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Pollylims; Tony Gump

Pollylim; The Abbott Run

A Bit of Perth

The Urban Garden in the Perth Cultural Precinct is popular with more than just the human population.

A pair of city magpies garnering a breakfast from the soil of this vegetable bed with the Perth CBD in the background.

What Alice in Wonderland Character Are You?

You Are the Cheshire Cat

You are strangely illusive and provocative. You tend to stir up trouble and then disappear quickly. You sure know how to push other people’s buttons, but it’s difficult for anyone to push yours.You are mysterious and crafty. You tend to be lurking in the background, and you show up at the most unexpected times. You are purposely vague and baffling. Trying to figure you out will just drive people crazy!

What Alice in Wonderland Character Are You?

Blogthings: We’re Not Shrinks, But We Play Them On the Internet

Cat Lovers, Look Away!

Many people know of cultural groups that love pigs feet and pigs knuckles. Some consider them a delicacy beyond compare.

Well, there is another cultural group that favors feline feet.

That’s right, they love nothing better than a batch of well-cooked little kitty paws. In fact, they have annual events dedicated to various recipes and celebrations of the many culinary variations of preparing this tasty treat.

Their annual gathering is called the Feast of Tabby Knuckles.

There is a smaller group who refuse to chew on these treats.

When they get one, they just Sukkot!

Sid and Sod

It Tickled Granny’s Fancy

 Sunday Times, Sunday 25 May 1947

God and Gardens

Reverently burgled from I Am your God

Who Replaces Tony Abbott

The growing instability of Tony Abbott must be concerning the Liberal Party members of Federal Parliament..

With his bullying style and erratic policy announcements, there seems to be a danger that the electorate will soon grow tired of this deeply flawed man. The unlosable 2013 election may be in unexpected doubt. Newspoll this coming week is tipped to show a big swing against the Coalition.

Once the Carbon Tax is in place and operating, Tony Abbott will have lost his Raison d’être and will be ripe for the toppling. That is a scary prospect because of Abbott’s life-long tendency to rage. As recalled by his fellow students at Sydney University, he was not above vendettas and violent threats.

“He was a very offensive, a particularly obnoxious sort of guy,” said Barbie Schaffer, a Sydney teacher who was at Sydney University with Mr Abbott.

“He was very aggressive, particularly towards women and homosexuals”.

Published university reports show that after a narrow defeat in the university senate elections in 1976 – Mr Abbott’s first year of an economics-law degree – he kicked in a glass panel door.

Once they raise their courage to the sticking point, and have organised additional insurance for the Liberal Party Room in Parliament House, the Liberal members will need to find a replacement in secret because this is not going to be a pretty sight. It will be sudden and it will be decisive. And Abbott will be extremely unhappy!

Everyone will be on edge, possibly hiding away from scrutiny. Questions running through all their minds must be, “Who is there to replace him? Could it be me?”

Here is your chance to assist in that difficult decision. After four years of not being allowed to think for themselves, the Liberal caucus needs some guidance.

Note: Bananaby Joyce and Chris Uhlmann will not be candidates!  Janet Albrechtson, Andrew Bolt and Ray Hadley are only write-in candidates.

After making your choice, have a guess at the date of what Twitter has dubbed #libspill. Remember any move will need to be far enough out from the coming election so the electorate can become comfortable with the new incumbent.

My choice is 13th August. That is the day before the first sitting day of the Spring session. It allows just over 12 months to the next election.

Leave your guess in the comments below. While minimum identification is required, I do not moderate comments, except to remove gross foul language.

Sid and Sod

Murder by Bullying?

There have been hints all week.

No one has been game to come out and put it into words.

So I will say it. The unthinkable is happening in our Parliament.

The ultimate in workplace bullying.

It seems as though Tony Abbott is attempting to drive Craig Thomson to his death!

I’ll go back a little. A decade and a half to another Labor MP; Greg Wilton. The only member of Australia’s Parliament to commit suicide whilst serving in the House. It was a sad and emotional time for all concerned.

The current acting Speaker of the House, Anna Burke said, “I’m angry and I’m sad to be here today. I’m angry at myself for not being a better friend. I’m angry at those who play politics with human life. I’m angry at the national press who profess their insincerity….

Tony Abbott said, in his contribution to the Condolence Motion, “We didn’t reach out to him enough in his life, and we shouldn’t wait until they’re gone to appreciate them. Obviously, Mr Speaker, Greg Wilton was not gentle on himself. The best thing we could do would be to rededicate ourselves to being kinder and gentler to each other, as he would have wished.”

Back in the present, in his overpowering lust for the keys to the Lodge and his Prime Ministerial seat at the dispatch boxes is Tony Abbott showing Australia his psychopathic tendencies?

Is he suffering a mental aberration?

The first signs may have appeared after Abbott went to Afghanistan and said of the death of our troops there, “Shit happens”. When asked to explain, he showed what may be the first signs of his mental instability in a 24 second silence, complete with nodding head. (As an aside, get your copy of this interview now as it appears to be disappearing from You Tube. A little rewriting of history could be going on here!)

The political and media pressure on Craig Thomson has been ramped up over the past month to an incredible degree. The man is being vilified and condemned in the Murdoch Press, in its sycophants, the Fairfax and ABC organisations and in a large part of the Social Media. Death threats from the public are just another part of this vilification. All for “CRIMES” he has apparently committed.

