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Original 'Rosie the Riveter' makes masks to fight COVID-19:
At age 94, Mae Krier is back on the front lines — hard at work, helping her country.
One of the nation's original "Rosie the Riveters" employed by Boeing in Seattle during World War II, she built B-17 and B-29 bombers to help support the war effort decades ago.
Now she's fighting a different war, as her still nimble fingers turn out face masks to prevent spread of the deadly coronavirus.
"People say to me, "You helped win WWII and now you are helping our country win this battle over this virus. These are nice things to hear," Krier said.
She makes the mask like the red polka dot bandanas she also makes to remind people of the Rosies, those women who toiled in manufacturing plants with their heads wrapped in bandanas so their hair wouldn't get tangled in the machinery they used to make supplies for the military serving overseas.
They were depicted by a World War II era poster of "Rosie the Riveter" created by J. Howard Miller in 1943.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by DannyB on Tuesday July 14 2020, @05:23PM (37 children)
Only in the US.
And I would dare say, only among Republicans.
Everywhere else it is a medical issue. Not a political issue.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @05:58PM (36 children)
"And I would dare say, only among Republicans."
What have the Demokrauts accomplished in the last 4 motherfucking years besides the multiple witch hunts against Trump?
GFY
(Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday July 14 2020, @06:29PM (30 children)
The Democrats are not the ones in power if you had not noticed.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @06:39PM (5 children)
Wake the F. up DannyB. Newsflash, hot off the presses: US House of Representatives is DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
Since Trump has been in office the Dems have constantly attacked him in every possible way they can dig up. They alone have caused the political shitstorm that the US has degraded into. And at a time like this. They all need to be sent to Antarctica for a few years to cool off. I have NEVER seen any conservatives march in the streets and riot, arson, killing, etc. If you want to refer to the alt-right, please look in the alt-left mirror, they're just the absolute fringe idiots.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:31PM (3 children)
When you elect a criminal with total contempt for the well-being of the country and its citizens who sees the constitution as little more than a bunch of words restricting what he wants to do, then constant attacks are called "being responsible."
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:23PM (2 children)
Such as?
I was promised by our unbiased media that if Trump were elected he'd put all the Jews in ovens. Instead it appears the truth of the matter is he wanted to move our embassy to Jerusalem. Slight disconnect between shrieking propaganda and reality, LOL. The problem with that massive disconnect is continuing to shriek doesn't have any future impact on people who very wisely no longer believe.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Aegis on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:31PM
[CITATION NEEDED]
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday July 16 2020, @08:47AM
What the fuck are you even talking about? You know that's a lie, and yet you spout it off anyway?
As to "such as?"
Christ, I simply don't have the time for a task so overwhelming, I have and actual life!
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:37PM
One word: Moscow Mitch
Or three words: He won't bring anything to a vote
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:04PM (23 children)
The Democrats ARE IN POWER. They control the House, which controls the purse strings. What do you mean by "power", anyway?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:11PM (22 children)
If the Democrats have that much power, how come the Heroes Act [congress.gov] isn't law? Please do tell.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:20PM (20 children)
Theater.
They offered a version of the bill to the Senate, that the House knew the Senate would reject. So, the left has on record that the right rejected the attempt. But, it's all theater. If the Dems were serious, they would have offered a somewhat different bill that the Republicans in the Senate would have accepted.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:26PM (2 children)
If the Democrats have to offer a bill that Senate Republicans will accept, then the Democrats aren't really in control.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:53PM (1 child)
AH-HAA!!! You've figured it out!! Neither the House, nor the Senate, nor the President is SUPPOSED TO BE IN CONTROL!!! But, as I said, the House controls the purse strings. Only Congress can make a budget. Those other guys and only approve, or disapprove of a budget. And, in the case of a presidential veto, Congress can override that veto with a supermajority vote to override.
So, uhhhmmmm, what was the point again? Oh yeah. Your Dems are NOT powerless. They are in charge, if they just figure out how to get stuff done.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:07PM
Sure, just do everything that the GOP wants. Easy!
You'd be right if the Democrats controlled the Senate, which they don't. Mitch McConnell can stop anything the House sends their way, and does so with regularity.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:49PM (16 children)
So the House Democrats are in power, and if they just give the Senate Republicans what they want, they can exercise that power?
Jesus that's stupid.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:07PM (15 children)
No, it isn't that stupid. It's politics. Give a little to get a little, everyone gets something they want, nobody gets everything they want. Politics. Instead of playing politics, they've been acting like they are the heroes in the final confrontation between good and evil, or some such silly shit.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:39PM (10 children)
And yet you're claiming the Democrats are in power. It can't be both.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:48PM (9 children)
They impeached the president, didn't they?
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:51PM (8 children)
Seriously? Why not just admit you're wrong?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:55PM (7 children)
Because I'm not wrong. The Dems control the House. If they didn't have their heads up their asses, they could do a whole bunch of shit. Instead of getting things done, they've done little more than impeach the president. This is called Trump Disorder Syndrome. They have sacrificed damned near everything that WAS possible, just to TRY to make Trump look worse than he is. And, when anyone says, "Hillary would have been worse", that makes them a Trump supporter.
How about Dems get down to the business of politics, and stop the divisive character assasination? Stop with the identity politics? They HAVE POWER that they aren't even trying to use. TDS.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:50AM (6 children)
Of course you're wrong.
The House sends literally hundreds of bills to the Senate, and they just get ignored, because the Republicans don't want to do anything with them.
But even though the Republicans hold two of the three parts of your government, it's somehow the Democrats fault. Yeah, ok then.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:42AM (5 children)
He's a complete piece of shit isn't he? Someone should shove him up Mitch "turtlehead" McConnell's ass so he can suffocate amid the 400+ bills the guy stuffed up there to suffer the same fate.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:35AM (4 children)
To be fair, Fox News spends 24 hours a day, every day turning some Americans into enemies of other Americans.
