Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!!

The behaviour of the Abbott Government has lead some – including a new senator – to suggest that Abbott is, in fact, a sociopath. (Although, to be accurate, I believe that Lambie did say, “political psychopath”).

This is wrong. In order to demonstrate why, I have listed ten signs of being a sociopath and explained why they do not apply to Abbott.

#1) Sociopaths are charming. Mm, I guess some would find him charming, but it’s not the first word that comes to my mind. Let me know, if you think, I’m wrong.

#2) Sociopaths are more spontaneous and intense than other people. Ok, we may be able to give him a big tick here. For legal reasons, I won’t list some of Tony’s spontaneous actions.

#3) Sociopaths are incapable of feeling shame, guilt or remorse. ‘Nuff said.

#4) Sociopaths invent outrageous lies about their experiences. Abbott assures us that he has never broken any promises. Not even his marriage vows.

#5) Sociopaths seek to dominate others and “win” at all costs. Apparently, it’s Peta Credlin who’s giving the orders. And his daughters boss him around at home. So this one doesn’t apply to Abbott.

#6) Sociopaths tend to be highly intelligent, but they use their brainpower to deceive others rather than empower them. Highly intelligent? I think we can leave it there and not point out that he has admitted that he’s not the suppository of all wisdom.

#7) Sociopaths are incapable of love and are entirely self-serving. Tony loves many people and many things. He loves Rupert Murdoch, Gina Rinehart, his daughters, persecuting asylum seekers, humiliating the Labor Party, George Pell… the list is endless.

#8) Sociopaths speak poetically. Again, ’nuff said!

#9) Sociopaths never apologize. Tony said that he’d apologise to Indonesia over Labor’s cattle ban, so I presume that he did. Ah here we go:

Mr Abbott effectively apologised for the actions of the former government at an official reception on Monday night hosted by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“There have been times, I’m sorry to say, when Australia must have tried your patience: when we ‘put the sugar on the table’ for people smugglers; or cancelled the live cattle trade in panic at a TV program,” he said.

#10) Sociopaths are delusional and literally believe that what they say becomes truth. Well, I guess some of you are going to bring up Abbott’s broken promises here, but that just shows that you’re all sociopaths because Tony assures us that he didn’t break any promises.

So, if anyone tries to suggest that Abbott is a sociopath, just remind them that just because one or two things on the list seem to apply to him, they could also apply to anyone. No, Abbott is just your typical Liberal leader, and as I said to someone the other day, while Labor frequently disappoint me, the Liberals always live up to my expectations.

Although, at times, this government has exceeded them.

http://theaimn.com/tony-abbott-sociopath/

Yes... The man is little more than an arrogant lying bully

From Crabb

I know this sounds silly, but I also know I'm not alone; Australians assess their leaders on the degree to which their decisions are rational, consistent, and based on values that more or less reflect their own.

In an environment where the government changes its mind about many other things on a near-daily basis, a PM who redraws social convention ambitiously enough to permit the on-camera consumption of an unpeeled onion is more existentially alarming than a leader who mainlines an inappropriate vegetable in less remarkable times.

Two days after the onion-eating, when the Prime Minister on Sky News last Sunday declared his intention not to give a further inch on his higher education reforms, I was duly attentive but simultaneously conscious of a voice inside my skull murmuring, with quiet finality: "He ate an onion."

On Monday, when Mr Abbott confirmed in Question Time that the government would in fact give quite a few inches and indeed would sacrifice all its planned budgetary savings on university spending, my brain understood that this was a significant development, but the little voice would not let things rest: "It had the skin on. The SKIN."

When the deal was struck on the government's metadata legislation, part of me was cautiously pleased that journalists' sources would receive a modicum of protection, but it was hard to hear, with the voice – not just a voice now, more of a rowdy pub chimp – yammering "Even the onion guy did not think it was okay to eat an onion!"

read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/when-tony-abbott-ate-that-raw-onion-it-really-got-under-my-skin-20150321-1m3lnl.html

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Annabel... Still cautiously fence-sitting here... or may be you are misunderstanding these "mierda-data" laws, which for all intent and purposes do not really protect journalists from investigation by the government. Have you watched Malcolm talk to Jones on Matelime, er sorry Lateline? Malcolm was thus explaining how the laws could be used to stop any "unauthorised" leaks... Blimey. And to say the least, the mierda-data laws are not necessary... and can still catch "journalists", not as journalists but as "ordinary" citizens...

But eating raw onion, skin and all, is another trait of a Looney Tunes character like Yosemite Sam. YS Fires guns and loose cannons, gets hit on the head by his own devilishly poised rocks, but survives all the time what would kill the best of us. YS gets mad and loves cash (capitalism) which is the only motivation for climbing over everyone else. But it's a character who wants recognition (FAME) despite his faults... Thus when the love-polls are down, he buys votes... He does the opposite of being the scrooge he is. He throws money (PUBLIC PURSE) where he said he would not... 

Eating raw onion is the privilege of the guy who does not cry... It's a lifestyle choice...

For some people, being in path of a cyclone is not a lifestyle choice....

Tony Turdy is an idiot.

Annabel, Am I misunderstanding that you do not like Tony Abbott, but are too afraid to say so, so you go around the bucket as if you "misunderstand" him, as a mystery, since you bring "gods" as a measuring stick at the end of your article in a QUESTION? "Is it possible that this man does not – socially, at least – answer to the same gods we answer to?" Silly me.

THE TOPIC OF BULLYING is a perennial problem that doesn’t discriminate — occurring as it does in every section of our society, amongst every section of humankind. The issue recently gained renewed attention in the media, with ABC Four Corners exposing bullying behaviour among surgical staff in the medical profession. The topic of bullying in the health professions is one, of course, we have exposed in great detail here on IA.

With this in mind, the 2nd annual Australian Bullying Conference, held on the Gold Coast, on 29-30 June 2015 could be said to be an informative forum on this subject, but one raising grave concerns about the structures and processes currently in place to deal with bullying in our society.

Some of the highlights of the conference included Dr Sara Branch, a research fellow at Griffiths University, who spoke about creating pathways to prevent workplace bullying, highlighting the need for the development of both prevention tools and scientific evaluation mechanisms to measure their effectiveness.

In contrast, an address from Fair Work Commissioner Anna-Lee Cribb set off alarm bells.

Commissioner Cribb first outlined the definition of bullying adopted by the FWC and then presented the data for 2014, which included 701 applications relating to bullying in the workplace. Of these, 241 were subsequently withdrawn, 156 were resolved by mediation or conciliation, 51 were determined by the commission and 2 orders were made by consent. Some 43% said they were no longer in the position in which they had been bullied.

The Commissioner went on to say [IA emphasis]:

“No findings of bullying behaviour were made from any of the 701 applications.”

None. Not one.

read more: https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/bullying-in-australia-eating-the-young--and-the-not-so-young,7996