-- JOACHIM BRUDZIŃSKI WILL BE A GUEST OF MARCIN FIJOŁEK IN GOŚĆ WYDARZEŃ POLSAT NEWS AT 7:20 PM TODAY. -- NATIONAL READING OF BALLADYNA UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoteU_C4X3I&feature=emb_logo -- "THIS SURPASSES COMMUNIST CENSORSHIP" - JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI ON THE COURT'S DECISION REGARDING GAZETA POLSKA IN A CONVERSATION WITH KATARZYNA GÓJSKA: “In certain aspects, this surpasses communist censorship. This decision is truly unprecedented, contrary to the Constitution and common sense. It is difficult not to get the impression that the court, by deciding this way and not otherwise, is serving some interests. I don't know which ones, but anyone who looks at this case honestly sees that it wasn't about adhering to the law, but about some other considerations. The head of PZPN was treated as a person enjoying some extraordinary privileges, as if he were a citizen who deserved special rights and special treatment. Imagine if I were to file a request with the court to ban writing about me for a year in advance. Of course, I say this jokingly, but if we were to adopt the principle of equality before the law, which every person is entitled to and is clearly laid out in the Constitution, then any person holding public office could demand such extraordinary protection. But now, quite seriously, because we are dealing with a matter that requires a reaction and is dangerous for freedom of speech in Poland. We must protest strongly against such practices because they have nothing to do with democracy. This case is yet another argument for the necessity of a deep reform of the judiciary. And this applies to both the institutional and organizational aspects, as well as the personal ones.” -- "A PATHETIC BURLESQUE, BECAUSE IN POLAND THE PROBLEM WITH THE RULE OF LAW ARE COURT RULINGS CONTRA LEGEM" - KACZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “We are dealing with something that can be described as a pathetic burlesque concerning the rule of law. Because indeed, Poland has a problem with the rule of law, but the main source of this state of affairs are court rulings contra legem. Our duty is to ensure that these unlawful rulings are quickly overturned, and the judges who issue them are held disciplinarily accountable and consequently removed from the profession. Only such a decisive stance against this state-damaging pathology can bring results, eliminating in a few years what harms so many citizens. Of course, mistakes in the judiciary will always happen - some errors - but this is not about errors, but about blatant violations of the law by the court.” -- "AN ATTEMPT TO TURN DEMOCRACY INTO A TRIBUNAL SYSTEM" - KACZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “It is worth seeing this problem in a broader context: it is a phenomenon devastating public life, which is connected with others, such as the aspiration of judges to have legislative power. This is explicitly stated in one of the justifications for a Supreme Court ruling. And all this is intended to change the system in Poland. From democracy to some form of tribunal system, i.e., a non-democratic, even oligarchic order.” -- "REFORM OF THE JUDICIARY IS ABOUT RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW" - KACZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “The assessment of the situation in Poland formulated by various international bodies is counterfactual. It has absolutely nothing to do with reality. I will repeat myself. In our country, there is indeed a problem with the rule of law, but its main, dominant source is the courts, which break the law and disregard the Constitution. Therefore, changing this state of affairs - through the reform of the judiciary - is nothing more than an attempt to eliminate this pathology and restore the rule of law in Poland, to restore respect for the fundamental law.” https://niezalezna.pl/350158-tylko-u-nas-sad-przebil-komunistyczna-cenzure-j-kaczynski-o-zakazie-pisania-o-bonku -- "NO RE-MARRIAGE WITH THE ZIOBRO PEOPLE" - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ ON ONET: “Ziobro's people, in turn, claim that they could have returned to PiS, but Kaczyński did not want to agree to a tougher political line from the ruling camp – and this was their priority. One way or another, there will be no remarriage after the divorce. Therefore, for several weeks, the Ziobro followers have been pursuing a tough political course on worldview issues and positioning themselves in opposition to Morawiecki's European policy. This is a conscious game to build their own position at the expense of PiS. At a recent meeting at Kaczyński's, there was even a clash between Ziobro and Morawiecki. However, all that Kaczyński can do today, using his power and authority on the right, is to temporarily ease this conflict in order to carry out the autumn reconstruction and somehow govern for the coming years. But in the long term, the 71-year-old PiS leader is no longer able to control the conflict for the souls on the right.