Thursday, October 10, 2013 2:01:49 AM
The Abbott-Putin man off: which leader wins the macho award?
"Abbott’s Ministry – One woman, no science, 12,000 jobs"
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this just to cement the Abbott-Putin image ..
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Tony Abbott passively-aggressively asserted his manliness by showing up late to Vladimir Putin's birthday party. This begs the question: which man is more of a man than the other man?
• Photo gallery: Abbott v Putin - the reign of the macho leader
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/oct/10/australia-russia-abbott-putin-macho
Ben Pobjie
theguardian.com, Thursday 10 October 2013 10.00 AEST
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Vladimir Putin and Tony Abbott Vladimir Putin and Tony Abbott: who wins the macho award? The answer is in our photo gallery. Photograph: AP/Newspix
Say what you like about our prime minister, but you cannot deny that he’s male: in fact he’s one of the few prime ministers in Australia’s history who seems to walk around every day desperately hoping that somebody will ask him to prove it. And at the Asia Pacific leaders’ summit in Bali, that is exactly what he’s set out to do, pitting his manhood directly against that of Russia’s president, Vladimir “The Centaur of St Petersburg” Putin.
It was at this summit that Abbott swaggered into the opening session seven minutes late .. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10362817/Tony-Abbott-shown-iron-curtain-by-Putin-after-missing-his-birthday-party.html , missing not only the opening remarks, but a small celebration of Putin’s birthday during which Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono played guitar and sang Happy Birthday, a landmark moment in the history of incredibly strange events.
But Abbott obviously thought it was worth missing this epochal weirdness to lay down the gauntlet to Putin: by turning up late, the little Aussie pedaller signalled that he is a dominant male, asserting his power by forcing others to conform to his timetable. “I am far too manly,” our Tony was saying to Vlad, “to concern myself with sissy things like birthdays and punctuality.”
But has Abbott bitten off more than he can chew? Surely, so new to the job, he could’ve eased himself into it by testing his masculinity against less formidably manly foes, like Stephen Harper or Hillary Clinton. Is it courage or foolhardiness to try to bring down an elephant on your first day on safari?
Whatever the case, it’s on. Witnesses reported a “frosty” atmosphere in Bali, and Putin apparently snubbed Abbott as if he was Naomi Watts on Oscar night. The die has been cast and the man-off is on, so let’s take a look at which man is more of a man than the other man.
First of all, let’s look at physique. Putin is renowned for his eagerness to flaunt his bare chest around the plains and forests of Europe, and there’s definitely a Rambo quality to the man when he starts thrusting his nipples at the wildlife. But he may have met his match in Abbott, a man whose desire to achieve the highest political office is exceeded only by his desire to burn the outline of his barely-contained genitalia into the brains of every citizen of Australia. Putin likes to show off his chest, but Abbott is practically a Chippendale: he will flex and pose for anyone.
But it’s not all about appearances: what do these manly men do? Abbott, of course, likes to compete in triathlons, which does take a lot of muscle and involve a lot of sweating, so that’s pretty mannish. He also volunteers as a fireman, a very manly calling, and in his youth he excelled at both boxing and rugby, so in his veins flows that perfect combination of violence and homo-eroticism that all men aspire to.
Vladimir Putin flies hand gliding with young cranes. More pictures in our
photo gallery. [see link above] Photograph: Alexey Druginyn/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/EPA
However, check out old mate Vlad. He does judo .. http://eng.putin.kremlin.ru/interests , which lacks the pure bestial bloodlust of rugby; but when not using others’ own strength against them, he likes to take to the outdoors. On a horse. With a gun. He hunts wild animals. Tigers. Bears. Moose. He prowls around the Siberian woods, shirt nowhere to be seen, as a variety of fearsome beasts find themselves frozen in the high-beams of that cold, dead-eyed KGB stare. It’s lucky he’s got affairs of state to distract him, or extinction rates would double overnight. And when he’s not hunting, he’s hang-gliding: last year he led a flock of endangered cranes .. http://tiny.cc/tw4p4w .. on their migration route.
How many world leaders do you know who can command the obedience of animals in the air, and pop a cap in their asses on the ground? Until Abbott gets on the back of a ute with a spotlight and a shotgun, I think we can be pretty certain who would win in a fight: Tony might have the reach and the technique, but Vladimir has a rifle and a ceaseless thirst for blood.
So I think the man-off has to be awarded to Putin, but Abbott shouldn’t lose hope. He’s just a rookie, and he put up a very creditable fight. He’s still manlier than John Key and David Cameron put together, and with a little more training, a few more dead animals, and a slightly more developed streak of savage homophobia, I am confident that our new prime minister can one day be the most macho of them all.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/10/abbott-putin-macho-leader
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Abbott broke law with media shutout, say Indonesian journalists
Michael Bachelard Date October 2, 2013
Tony Abbott has incurred the wrath of Indonesia's journalists by excluding them from a press conference, and even committed a criminal offence, according to the head of the country's journalists' union.
Local journalists were incensed that, on the Australian Prime Minister's first official visit, he locked them out of his Tuesday morning press conference.
.. more .. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-broke-law-with-media-shutout-say-indonesian-journalists-20131002-2usnn.html
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Tony Abbott’s broken Indigenous promise and News Corp Breaking Bad
Posted by admin in Indigenous Australia, Media, Politics on 23 September, 2013 12:03 pm / 113 comments
Tony Abbott has broken his campaign promise to spend the first week of his prime ministership with the Yolngu people in Arnhem Land, so News Corp is now pretending he never made it. Managing editor David Donovan reports.
.. more with videos way down ..
