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December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Beans, Bullets & Band Aids – Take Time to be Resilient

Preparedness Notes for Sunday — April 26, 2026 April 26, 2026
On April 26, 1777, it is claimed that 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode all night in a rainstorm for 40 miles to warn her father’s New York militia of the approach of the British army. — April 26, 1937: The German Luftwaffe’s “Condor Legion” destroyed Basque town of Guernica, in Spain. — Just one day left! […]
James Wesley Rawles
The Springfield Armory M1A, by Pat Cascio April 26, 2026
I was introduced to the M14 rifle in Basic Combat Training (BCT) in the summer of 1969, at Fort Ord, California and I fell in love with it. I was only 17 years old and weighed a whopping 135 pounds at the time. But when I graduated from Infantry School in December of 1969. I […]
Pat Cascio
JWR’s Meme Of The Week: April 26, 2026
The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: My Wife Asked Me To Surprise Her With an Expensive Dinner Date on Her Birthday. So… That Was Weeks Ago, and She’s Still Mad About It. News Link: The “Taco Bell Index” highlights a hard truth: a chicken quesadilla rising from $1.89 to $6.19 represents a 327% […]
James Wesley Rawles
The Editors’ Quote Of The Day: April 26, 2026
“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with […]
James Wesley Rawles
Preparedness Notes for Saturday — April 25, 2026 April 25, 2026
On April 25, 1644, the last Ming Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself from a tree on Jing Mountain, Beijing, rather than be captured by the forces of Li Zicheng, the Chinese peasant rebellions leader — who soon after ruled over northern China briefly as the Yongchang Emperor. Thus ended the Ming Dynasty. — Today is the […]
James Wesley Rawles