Frostpaw the Polar Bear — a person in a polar bear costume, actually — demonstrated against the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline oil project at the Stan Sheriff Center Sunday.

According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the bear stood across the arena from where Barack and Michelle Obama were enjoying a basketball game. The brother of FLOTUS, Craig Robinson, coaches Oregon State, which lost to Akron in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. 

The White House press pool says POTUS was up early today and off to the gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. I’m thinking Frostpaw will not be allowed on base.

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Photo: POTUS and FLOTUS in the house at UH’s Stan Sheriff Center. (The Official Ben Jay)

—Chad Blair

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