-- BRUDZIŃSKI IS AWARE OF THE RPO'S ROLE, SZCZERSKI ON CANDIDATING FOR DEPUTY HEAD OF NATO - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/06/24/ -- ŁUKASZ WARZECHA REMEMBERS ANDRZEJ GODLEWSKI: “Secondly – and this is even more important – Andrzej was a person – I emphasize: a person, not just a journalist – exceptionally gentle, polite, delicate, and non-confrontational. What I once considered perhaps excessive softness has become a scarce commodity in recent years, a rare good, something unique and very, very valuable. It was the ability to converse – without shouting, without malice, without a trace of aggression – with those with whom Andrzej profoundly disagreed. Andrzej had his views, not entirely compatible with the current government's line, but he could calmly persuade others. He lacked the predatory nature, so valued today in those whom Robert Mazurek recently described in an interview as 'nest leaders'. Andrzej saved, preserved, and recreated the ability to debate with maximum respect for the other side. This is an extremely rare trait today, when media aggression, black-and-white thinking, and the humiliation of an opponent (an opponent, not a debater, because everyone who disagrees is treated as an enemy) are rewarded.” https://sdp.pl/potrafil-rozmawiac-wspomnienie-lukasza-warzechy-o-s-p-andrzeju-godlewskim/ -- PIS IS ORGANIZING UNWANTED GAMES IN CRACOW - KRAKOWSKA GAZETA FRONT PAGE. -- UKRAINIAN COLLAPSES AT WORK, POLISH BOSS ABANDONS HIM IN THE WOODS, MAN DIES - GW FRONT PAGE: “Wasyl Czornej collapsed at a coffin manufacturing plant in Wielkopolska. Instead of calling an ambulance, his Polish boss drove him into the woods and abandoned him. Police in Nowy Tomyśl identified the deceased as 36-year-old Wasyl Czornej. His colleagues told investigators that on June 12th, he collapsed and had seizures. The production hall was sweltering, filled with wood dust, paint fumes, and oils. The company's 53-year-old boss, Grażyna F., informed by employees, forbade calling an ambulance. She instructed the employees to go home. Wasyl was never seen again. The autopsy did not determine the cause of death; further tests are necessary. – It is certain that when Grażyna F. sent the employees away, the man was still alive and in need of help, but he did not receive it – says one of the police officers.” http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,24928385,zwloki-mlodego-ukrainca-w-lesie-wywiozla-go-polska-szefowa.html -- PIS USES POWER BUT CARES FOR POLAND - CONCLUSION FROM IPSOS POLL FOR OKO.PRESS DESCRIBED BY PIOTR PACEWICZ: “The OKO.press poll explains the PiS phenomenon. Poles see that the PiS government, more than the PO-PSL government, uses power for party needs (68% vs. 24%!) and even for personal gain (58% vs. 35%!). This is a defeat for PiS propaganda, which claims that their predecessors were the ones who stole from the state. However, a narrow majority (52% vs. 44%) believes that this government takes better care of Poland.” -- YOUNG WOMEN ARE MOST AGAINST PIS - PACEWICZ CONTINUES ON THE IPSOS POLL FOR OKO.PRESS: “It is not the first time in OKO.press polls that younger women aged 18-39 have proven to be the most critical group towards PiS policies: as many as 80% of them believed that PiS more than the PO-PSL governments prioritizes party interests (15% thought less); and 70% believed it prioritizes personal financial gain (29% thought less). Younger men (18-39 years old) were also more critical of PiS than older individuals, but less so than women in the same age group – 73% perceived party interests in the government's policies, and only 56% perceived personal gain.” -- PACEWICZ ON VOTERS CLAIMING PIS CARES FOR POLISH INTERESTS: "As can be seen, within the group of 'non-PiS supporters,' as many as 30% believe that the current government takes better care of Polish interests than previous ones, including: as many as 70% of Kukiz’15 voters; 78% of undecided individuals (this is where potential support for PiS lies), and 59% of those who do not intend to vote. Even among Wiosna voters, 15% see PiS's advantage over its predecessors, and among European Coalition voters – 11%." https://oko.press/polacy-o-pis-upartyjnili-panstwo-bardziej-niz-po-psl-ciagna-z-wladzy-korzysci-ale-sluza-polsce-sondaz/ -- JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ ON THE INCITEMENT AGAINST BODNAR SIMILAR TO THAT AGAINST ADAMOWICZ: “Criticism and scrutiny of public officials is one thing, but using lies and propagating them, despite corrections, and attributing the worst motives has already led to a bad atmosphere around Paweł Adamowicz. Lessons have not been learned from how easily unconfirmed accusations thrown publicly by politicians and the media can create a climate of persecution leading to misfortune. It is worth pausing in time before