Which crimes he has apparently committed are uncertain as he has not been charged with any despite several police investigations. Yes, there have been “FINDINGS” by a non-judicial body on questionable standing and they have now been passed on to judicial bodies. There are still no crimes for which he has been charged and certainly none of which he has been found guilty. Yet the pressure, in the press and in the Parliament is increasing.

The Opposition, led by an Abbott/Pyne Junta, has been calling on the Government to “pair” his vote so it doesn’t benefit from Thompson’s “tainted” vote. Over the past fortnight that has changed into calls for Thomson to resign. Pyne’s apoplectically red-faced tirade during the week was a stand-out example.

It has only been during this past week that some have started to publicly say that they are concerned for Mr Thomson’s health.  Thompson has been goaded into saying, “To say he has sympathy and then to angrily call for me to resign in the same breath, shows just how insincere Mr Abbott is. Again it shows he is unfit to be a leader and unfit to be an MP.”

In a political atmosphere where violent themes, words and similes have become commonplace. From “Executing a Prime Minister” to “Kicking her to death“, simply driving a man from his elected position seems to be small stuff.

Put sufficient pressure on him and he will resign.

That this pressure could harm a fellow human being does not seem to bother Tony Abbott.

Mal Washer, a Liberal MP and a doctor is concerned for Mr Thomson’s mental health because of the immense emotional pressure he was under. He  said, “We don’t want to see someone do something dreadful to themselves,“

In the same article, when asked about the stress on Mr Thomson, Mr Abbott told reporters in Canberra: “I have sympathy for anyone who is in trouble and obviously Mr Thomson is in a lot of trouble at the moment.“

Asked whether the coalition had gone in too hard, Mr Abbott said: “The coalition has done its job.“

From the outside it seems that regardless of the result and the warnings from others of a gentler disposition, Abbott will keep pushing Thomson until he goes over the edge.

Thomson out of the Parliament. That is what he wants. And it seems any damage to Craig Thomson is irrelevant.

Even if it leads to Tony Abbott having to stand up in the House and again saying, in his pseudo-sympathetic voice, “The best thing we could do would be to rededicate ourselves to being kinder and gentler to each other, as he would have wished.“

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ADDENDUM

Now Abbott’s overwhelming ambition and possibly diminished mental abilities seem to have led him into another awkward situation. He said on Friday, “The best thing for everyone – to take the pressure off him, to take the pressure off his family – would be for (Mr Thomson) to leave the parliament.”

That pressure is being applied by Tony Abbott himself.

Under Section 28 of the Crimes Act it is an offence for anyone “who, by violence or by threats or intimidation of any kind, hinders or interferes with the free exercise or performance, by any other person, of any political right or duty”.

No doubt we shall see the result of this outburst over the next few weeks. Possibly with more head-nodding and some extended silences.

A Bit of Perth

As part of the public art explosion in Perth, this two sided mirror is now gracing the eastern end of the Cultural Precinct.

The sweetest honey is in the tree
That’s nowhere else but here.

Pigram Brothers

Yes, I know they are from Broome but the words apply to home places.

And Perth is my home.

See, I took another photo from the other side.

BBC Quiz of the Week

LAST Week The weather remained sunny with a few Newish moons around nightfall. I did not watch or listen to much news.

Becoming very discouraged by Australian politics where a psychopathic Leader of the Opposition (Tony Abbott) is driving an opponent who stands between him and the Prime Ministership to at least a mental breakdown. Possibly worse. It has caused me to give up reading or listening or watching news.

Hats and Crowns:- Magic Hands and DaisyFae share the Hat this week.

No crowns.

THIS Week. I completely bombed out this week. Possibvly because I failed to watch any news. I will blame Tony Abbott when I wear the hat next week! What will you score in this week’s quiz?

Previous Dunces

18th May, 1/7, daisyfae, healingmagichands

11th May, 2/7, Bel, Puddock, Gitwizard

4th May, 1/7, Puddock, sandy

27th Apr, 2/7, Daddy P

20th Apr, 1/7, daisyfae

13th Apr, 0/7, dinahmow

6th Apr, 1/7, nursemyra

30th Mar, 1/7, azahar

23rd Mar, 2/7, Puddock, healingmagichands, daisyfae, azahar, Rob

16th Mar, 2/7, daisyfae, healingmagichands, Bel

9th Mar, 1/7, daisyfae, Puddock

2nd Mar, 1/7, daisyfae, sandy

24th Feb, 1/7, azahar

17th Feb, o’7, sandy, Ærchie

10th Feb, sandy

3rd Feb, 2/7, azahar

27th Jan, 2/7, Cybe R Wizard, azahar

20th Jan No hats awarded.

13th Jan 1/7, Daddy P, nursemyra

7th Jan, 1/7, Daddy P

Crown Winners (7/7)

2nd Sept, 2011, dinahmow
23rd Sept, 2011, dinahmow
30th Sept, 2011, healingmagichands
11th Nov, 2011, nursemyra, dinahmow
2nd Dec, 2011, dinahmow

13th Jan, 2012, dinahmow

27th Jan, 2012, dinahmow

10th Feb, 2012, dinahmow

30th Mar, 2012, dinahmow

It Tickled Grandpa’s Fancy

The Daily News, Thursday 22 May 1947

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