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Original 'Rosie the Riveter' Makes Masks to Fight COVID-19

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @04:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the riveting-drama dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

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.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:26PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:26PM (#1021443)

    If the Democrats have to offer a bill that Senate Republicans will accept, then the Democrats aren't really in control.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:53PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:53PM (#1021452) Journal

    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

      by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:07PM (#1021973)

      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.

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      The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.