70 years ago today‚ a Swedish housewife in her mid-30s‚ Astrid Lindgren‚ sprained her ankle so badly that she was confined to bed and finally put pen to paper transcribing the bedtime stories she’d been telling her 10-year-old daughter Karin for years. Pippi Longstocking‚ the red-haired‚ freckled character‚ became a “new role model for female […] The post Good News in History‚ March 28 appeared first on Good News Network.

Ilhan Omar's Victory Lap Over Earmarks For Squad Members' Districts Goes Over Like A Led Balloon

The remains of the ornately decorated Roman buildings contain numerous artifacts‚ including "curse tablets‚" tiny axes and a horse-headed belt buckle.

“We live in age of compromise‚ but if we stand on the bedrock of God’s truth‚ we will not bend with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.” – R.C. Sproul The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers‚ to help them to recognize emerging threats‚ and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column‚ another mountain lion attack. Mountain Lion Attack Kills 21-Year-Old in California A Fox News article linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: Mountain lion attack kills 21-year-old man‚ … The post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

Stereotypes are not a good thing. You know the “survivalist” or “mountain man” look that you see on television –long beard‚ unkempt hair‚ and generally rough clothing. While outdoor work and lack of supplies can lead to this condition‚ I believe it is possible to weather the hard times with good hygiene and style. When I was young‚ haircuts were usually done at home. Occasionally‚ I would go with my father to a barbershop‚ but that did not happen very often. Mostly‚ haircuts were done with a pair of scissors‚ and my father did a very good job with it. … The post Barbering at Home‚ by SwampFox appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

  On March 28th‚ 1942‚ the British army and navy raided St. Nazaire‚ in Operation Chariot. An obsolete British destroyer HMS Campbeltown‚ rigged with explosives and flying German flags‚ rammed the gates of German-occupied St. Nazaire port in France‚ and was time-fuse detonated. This killed 360 Germans and disabled the dry dock for the duration of the war. — On March 28th‚ 845‚ a 5‚000-man-strong fleet of Danish Vikings invaded Frankish lands. They only retreated after besieging Paris and securing a ransom from the Frankish King Charles the Bald. This was part of a series of devastating raids begun by … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — March 28‚ 2024 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.