Some people, it seems, have just absorbed too much of the propaganda to see it for what it really is.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @06:55AM (3 children)
It’s like this administration has been carefully planning to do the exact worst thing at the exact worst time to produce the exact worst possible outcome. Hanlon’s Razor has lost its edge; this level of incompetence is itself malicious.
I don’t know what I was expecting for 2020, but it wasn’t this. I’m a pharmacy technician and will likely be indirectly responsible for infecting and killing many elderly customers, as I will likely get the virus and recover quickly, but have to work because 1) there is no plan for closure and 2) like all poor Americans, I very literally cannot afford not to work.
When this all clears out, I hope like hell the US will realize that we need universal healthcare as a matter of cost savings and national security. And I hope every single Republican politician and every single nigger dies of the virus and wakes up in Hell to the sensation of a double lungful of exudate boiling off…
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 16 2020, @01:21AM (2 children)
Why are you quoting my old posts and adding "nigger" into them? That's bizarre. You're not even using the blockquote tag or attempting to attribute them or anything.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @08:53AM
Because this place is infiltrated by assholes and supported by a couple of vocal assholes and apathetic editors.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday July 17 2020, @12:48AM
Wear it as a badge of honour Azuma, your comments are so insightful that our resident flat-earth A/C feels the need to try to use them against you.
He is a very weird dude, and is just pushing buttons trying to figure out what he can get away with.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:51PM
It's a bit hard to "play the game" when the Republicans' definition of "compromise" seems to be "give us everything we want and we'll give you nothing in return, otherwise go fuck yourself."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:16PM (2 children)
What you are talking about is compromise. The GOP isn't talking compromise, however; they are all about obstruction.
You cannot compromise with someone who is simply refusing to deal.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 15 2020, @05:02PM (1 child)
You're kinda making my point for me, aren't you? Trump wasn't even sworn in yet - in fact, the ballots were still close to body temperature from voting day - and the Dems were clamoring for impeachment. The Dems swore before Trump was sworn in that they were going to get him out, one way or another. WTF is there to compromise, when they come at the sitting president like that?
It really didn't HAVE TO BE like this. FFS, look how many women are in congress, I guess most of them are Dem. Women are supposed to be far more socially sophisticated than men, right? Why didn't they quietly collude to entrap the president, while talking all sweet and lovey-dovey in public? No - these women are just as fucking batshit crazy as any male warhawk politician. They were openly looking for a fight even before day one.
And, you think the R's should have compromised? What compromise would that have been? "Alright, we'll give you Trump's head on a platter, and we get Pelosi, McConnel, the Muslim, and three more heads on platters."
Actually, I would have liked such a compromise, except for one thing. The Veep would have become Pres - and even most Dems admit that he would have been a worse pres than Trump. Hell, I don't want some fundamentalist religious nut running the country!! That would have called for a new compromise. "Hey, Dems!! We really want to give you Pence's head on a platter. Offer us anything - we'll even consider a shit sandwich in exchange!"
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:31PM
A few Democrats were calling for impeachment early on. Pelosi resisted that call for quite a long time (rightly) before more evidence came to light. Even then I knew it was a waste of time, as the Senate GOP were never going to convict no matter what. Nor would I expect them to "compromise" on the trial.
Where I do want to see compromise is with some of the legislation that the House has sent along. No reason to not bring them to a vote other than obstruction. The obviously partisan crap can go down the drain as far as I'm concerned, but there's enough good stuff in there that deserves honest discussion, with deals hammered out and votes cast.
Openly looking for a fight day one? Nothing to do with the GOP openly looking to fight day one of Obama's term, obviously.
100% agreement with regards to Pence. Having that nutbag as VP was good insurance against Trump getting assassinated.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:21PM
"survivor bias"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @08:56PM (3 children)
They pointed out all the ways that Trump and his followers are morons.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:07PM (1 child)
Which proves that Demokrauts only have an IQ 2 points higher than fools gold.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:42PM
Which is an improvement on the Rupublicunts IQ being 4 points lower than fools gold.
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:07PM
And the "woke" "cancel culture" idiots burning and looting are Einsteins.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:23PM
Oh did your feels get hurted? Of course the witch hunts the Republicans ran against HRC over Benghazi were just peachy, but don't do it to our side?
I listened to eight years of the right calling out Obama for ruling by fiat and golfing too much. Only to see the Orange Shit-stain break every record for both of those (In only THREE years!) plus massive abuses of power, Nepotism, lying even when the truth would serve him better, pardoning his accomplices, horrid response to COVID19 (remember, Obama was a failure because TWO people died of Ebola, so what does that make the Creamsicle Charlatan at 130,000 plus?), insulting everyone he doesn't like and then complaining that he isn't treated well (no shit dumbass!), being the biggest disseminator of fake news while calling legitimate reporting fake news... etc, etc, etc. while the right goes "yeah, own the libs even if it hurts me! Get rid of Obamacare (Romneycare actually) but save the ACA!" Wearing masks violates my right to infect others....and on and on.
And they have done a lot, ask Moscow Mitch how many bi-partisan bills he has stacked up he won't even allow a vote on.
The Republican party has always been the party of refusal, proven years ago by the pledge to make Obama a one term president and followed by their refusal to do anything good for this country unless you are a millionaire. ONLY the Republicans have ever pledged to no compromise regardless of if it was good for the country or not, ONLY the Republicans have ever signed a pledge from a political activist, Grover Norquist, who was a private citizen. So take away healthcare, screw the middle class some more. November is coming, and I have a hope and a feeling it's going to leave the right feeling very 'blue.'
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.