Thailand’s Junta Grinds Exceeding Fine

Army Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha presented Thailand’s 2015 budget to his handpicked National Legislative Assembly on Monday, 183 of 197 of whom promptly voted in favor.

“Nobody had any problems. Nobody disagreed,” Prayuth told reporters.

If that sounds like an ironic statement, it should. In fact, disagreement is rapidly disappearing as the junta, which came t…