Snick

midnight to 4am

Where did the Manhattan Coup take place ?

This is the 12th successful coup, their have also been 7 to 9 unsuccessful coups, even the historians aren't quite sure of the number.

does taking a piss count ?

they're back at Victory Monument right now, but no news on numbers. Only photo I saw showed very few.

What he said ! A lot of people think the coup happened when it did because the Reds were planning on upping the violence. All the gun caches located seem to to point that way.

Yea the two 'cases' get mixed up easily . I expect lots of trials in the near future against Yingluck and other PT politicians, their is tons of dirt out there and the Democrats have been collecting details to feed to the courts for the last few years. And i'm sure you'll see a lot of people change sides and give evidence to keep themselves free (like they do everywhere).

I meant its moot since the Senate has been dissolved. Pre-senate dissolution, I was under the understanding that a senate vote to impeachment her (i.e., find her guilty of the impeachment charges brought by NACC) would ban her from politics for 5 years, I did not see any mention of other penalties or being forced to make restitution. A criminal conviction could certainly require restitution.

CNN did the same crap years ago, only time I ever wrote a letter to a network saying it was despicable of them to air comments from a paid lobbyist as though it was impartial news. Bangkok post had to turn off comments because Robert Amsterdam and his staff were filling it up with Thaksin propaganda.

There was an official announcement that there will be no change in the curfew. Probably made because of all the rumors flying around. update: Cascade just posted on their Facebook that they are "open late again", I guess that means they made some deal with cops to ignore Soi 4.

Not quite what happened. The Rice Scheme was handled by the NACC,, National Anti Corruption Commission (which is not a court). It found Yingluck guilty of negligence and 1) forwarded the matter to the Senate for an impeachment vote (now moot), and 2) forwarded the evidence collected to the criminal court, which had said pre-coup that they were pursuing the matter and might have a judgement within 2 months. You can assume the criminal court will continue and bring charges against Yingluck and others. The most damning evidence is the government to government contracts which were all fraudulent. Its should also be noted that the 2013 Amnesty bill covered crimes thru mid 2013 and would have exonerated Yingluck of any criminal charges that were ever found with the rice scheme (or megaprojects, or floods, or anything else). Another possible reason for detaining Thaksin relatives and restricting their movement is to use them as hostages against Thaksin sponsoring violence.

I'm surprised how well the Baht has held up, but I still expect it to weaken (possibly a lot). It will be interesting to see if the Junta starts 'printing money'

CNN and BBC just went off the air

I doubt it, the economic damage would be huge and what would it accomplish ? They might start blocking lots of sites though, youtube, Facebook,twitter.....

BBC and CNN still on air and reporting live. Thai stations playing music and the occasional army announcement,

They have, crowd is dispersing peacefully. Yellow rally has not been dispersed yet. Army has it surrounded.

Curfew announced from 10pm to 5am - countrywide

Its a Coup !!! details to follow, happening right now. Suthep & co detained

hahahaha, never and that is the kind of story the Thais would love.

Tanks !

Whats this ? Missed that story ! 555

I read somewhere that buses were being allowed thru Bang Na checkpoint..but not 100% sure.

This is the most unattractive Miss Thailand Universe I can remember, the bribes must have been huge for her to win.

Let me join the 2 together :) Lots of posts in the twitterspere comparing Miss Tiffany with Miss Universe, most saying Miss Tiffany is better looking AND a better person

It should be noted that Chalerm was removed from his cabinet post by the courts last week and has no legal authority to chair the CAPO meeting.....Amazing Thailand.