it's too late.” https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/306239966-Nizinkiewicz-Kto-szczuje-na-Bodnara.html -- RPO CANNOT BE GUIDED BY SOCIAL EMOTIONS - ADAM BODNAR IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “The Ombudsman cannot be guided by social emotions. I am not here to run in elections or in beauty pageants. I am not an ice cream vendor whom everyone should like and rejoice in how great the ice cream they sell is, especially in the heat. I am here to advocate for the rights of the weakest, the most downtrodden, those who have no other institution to stand up for them in such situations.” -- NEW MINISTER OF LABOR RESPONDS IN DGP TO ACCUSATIONS THAT 500 PLUS CAUSES DEACTIVATION - as she tells Grzegorz Osiecki: "Accusations of deactivation were related to the income criterion for the first child. Statistical data did not confirm this. Now the benefit will not depend on income, which should definitively end the discussion. Additionally, I am convinced that families always make rational decisions, taking into account the family's well-being.” -- BORYS-SZOPA DENIES THE ENTREPRENEUR TEST: “I will repeat what the Prime Minister said: we do not foresee any entrepreneur test, in any scope.” https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/600880,bozena-borys-szopa-500-plus-niepelnosprawni.html -- DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA ON OLIGARCHY - writes in GW: “People who, thanks to PiS's favor, received positions in state-owned companies – and no other party has ever replaced managers of companies so often and in such numbers – have massively donated to the election fund. These are not isolated cases that could have happened. This is a planned system of indirectly draining state-owned companies, so that part of the money goes to the accounts of the ruling party. In this way, PiS, by breaking standards, secures another source of funding that opposition parties do not have. The gap between the capabilities of the ruling camp and the capabilities of its political adversaries is widening. This is the corruption of democracy, the building of an oligarchic state that serves primarily one idea: consolidating PiS's power.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,24928157,pis-buduje-oligarchie-by-umocnic-swoja-wladze-dlatego-prezesi.html -- ERNEST SKALSKI IN GW ON "VAGINA EVENTS" BOOSTING PIS VOTES: “The organizers of events like the 'Orszak Waginy' (Vagina Procession) have a great time and have the right to do so. But whom and to what are their parades meant to convince? They only gain votes for PiS. (...) And here are the Pride Parades, one after another. A 'vagina on a stick' in Gdańsk and a German's mass in Warsaw – an open parody of Catholic rituals, a parade under Jasna Góra. All of this automatically harms the image of the coalition around PO, but above all, it strengthens the perception of PiS as a defender of threatened values and gains it votes.” -- THE JOY OF PARTICIPATION DOES NOT TRANSLATE INTO ACHIEVING REAL GOALS - SKALSKI CONTINUES: “The organizers and enthusiasts of these merry events have a great time and have the right to do so. But do they realize what they are actually fighting for? The joy of participation does not translate into achieving real goals. Their parades have no persuasive power. Whom and what are they meant to convince? They may entertain some, be indifferent to others, and offend and disgust yet others. And during the election campaign, they translate into votes cast for PiS. Equality demonstrators may be irritated by being reminded of this, but they themselves are contributing to a situation where they won't be happy when they want to demonstrate again in a few months.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24927403,wagina-dla-was-to-jest-igraszka-hellip.html -- TOMASZ SAWCZUK ON RAFAŁ WOŚ'S BOOK - A SELF-CONTAINED LEFT LOOKING HOPEFULLY AT PIS: “And what about Woś? It seems he repeats both of Rorty's postulates, but in a surprising form. The idea of returning to solving concrete social problems leads him to distance himself from liberals because he believes these problems cannot be solved with them. However, the idea of building a broad democratic community leads him towards PiS, which gives many people a sense of belonging. This is complemented by a certain dose of offense at the world outside and hunting down apostates. Thus, Woś could become, in his one-man church, a preacher of an interesting type of self-contained left, which looks hopefully at PiS.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2019/06/24/rafal-wos-lewice-racz-nam-zwrocic-panie-recenzja-sawczuk/ -- Jolanta Szczypińska WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY TODAY. -- BIRTHDAYS: Paweł Kukiz, Wojciech Borowik, Łukasz Chatys, Katarzyna Szwarc, Hubert Różyk.