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/dlatego-ziobro-atakuje-pis-newsletter-andrzeja-stankiewicza/6mdrfp0,79cfc278 -- "DOING SOMETHING WITH THE MEDIA IS A COMMON IDEA OF THE ENTIRE CAMP" - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “'Doing something with the media' is a common idea of the entire camp. Kaczyński has been cherishing it for a long time. He considers the current media market structure to be a conspiracy against the right (although he has managed to chip away at or neutralize some of it). He also has no sentiment for the slogan of 'journalistic independence.' For him, journalists are merely tools in the hands of political masters.” -- "IT'S ABOUT POLARIZING THE MEDIA MARKET SO THAT A COHESIVE FRONT OF MEDIA CLOSE TO THE RULING RIGHT FACES AGORA AND TVN" - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “It's no longer about any 'pluralism in the media,' perhaps one PiS MP, Joanna Lichocka, believes in it. The whole matter is heading towards a peculiar polarization of the media market. Facing entities like Agora and TVN, there should be a cohesive front of media close to the ruling right. Even in journalism studies, they teach that the balance of media power generally mirrors the balance of power in politics. This is how it should be in this case.” -- "THE TARGETS OF ZIOBRO'S MANEUVERS ARE NOT VOTERS, BUT KACZYŃSKI AND MORAWIECKI" - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “Of course, one can suspect that this is just a game in light of the government reconstruction, so the indirect targets are not voters, but Kaczyński and Morawiecki. Threatened with a reduction of ministries granted to his party from two to one, Ziobro is looking for leverage. Having his own identity agenda, it is easier to threaten with various retaliations, from refusing support for the government in specific votes to permanently changing alliances and, for example, going into the next elections with the growing Confederation.” -- "ZIOBRO HAS TO SWALLOW THE BAD NEWS" - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “For now, Ziobro has to swallow the bad news. Kaczyński may not even scold him upon his return from vacation, but he has decided that the new, smaller and more cohesive government will be structured with Morawiecki's priorities and interests in mind – the appointment of Adam Niedzielski as Minister of Health was a foretaste.” https://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/309049995-Prawo-i-sprawiedliwy-Co-gryzie-Zbigniewa-Ziobre.html -- "AGATA KONDZIŃSKA WRITES IN GW THAT GRÓBARCZYK COULD BECOME MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT": “Marek Gróbarczyk's name is being mentioned in connection with the liquidation of the Ministry of Maritime Economy. In PiS, they joke that he didn't spend his vacation with the PiS leader just to fall out of the game now. Hence the rumors that Gróbarczyk could become Minister of the Environment. Currently, this role is held by Michał Woś, a trusted man of the Minister of Justice. If Solidarna Polska has to give up its second ministry, Woś will lose his position, but not everyone in PiS believes he will be replaced by Gróbarczyk. – The leader will likely opt for someone who has at least a little experience in the matter – we hear.” -- "BLASZCZAK AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER" - KONDZIŃSKA CONTINUES: “Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, who – as our interlocutors say – is considering the position of Deputy Prime Minister, probably feels secure. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński will retain his portfolio. However, it is unclear whether he will head a super-ministry that would combine culture, education, science, and sport. As "Wyborcza" wrote, such ambitious plans and a high position have aroused resentment among PiS politicians.