MayDay 2008 in Minneapolis, the parade to Powderhorn Park

Blackberries in China? For real? Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009

China Telecom is reportedly in talks with Research In Motion to introduce BlackBerries. The Chinese telecom is reportedly now testing BlackBerry handsets, but has not finalized the launch date.Insiders say China Telecom is gearing up for the launch of BlackBerry service bundles. Huge market - did anybody tell Steve Jobs or the folks at Palm? […]

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Missile defense equipment to Hawaii - and FLOATING RADAR Sunday, 21 Jun 2009

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. has moved a"floating radar system" near Hawaii. The U.S. has also moved ground to air anti-missile equipment to the area. Defense Secretary Gates said, "We do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile…in the direction of Hawaii," Jeremy Jacobs covers it for The HILL; […]

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Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera Friday, 19 Jun 2009

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said. In March, the victim recognized himself and the two robbers while surfing Google Maps... police work ensued, they […]

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Mexican gun-runners helped by lax U.S. weapons registration Friday, 19 Jun 2009

Loophole-laden laws in the United States are hampering efforts to stop the gun smuggling that fuels Mexico's drug-related violence, according to a congressional report released on Thursday. Efforts to trace firearms seized in Mexico are delayed by an average of two weeks due to the absence of a national U.S. firearms registry, the GAO f […]

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Michelle Obama: Obesity Epidemic Unacceptable Thursday, 18 Jun 2009

Over 1/3 of the children in the U.S. are overweight or obese, and the First Lady is taking that as a challenge to help reverse this ridiculous trend.

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Forward looking U.S.-China synergy in natural aquaculture. Thursday, 18 Jun 2009

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., headquartered in the U.S., is an integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing company, with production facilities in Hainan, China. and North America. HQS practices sustainable aquaculture, and raised $10.4 million in capital today in a stock offering. Who knew Tilapia held such promise? […]

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There's no expiration date on hate Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009

Like Leonard Pitts, I once thought we were living in the last days racism. I thought we were harbingers of a new world too enlightened to ever again hate people because of who they were let alone the color of their skin - that only actions would matter going forward. We were overly optimistic. The murder at the Holocaust Museum brought reali […]

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MayDay 2008 in Minneapolis, the parade to Powderhorn Park

Posted on Monday, 5 May 2008 by obamesque

To welcome in spring, and celebrate May Day and Cinco De Mayo, the Heart of the Beast puppet theater works with community organizers to stage a parade and festival on a Sunny May Sunday. This year the weather was absolutely perfect, the turnout to watch the parade was huge, and the Democrats made a major showing as most candidates from within the party had a presence in the parade – prominently including Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak leading an Obama delegation, Representative Keith Ellison, and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer.

Here are a number of thumbnails from before, during, and after the parade. Each features a link to a larger-image and most have one to a “super size” file, too.