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/tony-abbotts-broken-indigenous-promise-and-news-corp-breaking-bad/
"Abbott’s Ministry – One woman, no science, 12,000 jobs"
.. insert with photo ..
this just to cement the Abbott-Putin image ..
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92118595
Tony Abbott passively-aggressively asserted his manliness by showing up late to Vladimir Putin's birthday party. This begs the question: which man is more of a man than the other man?
• Photo gallery: Abbott v Putin - the reign of the macho leader
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/oct/10/australia-russia-abbott-putin-macho
Ben Pobjie
theguardian.com, Thursday 10 October 2013 10.00 AEST
Jump to comments (125)
Vladimir Putin and Tony Abbott Vladimir Putin and Tony Abbott: who wins the macho award? The answer is in our photo gallery. Photograph: AP/Newspix
Say what you like about our prime minister, but you cannot deny that he’s male: in fact he’s one of the few prime ministers in Australia’s history who seems to walk around every day desperately hoping that somebody will ask him to prove it. And at the Asia Pacific leaders’ summit in Bali, that is exactly what he’s set out to do, pitting his manhood directly against that of Russia’s president, Vladimir “The Centaur of St Petersburg” Putin.
It was at this summit that Abbott swaggered into the opening session seven minutes late .. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10362817/Tony-Abbott-shown-iron-curtain-by-Putin-after-missing-his-birthday-party.html , missing not only the opening remarks, but a small celebration of Putin’s birthday during which Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono played guitar and sang Happy Birthday, a landmark moment in the history of incredibly strange events.
But Abbott obviously thought it was worth missing this epochal weirdness to lay down the gauntlet to Putin: by turning up late, the little Aussie pedaller signalled that he is a dominant male, asserting his power by forcing others to conform to his timetable. “I am far too manly,” our Tony was saying to Vlad, “to concern myself with sissy things like birthdays and punctuality.”
But has Abbott bitten off more than he can chew? Surely, so new to the job, he could’ve eased himself into it by testing his masculinity against less formidably manly foes, like Stephen Harper or Hillary Clinton. Is it courage or foolhardiness to try to bring down an elephant on your first day on safari?
Whatever the case, it’s on. Witnesses reported a “frosty” atmosphere in Bali, and Putin apparently snubbed Abbott as if he was Naomi Watts on Oscar night. The die has been cast and the man-off is on, so let’s take a look at which man is more of a man than the other man.
First of all, let’s look at physique. Putin is renowned for his eagerness to flaunt his bare chest around the plains and forests of Europe, and there’s definitely a Rambo quality to the man when he starts thrusting his nipples at the wildlife. But he may have met his match in Abbott, a man whose desire to achieve the highest political office is exceeded only by his desire to burn the outline of his barely-contained genitalia into the brains of every citizen of Australia. Putin likes to show off his chest, but Abbott is practically a Chippendale: he will flex and pose for anyone.
But it’s not all about appearances: what do these manly men do? Abbott, of course, likes to compete in triathlons, which does take a lot of muscle and involve a lot of sweating, so that’s pretty mannish. He also volunteers as a fireman, a very manly calling, and in his youth he excelled at both boxing and rugby, so in his veins flows that perfect combination of violence and homo-eroticism that all men aspire to.
Vladimir Putin flies hand gliding with young cranes. More pictures in our
photo gallery. [see link above] Photograph: Alexey Druginyn/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/EPA
However, check out old mate Vlad. He does judo .. http://eng.putin.kremlin.ru/interests , which lacks the pure bestial bloodlust of rugby; but when not using others’ own strength against them, he likes to take to the outdoors. On a horse. With a gun. He hunts wild animals. Tigers. Bears. Moose. He prowls around the Siberian woods, shirt nowhere to be seen, as a variety of fearsome beasts find themselves frozen in the high-beams of that cold, dead-eyed KGB stare. It’s lucky he’s got affairs of state to distract him, or extinction rates would double overnight. And when he’s not hunting, he’s hang-gliding: last year he led a flock of endangered cranes .. http://tiny.cc/tw4p4w .. on their migration route.
How many world leaders do you know who can command the obedience of animals in the air, and pop a cap in their asses on the ground? Until Abbott gets on the back of a ute with a spotlight and a shotgun, I think we can be pretty certain who would win in a fight: Tony might have the reach and the technique, but Vladimir has a rifle and a ceaseless thirst for blood.
So I think the man-off has to be awarded to Putin, but Abbott shouldn’t lose hope. He’s just a rookie, and he put up a very creditable fight. He’s still manlier than John Key and David Cameron put together, and with a little more training, a few more dead animals, and a slightly more developed streak of savage homophobia, I am confident that our new prime minister can one day be the most macho of them all.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/10/abbott-putin-macho-leader
=====
Abbott broke law with media shutout, say Indonesian journalists
Michael Bachelard Date October 2, 2013
Tony Abbott has incurred the wrath of Indonesia's journalists by excluding them from a press conference, and even committed a criminal offence, according to the head of the country's journalists' union.
Local journalists were incensed that, on the Australian Prime Minister's first official visit, he locked them out of his Tuesday morning press conference.
.. more .. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-broke-law-with-media-shutout-say-indonesian-journalists-20131002-2usnn.html
=====
Tony Abbott’s broken Indigenous promise and News Corp Breaking Bad
Posted by admin in Indigenous Australia, Media, Politics on 23 September, 2013 12:03 pm / 113 comments
Tony Abbott has broken his campaign promise to spend the first week of his prime ministership with the Yolngu people in Arnhem Land, so News Corp is now pretending he never made it. Managing editor David Donovan reports.
.. more with videos way down ..
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/tony-abbotts-broken-indigenous-promise-and-news-corp-breaking-bad/
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