Hundreds of memes - and one chilling junta threat
Hi kids, Friday is all over and this is The Day After Friday, the 140th Saturday of the mandated panic of the Wuhan novel coronavirus mess
Police attack anti-junta protesters
Riot police and soldiers moved on rallies near the Democracy Monument, firing rubber bullets at the protesters.
Rally leaders said they wanted to lead demonstrators from the Democracy Monument to the site of Prayut's APEC 2022 summit, but the cops blockeed them.
As of this morning, 25 protesters were in handcuffs and police lockups.
That created another cause for the ralliers, who gathered in front of the Din So police station, chanting "Release our friends".
As of yesterday, disparate anti-junta and anti-Prayut groups had formed one, larger protest called "Citizens Stop APEC 2022" - a goal which seems unlikely.
https://t.co/fhf1PqBCC9
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2440839/police-fire-rubber-bullets-at-protesters
The Thai Journalists Association quickly released a statement demanding that authorities account for injuries to reporters and photographers during the police attack.
Political cartoonist Steph was also quickly off the mark. (The little guy in the tiger costume is Prayut.)
By sunrise, the situation was calm but tense. Anti-Prayut protests will continue today.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2440830/apec-summit-begins-prayut-to-focus-on-sustainable-economic-growth
Plenty of details at www.Prachatai.com
By far the most interesting headline of the day:
Activists protest One China Policy
Progressives in Thailand, Taiwan and other centres back a five-year policy they call the Milk-Tea Alliance - which has a two-year history and strong support.
On Tuesday, activists were seen walking around the Yaowarat area (Chinatown) of Bangkok, dressed as characters from the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, such as the monk Tang Sanzang and the monkey king Sun Wukong.
https://prachatai.com/english/node/10102
Hundreds of memes - and one chilling junta threat
ANSWER to your question: Yes, they certainly can, a defamation lawsuit has nothing to do with facts or the truth. And a threat by a military junta is a serious threat. AND it's criminal law, so you can be jailed. Do no trifle with Thailand's defamation law.
An agency of Thailand's ruling junta has threatened to sue anyone and everyone who shows this photo, or any variation.
The alert Expressway Authority of Thailand noticed there were many photoshopped images of their embarrassing mistake and therefore, "anybody who was caught doctoring images of the sign and sharing them will be sued."
The ETA is talking about many, many memes, like this:
https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/expressway-authority-threatens-to-sue-those-who-edit-and-share-welcom-sign/
But kinda-sorta on a similar-ish subject:
CHANGE: Elon Just Unbanned the Babylon Bee.
https://notthebee.com/article/elon-just-unbanned-the-babylon-bee-
Prayut is positively strutting at the APEC 2022 'summit' that he imagines will change everything.
Thai people - mostly young-ish Thai people are ranged across Bangkok this morning, railing against the ruling junta, and Prayut in particular.
The rest of the city and country are chill, with no sign of mass protests.
Amnexty International of England jumped unexpectedly into the politics, and ordered that, "Thailand authorities must drop charges against child protesters".
 Amnesty is extremely unpopular with Thailand's ruling junta and its supporters.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/11/thailand-child-protesters-amnesty/
Despite heroic efforts by the minister and members of Thailand's alleged 'ministry of foreign affairs', first-day speakers at the APEC 2022 summit focused on criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
APEC host Thailand is officially neutral on that war, and has worked hard [and successfully] to keep the Ukraine invasion off the APEC agenda.
Most of the early speakers condemned the war in Ukraine.
 At Thailand's lobbying requests they "acknowledged that there are different views and assessments of the conflict" - according to Thailand's official press release.
 Recognising that Apec is not the forum to resolve security issues, we acknowledge that security issues can have significant consequences for the global economy," the Thai junta's official statement said.
FUN and GAMES in Doha!
The World Cup soccer tournament will (probably) be broadcast in Thailand.
 Qatar bans beer from World Cup stadiums after 11th-hour U-turn.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/qatar-bans-beer-from-world-cup-stadiums-fifa-u-turn
Flashback: "There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam."
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/08/there-are-no-jokes-in-islam-there-is-no-humor-in-islam-there-is-no-fun-in-islam
It rained yesterday (as predicted), meaning that Thailand will (again) have no shortage of rice.
Bloody interesting. "Jack Smith" is the name I always use when I check into a short-time hotel. How did they know?
Related?
Stephen Schwarzman -- chairman, CEO and co-founder of private-equity giant Blackstone -- says in a statement to Axios that he's defecting from former President Trump for the 2024 presidential race.
Driving the news: "America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday," Schwarzman says.
The crypto panic is very real even [or maybe especially] in Southeast Asia.
Well, yes!
 Singapore writes down $275 million in FTX, calls belief in Sam Bankman-Fried 'misplaced.'
 A statement by state-owned investment company Temasek said it had decided to write down the value of its full investment in the exchange to zero, 'irrespective of the outcome of FTX's bankruptcy protection filing.
 Why would anyone, let alone a Singaporean, have a "belief" in a crypto-currency dumpster? Shame on Singapore!
Remember? Temasek is the state-controlled company that bought up Thaksin's AIS mobile phone firm.
Related
Well, one hopes...
 Could Sam Bankman-Fried go to prison for the FTX disaster?
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/13/could-sam-bankman-fried-go-to-prison-for-the-ftx-disaster/
And from the Spectator, a solid YES BUT...
Sam Bankman-Fried's media outlets must come clean.
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/sam-bankman-fried-media-ftx-come-clean/
SUNDAY READ
LAUGHING WOLF writes of the Untold Hogan's Heroes.
 "Well, not completely untold, but I'm amazed at how many people have never heard this story.
 Over on Twitter, Don Surber made a post about Hogan's Heroes and how all the Nazis were played by Jewish actors. In fact, the major actors all had very personal stories and reasons to want to portray the Nazis in a bad light.
https://www.laughingwolf.net/2022/07/11/the-untold-hogans-heroes/
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/11/highlights-of-news_018840020.html
Now that the U.S.A. election is over, the Bezo WaPo admitted the raid on President Trump was nonsenses.
The FBI confiscated 11,000 documents. A review showed 99% of the documents were not classified and the ones marked classified were harmless.
There was nothing but souvenirs and newspaper clippings.
The FBI had no business doing this.
Just sayin'...
The proper (and of course unpublished) headline:
 WaPo Sheepishly Admits the FBI Found No Nuclear Secrets, or Anything Else, in Mar-a-Lago Raid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/14/trump-motive-mar-a-lago-documents/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
LESSONS OF THE PANDEMIC
Add this one:
 "We are professionals" is usually BS. In basically every field. Well, except sports.
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/11/18/we-are-professionals-is-usually-bs-n511867
Excellent question, Megs:
MEGAN FOX: When Will Trump Apologize to the Country for His Stupid COVID Lockdown Response?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/megan-fox/2022/11/17/when-will-trump-apologize-to-the-country-for-his-stupid-covid-lockdown-response-n1646676
Yeah? So? People have been eating grasshoppers and grass for centuries. Probably millennia.
 I'm just dreading the day they make it mandatory:
 Lab-grown meat is safe to eat, says FDA.
https://bityl.co/FjRs
Could be true, but I'd keep my eye on the annexation of the Sudetenland.
