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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: 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.