Mob: 3 School: 0

UPDATE(Thursday 28 August): School is now canceled for the 3rd day and apparently arrest warrants have been issues for the core leaders of the PAD (the mob). Perhaps there is an end in sight, but who really knows?
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So, today is the second day that classes have been canceled due to the ongoing protest at the Government House.

I found a really good and concise ARTICLE on yahoo that summarizes the current situation.

If you're too much of a bum to read the article, this is the main scoop:

In 2006 there was a coup, run by the military and assisted by the PAD (the mob/protestors), the coup removed then Prime Minister Thaksin

January 2008 the current government was put in place.

Decisions were made since then that have convinced the PAD that the current PM Samak is really under the control of Thaksin.

Thus, the PAD is now trying to get Samak to resign and dissolve the government, so they have now taken siege of the Government house and broke into a TV station, taking control of it also.

In conclusion, the PAD maintain that they will not leave until Samak resigns and Samak maintains that he has no intention of doing so.

What does this mean for me? I have no idea. It is impossible for us to have school as long as the protesters remain there because I teach at the Palace which is located right next to the Government house. Furthermore, many of the students parents are involved with the Government that the mob is demanding to leave - so it's not the safest situation for them either.

So...I'm just trying to enjoy this holiday and ignore the sounds of impending doom because surely something's got to give - I just don't want to be around if/when it does.