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,26268458,pis-uklada-nowy-gabinet-mateusza-morawieckiego-w-tle-tocza.html -- "KACZYŃSKI WANTS TO CHANGE THE BALANCE OF POWER" - RADOSŁAW GRUCA ON OKO.PRESS: “Kaczyński and the United Right coalition partners negotiated for 5 hours at Nowogrodzka Street. As OKO.press has learned, there is an agreement to reduce the government to 12 ministries. Gowin returns to the government, 'Jadwiga missed her chance to take over Porozumienie'. Kaczyński wants to change the balance of power within PiS.” -- "RESTRUCTURE PIS SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE YOUNG ARE ONLY WITH THE COALITION PARTNERS AND IN PIS THERE IS ONLY DWORCZYK" - GRUCA CONTINUES: “The point is to avoid the appearance that the youth are only supporting PiS's coalition partners. 'Ziobro has his young, disciplined, and blindly loyal wolves like Szczecin councilor Dariusz Matecki, or Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta. Gowin has young MPs Marcin Ociepa, Magdalena Sroka, or councilor Jan Strzeżek. And in PiS, there is Michał Dworczyk, and then a long silence' – a former PiS minister tells us. He also notes that the current head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery has a reputation for playing loyally for his boss, and as we wrote in OKO.press on August 4, Morawiecki is seeking a nomination for the position of PiS Vice-Chairman.” -- "LIST OF RESIGNATIONS ACCORDING TO GRUCA, BUT ZAGÓRSKI MAY GET AGRICULTURE": “The following are expected to lose their positions: Andrzej Adamczyk, Minister of Infrastructure, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, Minister of Agriculture, Danuta Dmowska Andrzejuk, Minister of Sport, Marek Gróbarczyk, Minister of Maritime Economy, and Dariusz Piontkowski, from the Ministry of Education. Minister of Digital Affairs Marek Zagórski may also lose his position, but he is reportedly being considered as Ardanowski's successor in the Ministry of Agriculture. Jacek Sasin is to bid farewell to his position as Deputy Prime Minister; as a consolation, the Ministry of Infrastructure will be incorporated into his ministry of State Assets. Mariusz Błaszczak, currently head of the Ministry of National Defense, will become Deputy Prime Minister.” -- "JADWIGA MISSED HER CHANCE" - GRUCA QUOTES A POROZUMIENIE POLITICIAN: “'Jadwiga missed her chance because she could have taken over the party and eliminated Gowin. Now it's coming back to haunt her. She no longer has enough influence in the party to secure a decision from the authorities to recommend her for the government. Most likely, instead of dropping from Deputy Prime Minister to Deputy Minister or even a regular MP, she will accept the offer of a position at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is said to be a reward for her loyalty to Morawiecki during the crisis surrounding the first election date,' says a person from Porozumienie's leadership.” -- "KACZYŃSKI HAS UNEQUIVOCALLY TAKEN MORAWIECKI'S SIDE" - GRUCA CONTINUES: “The Prime Minister had grievances against the minister for undermining him and igniting an ideological war that harms Poland; he reportedly mentioned the IPN law. Ziobro responded that Morawiecki is too soft and does not fight for Poland's interests. The Prosecutor General argued for a strong nation-state and dealing with the media. Gowin sides with Morawiecki, proposing 'a time of peace' after the pandemic and focusing on the economy. According to "Wyborcza" sources, Jarosław Kaczyński has unequivocally sided with the Prime Minister. 'He was to put Zbigniew Ziobro in his place.'” https://oko.press/ziobro-wezmie-ideologie-gowin-gospodarke-kaczynski-mebluje-partie-emilewicz-do-odstrzalu/ -- "IN THE CYCLE OF EVERY ADMINISTRATION, A TIME COMES WHEN IT STARTS TO DEAL WITH ITSELF" - ŁUKASZ LIPIŃSKI IN POLITYKA: “In the political cycle of every administration, a time comes when it starts to deal primarily with itself. This usually portends problems. (...) The consequences of complications in the restructuring and downsizing of the government are twofold. Firstly, PiS and its allies will be preoccupied with themselves for some time, which hinders regaining political initiative. As long as internal purges within the ruling camp continue, it will not be possible to move towards the aforementioned offensive. Not to mention that voters do not favor groups that detach themselves from reality.” https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1970238,1,rekonstrukcyjny-serial-bedzie-mial-swoje-koszty.read -- "RAFAŁ CZAJOWSKI?" - NIEZALEŻNA: “Is it still Rafał Trzaskowski or already 'Rafał Czajkowski'? There's no citizen movement, but a remarkable website has been created. – We have launched a special website with a counter indicating the number of liters of sewage flowing into the Vistula bypassing the Czajka wastewater treatment plant due to failure – informed today the Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration, Błażej Poboży.” https://niezalezna.pl/350220-ruch-trzaskowskiego-nie-wyszedl-ale-strona-jest-i-mierzy-ile-fekaliow-trafia-do-wisly -- "MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON HOW THE TAKEover OF A POTATO EXCHANGE IS MORE REGULATED THAN ACTUAL CHANGES REGARDING THE MEDIA COMPANY LIKE TVN": “However, it's my fairy tale now to ask where all those laws, reports, and inspections that were created to protect the public good, which is rare, especially a broadcasting license for nationwide broadcasting was in the 90s, have gone. Even Father Tadeusz Rydzyk was dragged through many months in 2012, concerned about whether he indeed had appropriate, secure, and Polish capital. And here, please – one concern (and license) bought, another sold, a third thrown into the 'EMEA' bag. For the locals and the Polish state, they prepare a communication full of corporate jargon. That's all that remains of the constitutional and parliamentary concern for the proper quality, transparency, and security of the media market. The 'market regulators' have vanished, EU approvals have dissipated. I fear that the takeover of a potato exchange (also a serious matter) would require more attention from the Polish state, some consent, than letting a powerful media concern go.” -- "OR PERHAPS SOON TVN WILL BE SOLD TO THE EAST? OR MAYBE TO CHINA?" - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “And perhaps soon it will be sold to the East? Or maybe to China? Or maybe some sheikh will be tempted? Apparently, Poles have nothing more to say about who shapes their minds, deals the political cards, or where the profits will go. Recently, an acquaintance, on a different matter, told me that although he admires us and sees changes, there are still things that make us look like a banana republic. I replied: maybe in some matters we are still such a republic? In the matter of trading large Polish television stations and the media market in general, perhaps so too.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/516295-koncernem-tvn-i-koncesja-handluja-juz-jak-workiem-kartofli -- "TO DEFEND THE STATUS OF A PLACE WHERE DEEP CIVILIZATIONAL AND MORAL CHANGES ARE MANAGED TO BE CONTAINED, RATIONAL, AND SOMETIMES COLD POLITICS IS REQUIRED" - TOMASZ TERLIKOWSKI IN RZ: “We are one of the last places in the Western world where deep civilizational and moral changes are managed to be contained. To defend this status, however, rational, and sometimes cold politics is necessary.” -- "EVEN THE LEFT IN POLAND ACCEPTED THAT MODERN POLAND CANNOT BE SHAPED WITHOUT CATHOLICISM" - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES: “If such deep political changes have not yet occurred here as in Western European countries, it is not so much because we are some oasis of natural conservatism and traditional Catholicism in a desert of liberal excess, but due to the specifics of Polish political tradition. And I am not talking about distant historical times, but the last half-century. It so happens that the Polish left (both post-communist and post-Solidarity) was rather moderate on moral issues, and also in relation to the Church and religion. The SLD cultivated anti-clerical themes, but when it came down to it, it got along well with the Church, conceded, and did not escalate worldview disputes. The post-Solidarity left, even when it argued about the shape of the Church, when it spun dark visions of its future, still – following Adam Michnik – accepted that modern Poland cannot be shaped without Catholicism and faith.” -- "HOW LONG WILL PUBLIC OPINION TOLERATE THE COVER-UP OF SYSTEMIC HIDING OF PROBLEMS BY THE CHURCH?" - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES: “Can it be different in Poland? Will the media tolerate for a long time a situation where one of the key voices condemning LGBT+ is a bishop whose seminary was closed down by order of the Vatican because he himself was unable to sort out his rector who frequented gay clubs (and who, let's add, is still a priest and lecturer)? How long will information about another hierarch