There is a Thai expression which goes like this: ???????? /mik-ka-san-yee.

This is a way of recalling a time of chaos and unrest. Life turns upside down, the world spins out of control, and emotions are running high. Uncertainty and danger are dance partners crossing the floor in front of our eyes.

mik-ka-san-yee is used to talk about a mythical era. A time of apocalypse, a time when hidden forces march forward, enveloping the land. mik-ka-san-yee is a distant event that happened long ago, and despite the upheaval the world didn’t end.

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The political ball remains in play. High in the air, the demands, accusations, recriminations and growing hatred will rain down. Both sides are scrambling in this environment, seeking to press home an advantage.

I don't see a space where either side—the government or the Red shirts—will be willing to back down. Each side has far too much at stake, too much to lose. Creditability is the new English word on the streets. What leaders are credible after Saturday? How will they make a case for their constituents, the other side, and the international community? The large number of photographs and video footage on the Internet has made it difficult to spin the facts. Though videos and photographs are open to interpretation and one can be certain each side will have footage to support their claims.

Stalemates ultimately breakdown when one side admits defeat. That point hasn't been reached. And stalemates can last a long time. The violence on Saturday, as bad as it was, has not been decisive. Both sides claim the other was the cause. So, at the moment, the politics has become a zero sum game.

That is very unThai. Compromise and negotiations have, in past, prevailed as the working model. That isn't happening, at least not at the moment. Too much blood was spilled. The mood on Monday can be defined as: bellicose, ugly with the machinery of hatred and vilification saturating the political space like a mutating virus.

Where will the situation and players go next? It is uncharted territory. Frankly no one can predict in the fog of emotions when sanity and rationality will return. You will need a fortuneteller to find an answer to that question.

Apparently there is a legal distinction between a ‘normal’ and ‘serious’ State of Emergency. The prime minister has declared his State of Emergency declaration is in the serious category.

The emergencies are coming as often as super sales at the shopping mall. The first three states of emergency were a disappointment. Duds. There was much fury but no storm damage. In other words, nothing much happened. No one could figure out where the emergency was.

It is difficult to know whether this ‘serious’ state of emergency will lead to circumstances where violence and repression are more obvious. A number of political pundits are talking about the government imposing censorship on TV, radio and the Internet. The walls of information will close in, narrowing the space to judge events and players.

The first casualty is always the truth.