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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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