who greets his seminarians with the words 'my dear little bubbles' not surface? How long will the increasingly secularized public opinion tolerate the cover-up – and this by state institutions too – of the scale of systemic hiding of certain problems?” -- "THROUGH DUDAS MISTAKE - BY REACHING FOR THE MORAL DISPUTE, WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW WAVE OF CONFLICT AND CHURCHES ARE BEING PROFANED" - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES: “And now, also as a result of erroneous decisions by Andrzej Duda's election campaign team, which reached for the moral dispute, we have entered a new, already sharp phase of conflict. The first churches are being desecrated, aggression has become a tool for promoting moral change, and the Church – although it is evident that it is trying to resist – is being drawn into an increasingly sharp political game and is completely failing to cope with it, sometimes using an anachronistic, incomprehensible language and style of argumentation.” -- "THE RIGHT HAS DONE NOTHING WITH FULL POWER, ONLY ENGAGES IN MEDIA GUERRILLA TACTICS" - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES: “The right, despite having full power in our country, and in moral matters, contrary to appearances, finding understanding among opposition voters, instead of pursuing coherent, realistic policies, has begun to engage in media guerrilla tactics that change little or nothing at all, but enrage ideological adversaries and increase their determination.” -- "THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO FACILITATE CERTAIN LIFE MATTERS FOR PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER (WITHOUT INTRODUCING CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS INTO THE LEGAL SYSTEM)" - TERLIKOWSKI CONTINUES IN RZ: “There is also no reason not to facilitate certain life matters for people living together (without introducing civil partnerships into the legal system). Of course, one can say, not without reason, that this will never be enough for the side that wants a moral revolution, but it will undoubtedly solve real, sometimes problematic issues. And finally, the last issue. If Poland wants to at least maintain its own position in the Western world, international cooperation is necessary for this. Without it, without seeking allies – both in the Intermarium region and on certain issues elsewhere – it is impossible to defend one's own values.” -- "POLITICS, NOT GUERRILLA TACTICS" - TERLIKOWSKI'S CONCLUSION: “History will hold politicians accountable not for whether they shouted loudly, but for whether they managed to erect a dam against the moral revolution. This requires politics, not guerrilla tactics.” https://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/309049985-Rewolucja-obyczajowa-nie-jest-nieuchronna.html -- "THE RIGHT HAS NO SUCCESSES IN BUILDING CHRISTIAN CULTURE" - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Despite the fact that a right-wing party has been ruling in Poland for several years, it is difficult to consider it as having any successes in building Christian culture – except, perhaps, for the introduction of a ban on Sunday trading, which, however, became a significant economic burden during the pandemic.” Because can shoddy TVP or political cynicism become an attractive offer for young people who are finishing high school today and entering adult life, looking for ideas they can identify with? In this regard, the Church has a lot to answer for, because instead of initiating important debates, it has retreated into defense in recent years, shouting about gender, the rainbow plague, or cultural Marxism. The problem might also be intellectual work. Catholics complaining that no one believes in sin today may not be fully aware of the scale of social changes. After all, it was only somewhere in the Middle Ages that the vision of a stern God was formed, to whom humanity owed a debt and had to start repaying it. The vision of God as an accountant of sins, weighing good and bad deeds on a scale. The concept of a merciful God, born in the 20th century, was a response to the atrocities of World War II. Seeing what man had done to his fellow man, one might have feared more what we could do to each other than hell. Did God become a source of hope? Perhaps what we need is a new concept of God, a new reading of the Gospel in a world of fluid modernity, pandemics, and social