2010 red shirts anti-government protests

here's some snippets from the coverage of the Thai anti-government protests this april (this was before the government crack down):

-"The army had bizarrely set up a sound truck which was blasting out '70s disco hits in an attempt to keep the mood light. When I got there they were playing Boney M's “Rasputin.” A local truce was negotiated between a red shirt and the army unit commander."

-"the atmosphere was festive at first. red shirts were handing out cookies to passers by."

-"heavy rains cooled off the protesters and halted the clashes between the red shirts and the police this afternoon".

-"did you know that you could go take your pictures taken with the soldiers at the Asok intersection? they may even let you hold their guns."

-"I saw one of the red shirts holding a Molotov cocktail while smoking a cigarette while making a donation to a monk to get a good luck blessing for the protests."

all of the "news" about the ex-prime minister Thaksin were very yellow press and resembled a gossip column.

-"I'm shocked to learn about the rumors that I was in shock during chemotherapy," Thaksin told his red-shirt supporters. He pulled his hair purportedly to prove that he was not wearing a wig to cover baldness caused by cancer treatment."
(Thaksin is the ousted ex-prime minister who is behind the anti-government red shirts movement. he is wanted by thai court for $ fraud. he is allegedly living in Dubai at the moment. he also has a residence at Montenegro and a Nicaraguan passport. he's been leading his followers (the red shirts) through the protests via twitter).