Unfortunate Acronyms (UA)

[lpgoneeast]

From the CBC in an article about political wranglings happening in Thailand:

An activist group, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), has spearheaded mass demonstrations against several recent governments led by exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his allies.

The PAD contends that the administration of Prime Minister Somchai

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[lpgoneeast]

That used to happen at Jays games as well - they used to put up a K everytime a Jays pitcher got a strikeout - after the third one... so they stopped it.

Unfortunate acronyms

[radoboist]

Actually, the acronym was Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party, which would have been CCRAP.