media?” https://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/309049994-Od-PiS-do-Holowni-Katolicyzm-politycznego-uzytku.html -- "THE DECLINE OF ETHICS IS NOT LIMITED TO WHAT PROGRESSIVES SEE AS A REVOLUTION IN THE SPHERE OF SEX" - PIOTR ZAREMBA ON THE MORAL CRISIS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF INDIFFERENCE IN HOSPITALS: “We are experiencing a moral crisis. In the case of doctors, one can look for older sources of ethics, starting with the ancient Hippocratic Code. But the crisis primarily stems from the decline of Christian ethics. This decline is by no means limited to what progressives see as a revolution in the sphere of sex. One can be annoyed by the historical hypocrisy of many Christians, including clergy. But simple truths were once simple truths. In my youth, there was real socialism, and not all doctors necessarily had to be devout. Some were atheists, freethinkers, and on top of that, they operated within a bad, wasteful system. But they were shaped, often in their family homes, by the ethos of service, in the Christian spirit. I cannot pinpoint a specific time when things started to go wrong. But I fear it will get worse rather than better. Unless some cataclysm, which I do not wish anyone, pushes us in another direction. Even the pandemic did not turn out to be such a cataclysm.” https://tygodnik.polsatnews.pl/news/2020-09-04/badanie-przez-szybe-rozmowa-przez-domofon-szpital-jest-czasem-miejscem-umierania/ -- "I AM NOT BRUTAL AND I DO NOT INTEND TO CHANGE" - WŁADYSŁAW KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ IN A CONVERSATION WITH PIOTR WITWICKI IN THE POLITICAL TALK SERIES MOVED TO POLSAT NEWS FROM RZ: “Do you regret that vote? - No. The value of elections conducted by Jacek Sasin would have been zero. Perhaps you would be number two today. - If my presence in politics were to look like that, I am not particularly interested in it. There are certain principles that I will always adhere to. Perhaps you are not brutal enough... - I am not brutal and I do not intend to change. Politics is a rather brutal sport. - It is a domain of our life, and either we reduce it to the gutter, hypocrisy, and hatred, or we conduct it on a different level. I am not going to the gutter. Perhaps it cannot be conducted without cynicism and the gutter. - I believe it can be. Maybe it doesn't always work out the first time... ...and not the second time either. - But when I look at Joe Biden today and his primary results, where he didn't achieve even one percent. Then he became vice-president. Today he is a candidate and a hope for America.” https://tygodnik.polsatnews.pl/news/2020-09-04/kosiniak-kamysz-do-rynsztoku-sie-nie-wybieram/ -- "JUST WAIT UNTIL TUSK STARTS TALKING NONSENSE ABOUT AN ALIEN INVASION" - JACEK LIZINIEWICZ ON TUSK IN NIEZALEŻNA: “So he is left with the role of Lech Wałęsa, whose position abroad is still somewhat holding up, while in Poland, wherever he appears, he will be pelted with tomatoes. Just wait until Donald Tusk starts talking nonsense about an alien invasion and the Earth splitting in half. Future generations who do not remember the times of the all-powerful Tusk will certainly wonder how such a mediocre person could have ruled the Republic. They will not find a good answer. Just like me, when I ponder the figure of Lech Wałęsa.” https://m.niezalezna.pl/350147-tusk-idzie-droga-walesy -- "THIS IS URBAN PROMOTION, NOT AN INTERVIEW, THEY ARE TURNING THE SPOKESMAN OF MARTIAL LAW INTO A FUNNY CHARACTER WITH BIG EARS" - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: “This is Urban's promotion, not an interview. The specialists from Czerska know what they are doing. They know how to destroy, and they know how to promote. Now they are promoting. They are turning the spokesman of martial law into a funny character with big ears and a sharp tongue. They do it with satisfaction, and with full acceptance. They are happy that Urban says what they think, but for tactical reasons, they don't want to say it themselves. They are together, let's have no doubt.” -- "URBAN AND THE NEW SOLIDARITY, ALL IN ONE EDITORIAL OFFICE" - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “On the other hand, the constant promotion of Rafał Trzaskowski's 'New Solidarity' and the parading of a few 'icons' of the first 'Solidarity.' Those who say what is needed, who correctly read the current line and current demand, and who know whom to hit and whom to pat. In between, they attack those who think differently with the argument of