Watched some of the videos myself and came away with a few things; first abrupt gunfire but troops held their ground, this tells me they probably weren't receiving live fire at that time, not sure what they were delivering (ie rubber or live). Then two large explosions, looks like 40mm HE rounds fro...

Hey out of country now but looking at the coverage which mostly centers on Bkk. I hear that in Udon, Khon Kaen, and Chiang Mai they have actually taken over the local government buildings. Frankly this surprises me... surprises me that they took so long to think of this, I mean why ship supports fro...

jackspratt wrote:Well thank you for that very illuminating diatribe, Kaiheitai.

I'm here to serve and protect my friend, serve and protect

I must say (having not read through all the post but judging from looks) you buggers have nye an IPA (Indian Pale Ale) in the lot?!?! What is this????!!!! [-X I come from the rocky lands of mid continental Americas and I must say we far surpass our German, Irish, whosoever forefathers in terms of ho...

lee wrote:Yes 400bt

Yea I saw that BS also, we just got beers and drank them down by the river... They can keep their waterfall for that price!

Arjay, I am weak on address's in Bangkok, is this place just off Sukumvit on Soi 9 or is it more down past Soi Cowboy by the Coliseum? Either way what a disaster but I could see it happening, can you imagine if this had happened at Nana Plaza with only one way in and one way out?? I live on Sukhmvh...

Nice, thanks for the update, I'll probably drop in next weekend before hitting up Vietnam with my J-friend... she was going to come to LoS before PAD went apes~hit well as long as I can get some khao niao, som tom, and a Chang I'm there, its been too long ! Its rough being a poor student

Wow I think the gals at Rajahbaht Udon have better grammar skills and, unfortunately, that's not sayin a lot and Aussie Boy you big softy you, lol! But an honorable endeavor nonetheless (^^)b

Kid should go enlist for a tour and then think about going out in the real world...

Is UP2U bar still there? I think there are 2 UP2Us in Udon but the centerpoint one is my place for som-tom and Chang :) back in 2007 they had a big tarp ceiling in that area that collapsed in a rain storm and decimated a whole table (by decimate I mean you would be dead or severely injured if you we...

When an individual dies its on for young & old. The military will split into warlord factions. The Southern Muslims will lift their act and Red & Yellow will see to it that the country splits into 2. The same happened in other countries & will be repeated here. NO ploblems!!! regards :guiness: So n...

So nom naa neo~fascist biatches, really though Sondhi and Chamloong deserve serious time behind bars of course the much vaunted Thai justice system which was able to dissolve the PPP will likely find any kind of real justice hard to deliver

I think looking at just short term movements is of no help... medium term fundamentals point to a weaker baht, technical analysis shows a fairly solid downward trend. Don't get whipsawed by daily or hourly movements. Actually my technical view is that it is at the top of the channel resistance (resi...

Hmmmmm, Thailand is already a constitutional monoarchy although "aristocracy" may better reflect the power distribution and structure. So are you guys swilling brewskis with Lee Kwan Yew, Mahatir Mohhamed, Sondhi, and Shintaro Ishihara on weekends praising the whole "Asian Values" bit? IMO, that pol...

rufus wrote:Perhaps the Bkk Thais should be disenfranchised?

A little taste of their own medicine... talk about a sense of entitlement

BoT proposes 3 interest cut options The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is set to propose three options for a policy interest rate cut to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for consideration at its meeting Wednesday, according to a source at the central bank. The options are to reduce the key short-term in...

Well I think it will be interesting how this affects the PAD sheep once they go home and have a chance to lay off the Sondhi/ASTV yaa baa for awhile and actually absorb what their actions have caused... you know when they were camping at the gov't house and Swampy there was only one acceptable news ...

I suspect "news buying" based on the temporary end to the crisis... but medium term I would say the PAD induced recession will push it towards 40 again....there are going to be a lot fewer tourists needing Thai baht if arrivals next year are down 50% like they're saying. Supply and demand.

PAD needs 2 more days to remove all belongings from Government House The People's Alliance for Democracy needs two more days to dismantle all structures and remove all of its belongings from the Government House compound, Suriyasai Katasila, a PAD leader said Tuesday. He said the PAD would official...

Except for this yokel, nice muzzle awareness Rambo.... this is why I was scared training with Thais at Cobra Gold!