, more than half of the humans that have been infected with H5N1 avian flu since January 1st, 2003 have ended up dead. I don’t know if H5N1 avian flu will become the next great global pandemic, but without a doubt we live at a time when great pestilences will kill vast numbers of people. So let’s watch this story very closely. If the same thing that is happening to dairy cows in California starts happening to people, the level of panic that will erupt will be absolutely frightening to behold. Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com. About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today. 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by Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics: “I’m not doing this s–t again … four years of hell,” one agent told the New York Post. The anonymous agent is nearing retirement, as are many of his colleagues who are all in agreement that will only stay on the job if Trump is elected. These men and women […]

This is insane Boots on the ground Intel on the surging foreclosure activity in the DFW area from a house inspector. His business literally can’t keep up with the surge in foreclosures He said things are only getting worse ? pic.twitter.com/9i1WIMUXV4 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 21, 2024

JUST IN: ???? Israel says a "very significant attack" will be carried out on Iran soon. pic.twitter.com/6Ju3qw5s5M — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) October 21, 2024

A UN report showed Israelis kidnap women, hold women in cages, strip them naked, release the footage online, severely beat women, and r*pe women. But that’s just life in the West Bank, no reason to ever resist, right? pic.twitter.com/vwgTYCezLU — ADAM (@AdameMedia) October 21, 2024

by Stephen Karganovic, Strategic Culture: Throughout the decades of the Cold War, whilst the blocs were competing, two major attractions worked powerfully to the advantage of the West. Firstly, the comfort and prosperity that it was able to provide to its citizens, which its Eastern rivals could hardly match. The second feature that in the […]

Remember when Kim Clement said President Trump would become a praying President? That he wouldn’t go into office as one, but he would become one? And then Brandon Biggs said President Trump was radically baptized in the moments after the assassination attempt and that he was changed from that moment on? We’ve seen glimpses of both popping up, but perhaps none as obvious as the clip I’m about to show you. Wow, this is pretty incredible! Here’s a short transcript: “As I look back at my life’s journey and events, I now recognize that it’s been the hand of God leading me to where I am today. My faith took on new meaning on July 13th in Butler Pennsylvania, where I was knocked to the ground essentially by what seemed like a supernatural hand. And I would like to think God saved me for a purpose, and that’s to make our country greater than ever before.” Watch here: Am Emotional Trump speaks on how God saved him and his Faith took on new Meaning “As I look back at my life’s journey and events, I now recognize that it’s been the hand of God leading me to where I am today. My faith took on new meaning on July 13th in Butler… pic.twitter.com/fvaSj2cAvc — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) October 21, 2024 Backup here if needed (from my friend MJ Truth who does excellent work in finding these clips): It’s not the first time we’ve seen this kind of talk from President Trump…. There have been glimmers before. Remember these? RELATED REPORTS: FAITH: The True Story of Donald Trump’s REVIVAL Bible! FLASHBACK: President Trump Gives All HONOR To Jesus Christ! FLASHBACK: President Trump Gives All HONOR To Jesus Christ! Remember this great moment? Yes, this is a flashback but I thought we all needed something positive to see and this always does it for me. After 9 months of the Godless Obama 2.0 (the Biden Regime), how refreshing is it to hear this? President Trump giving all honor and credit to "the Boss.....Jesus Christ!" Joe Biden has "10% for the Big Guy". President Trump says "we still need help from The Boss!" Watch here on Rumble: And there's always one guy who ruins the party right? The Poindexter. The Dork. Well, today the Dork Award goes to "NotSorry" who posted this: Yeah bud, that was a 12 second clip. For the full 2 minute clip, you'll see he says exactly that: all honor goes to Jesus Christ! Watch the FULL clip here on Rumble: Don't you miss this? I know I do! Mr. Trump, it's time to come back!