solidarity roots. And of course, attacks on the ruling camp with accusations that it is a new communism. Although it is PiS that is implementing – partly and often imperfectly, but still – the solidaristic and patriotic testament of the workers' Christian movement. Urban and 'New Solidarity.' All in one editorial office. All with the same passion. Without any sense of shame.” https://wpolityce.pl/media/516262-urban-i-wyborcza-skoro-sa-tak-blisko-nigdy-nie-byli-daleko -- "GO FOR THE WHITE AND REDS" - JERZY URBAN IN A CONVERSATION WITH GRZEGORZ WYSOCKI IN GW: “And would you go demonstrate in solidarity with Margot, with the rights of non-binary people? – I would go, but only if I didn't have to walk. I'd rather drive. So you have no problem with property destruction or 'desecration' of monuments? – I don't. I support demolition and desecration and encourage greater radicalism. My advice to the LGBT movement: go for the Catholics! Go for the nationalists! Go for the white and reds!” -- "THE ECONOMIC CYCLE FOR URBAN HAS ARRIVED, THIS INTERVIEW IS A GOOD SIGN" - URBAN CONTINUES: “Urban: The fact that "Wyborcza" is excluding me doesn't surprise me at all, because especially for the older generation of its journalists, I am something absolutely repulsive. Your visit is a good sign, because it means that the economic cycle for Urban has arrived.” -- "I AM WINNING OVER THE YOUTH, AND WAŁĘSA REMAINS AN ICON OF THE FIGHTERS OF HIS GENERATION" - URBAN CONTINUES: “The only difference between us is that I'm making myself a whirlwind, and Wałęsa is an icon. The difference is that he has no new appeal and functions among the fighters of his generation, while I am winning over the youth. And finally, the difference is that he has always been a leader and as soon as he emerged, he puffed himself up and it has stayed that way. I couldn't stand him from the first glance.” -- "DON'T THEY KNOW I'M THE GOEBBELS OF MARTIAL LAW? THEN I MUST DEFINITELY ANNOUNCE IT TO THEM" - ANOTHER FRAGMENT OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN WYSOCKI AND URBAN: “OK, now I'll do some psychology. In my opinion, the main 'profit' from making these videos is that for the last 30 years you've dreamed of admirers who completely don't care, or have no idea about Urban's dirty deeds before 1989, from the 80s. – Everyone knows perfectly well that I am the Goebbels of martial law. Teenagers have no idea about it. Wife: They don't know! Urban: They don't know? Well, then I must definitely announce it to them! But if it is as you say, then they know even less who Goebbels was.” -- "I'M BACK ON THE WAVE" - URBAN CONTINUES: “But you see, after 30 years of existence, "Wyborcza" wants to notice me, which I still don't quite believe, we'll see if they print Urban at all, so it's proof that I'm back on the wave, because the youth doesn't want to vote for PiS. That means: what they like and watch is becoming politically important.” -- "URBAN ON HOW HE PROPOSED TO KISZCZAK TO CREATE TELEVISION, WHICH MARIUSZ WALTER WOULD MAKE": “For example, I tried ineptly to break the Central Committee's monopoly on controlling television, i.e., to do something that today would be reducing Kaczyński's influence on Kurski. Hence my letters to Kiszczak, asking him to create his own television. I was interested in some other media power that would take Mariusz Walter, as the most capable television creator, and with him, make television more for the people than for the authorities.” -- "I WAS AN INFLUENTIAL ADVISOR DURING THE TIME OF KWAŚNIEWSKI AND MILLER" - URBAN CONTINUES: “An influential advisor. Here, in this house, or rather: there [Urban points with his hand to a further part of the living room], President Kwaśniewski and Prime Minister Miller aired their mutual grievances, and I was the arbitrator.” -- "I WAS A PIONEER OF A TREND THAT IS GAINING SIGNIFICANCE" - URBAN CONTINUES: “I feel fulfilled and victorious because I was a pioneer of a trend that is gaining significance. The Church will not disappear completely in the next few decades, but it is shrinking significantly. Its social prestige is shrinking, the number of adherents and other indicators, there are more and more anti-clericals. And all of this is my domain.” -- "URBAN'S TOILET IS SIGNED AS LESZEK MILLER'S PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE": [Break] Where can I find the toilet? – You have to go straight to Leszek Miller's parliamentary office. [And indeed, the toilet is located behind a door with the inscription "Leszek Miller Parliamentary Office. BRANCH."]”