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Now There's A Coupe In Thailand

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I just hope they are not referring to Yingluck with this one.....not a clue as to the affection for French desserts. Thought they were more interested in in durian.

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Or maybe this kind of Coo?

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Suppose this could be a ladyboy interested in marital law....

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So...please explain, Is the Thailand Tourism Authority now promoting raping and pillaging tours?

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The coup is in full force. The military has taken over all TV and radio stations in Thailand. The boys complained as they were not allowed to see TV tonight.

There is a curfew in full force. I live in a very busy area and the streets are quite. They are never quiet this time of night.

The military has suspended the constitution. (what the yellow shirts wanted all along)

They have brought in buses for the protesters to take them north or south. Not sure if they will go or not.

This is my 2nd full coup in Thailand and it is always interesting to see what goes on here.

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Well, something had to be done. They couldn't even hold new elections if the yellow shirts wouldn't participate. Let's assume the military love their country and their King and just want to bring some level of stability to the country. Let tempers cool, then get down to work.

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What, no DVD player? No Redbox in the lobby? ^_^

A old friend of mine seemed to frequently find himself near where there was a coup going on, just happened or was about to happen. He maintained that tanks at the palace gates did not much interfere with ordinary business. His advice was to stay away from politicos and their demonstrations.

But, you all be careful now, you hear?

Best regards,

RA1

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A old friend of mine seemed to frequently find himself near where there was a coup going on, just happened or was about to happen.

So your friend worked for the CIA?

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They couldn't even hold new elections if the yellow shirts wouldn't participate.

More accurately, new elections were held (which the Reds won handily) but the Yellows were able to block by force polling places from opening in a sufficient number of southern districts (their stronghold) to prevent a constitutional quorum from being formed to convene a new parliament.

Well, something had to be done.

Clearly the only reasonable thing to do was to sideline the police (too Red), bounce the remnant Red government at gun point, arrest much of the leadership of the Reds and (just you wait) install a new interim government of Yellows tasked with re-writing the election rules to prevent the Reds from ever, ever, ever winning an election again.

Let tempers cool, then get down to work.

This isn't the first time around the coup merry-go-round for the Reds. Some areas in the north (Red heartland) are said to have formed up local militias to oppose a new coup. What will come of that remains to be seen. Who is running Bangkok ain't necessarily who is running the rice growing regions up north.

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Not saying the Red Shirts are the good guys here, just that the Army is a Yellow dominated institution.

PS By my count the Yellow Shirt crowd hasn't won a legit election since 1992. Just thought that might be worth a thought.

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The coup is in full force. The military has taken over all TV and radio stations in Thailand. The boys complained as they were not allowed to see TV tonight.

If the Joint Chiefs ever stage a coup in Washington, they would be well advised to time it to avoid blocking Monday night football. :P

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As a matter of fact he did work for the CIA. They were looking for non-US citizens to fly military style aircraft in Columbia that were used to eradicate plants from which cocaine was made. At first he US used US pilots but then switched to foreign pilots for what for some may be obvious reasons. These aircraft flew side by each loaded with plant poison with at least one armed aircraft in trail, in case of any trouble.

Best regards,

RA1

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