The Kremlin’s May Day: “waving boughs of artificial flowers”

The Kremlin's May Day: "waving boughs of artificial flowers" May 1, 2012 5:03 pm bowser

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/world/europe/putin-and-medvedev-join-moscows-may-day-parade.html

How the mighty have fallen.

“Tens of thousands of trade unionists, waving boughs of artificial flowers, marched to oompah music down the broad thoroughfare that leads to the Kremlin.”

On the bright side, it beats parades of nuclear missiles. by TB 2012-05-01 18:05:45
It's important to remember... by ER 2012-05-01 17:23:41
- You're going to have a tough time filing the serial numbers off this particular reference. by TB 2012-05-01 17:31:10
  - That's the same Wiki reference I used. by ER 2012-05-01 17:41:28
    - Yeah, and before that it was pagans dancing about fertility around poles. by TB 2012-05-01 17:52:53
      - I'm not covering up anything. by ER 2012-05-01 17:57:29
        
        Heh. by TB 2012-05-01 18:11:30
        
        As long as there are capitalists, there will always be communists. by ER 2012-05-01 18:18:41
        
        THAT is a truism, and there is another. by bowser 2012-05-01 19:00:41
        
        OTOH, May Day will no longer be a Red holiday. by ER 2012-05-01 19:29:10

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