. -- "I AM FROM THE MAGAZINE POLITYKA, NOT FROM THE GRUNWALD ASSOCIATION" - URBAN CONTINUES: “I criticized up to a certain point, because I was always a supporter of it, even under socialism. I am from the magazine 'Polityka', not from the Grunwald association.” -- "URBAN'S BIOGRAPHY, ALONGSIDE THE INTERVIEW WITH WYSOCKI, INCLUDES THE ASSERTION THAT HE WAS SPIRITUALLY CLOSER TO THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION...": “Although ideologically, spiritually, and from past years socially, he was closer to people from the democratic opposition, he had a skeptical attitude towards the demands of the workers who rebelled in 1980; he was irritated by the emerging cult of Wałęsa; he considered mass enrollment in 'Solidarity' to be 'herd mentality'.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,26267928,jerzy-urban-jestem-jak-edith-piaf-minus-glos-niczego-nie.html#weekend -- "COMMUNISM TODAY WOULD NOT FALL IN POLAND" - ANDRZEJ RYCHARD IN GW: “In turn, the elites of autocracy have learned to manage crises better, using new technologies for this purpose as well. Likely, the imaginary communist elite in Poland in 2020 would also be capable of this. This would probably mean a lack of conviction about the inevitable erosion of the system and a certain readiness to share power as a result. And the economic crisis might be kept in check by market elements within the framework of autocracy. This model, which seemed inconsistent and unrealistic in the 1980s, is doing quite well in various countries today.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,26267307,komunizm-w-polsce-dzis-by-nie-upadl.html -- "IT IS NOT THE VIEWS THAT MOST BURDEN THE CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN" - PRZEMYSŁAW WILCZYŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “But contrary to appearances – and contrary to the majority of opposition politicians and commentators – it is not the Ombudsman's controversial statements that most burden his account. Nor his views, which he has a right to: it is difficult to expect a conservative Children's Ombudsman to give up the fight for the protection of children from conception, especially since this protection is enshrined – and was before the PiS government – in the RPD act. Similarly, it is difficult to be particularly surprised – although in this case it cannot be justified either – that Pawlak does not speak about the rights of youth from LGBT+ communities, struggling with discrimination, lack of acceptance, and aggression fueled by the Ombudsman's political patrons.” -- "WILCZYŃSKI ON PAWLAK'S INACTIVITY AS CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN ON MATTERS IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN'S FATE": “The greatest failure of the current Children's Ombudsman in the balance of nearly two years of his tenure is his inactivity on matters that do not have such a clear ideological coloring, but concern the tragedies of thousands of children. To be convinced of this inactivity, a conversation with – often apolitical – activists from the non-governmental sector is enough. Educational exclusion, an anachronistic adoption system, foster care still dominated by 'moloch' institutions, problems of disabled children, child psychiatry – the opinion of very many NGO activists working in these fields is today devastating for Mikołaj Pawlak. They do not feel the support of the Children's Ombudsman, he does not initiate important legal changes in their opinion, and his strong voice for children is rarely heard. And where he is active, he usually remains an advocate for parents' rights, not children's. This was the case, for example, during the lockdown, when he spoke about the drama of children in foster care, deprived of contact with their biological parents due to the epidemic. He did not add that they were separated from these parents due to violence or other problems. Nor did he mention the other side of the same problem: courts, due to the coronavirus, often decided to send children previously taken away to their biological parents, which in many situations ended in tragedies.” https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/rzecznika-praw-dziecka-droga-na-skroty-164722 -- BIRTHDAYS: Waldemar Pawlak, Bartek Godusławski, Grzegorz Zaleski, Mariusz Szczygieł, Łukasz Rzepecki, Bartosz Milczarczyk, Krzysztof Nakonieczny, SUNDAY: Elżbieta Polak, Marek Bosak.