state of play: 08/21/2024
THE STATE OF PLAY: Czaputowicz on Russia and Germany's Difficulty Hiding Behind Others Like Hungary, Kublik: Western Media Facilitates Russia's Campaign, Gądek: Kaczyński is Said to Say: 'To Mariusz, To Mariusz'
-- KRZYSZTOF SKÓRZYŃSKI'S DEBUT SINGLE IS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE! https://youtu.be/6_ltcUA9dk8?si=xZM-24gjsfp-txXq
-- WHICH SIDE ARE GERMANY ON TODAY? - JACEK CZAPUTOWICZ IN RZ: “The investigation into the destruction of Nord Stream 'is a priority for Berlin', Germany has rejected Poland's proposal to finance the construction of the so-called Eastern Shield with EU funds, and has independently blocked the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia. So, is the consideration of Russia's interests, or the common interests of Germany and Russia, necessarily a matter of coincidence?”
-- IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR GERMANY TO HIDE BEHIND OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE HUNGARY - CZAPUTOWICZ CONTINUES: “Therefore, considering Russia's interests, or the common interests of Germany and Russia, is not a coincidence, but a consistently pursued policy. It is becoming increasingly difficult for Germany to hide behind other countries like Hungary.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40994491-jacek-czaputowicz-po-ktorej-stronie-sa-dzis-niemcy
-- THE STRANGEST THING IS THAT WESTERN MEDIA FACILITATE RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN - ANDRZEJ KUBLIK IN GW: “The incident of the Baltic Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Germany being blown up by unknown perpetrators in September 2022 has become a tool for Moscow in a long-term campaign to influence Western public opinion, aimed at undermining solidarity with Ukraine. And the strangest thing is that Western media are facilitating Russia's conduct of this campaign.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,179190,31238298,powiedz-nord-stream-a-odezwie-sie-rosja-i-jej-sojusznicy.html
-- INSTEAD OF POLITICAL SLANDER THAT SOUNDS GOOD ON TWITTER AND IS READILY PICKED UP BY THE MEDIA, DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT SHOULD FINALLY CLEARLY STATE WHETHER THE PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF AMMUNITION IS A PRIORITY, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON DERailing A PROJECT CREATED BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT - MAREK KOZUBAL IN RZ.
-- "WE STILL HAVE TIME TO IDENTIFY THE BEST CANDIDATE." HOŁOWNIA ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/21
-- THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE WAVE OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN POLAND IS INCREASING. WE MAY REACH THE PEAK IN THE SECOND HALF OF OCTOBER. WEARING MASKS WILL BE RECOMMENDED.
https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,31240703,rosnie-fala-zachorowan-na-covid-19-sa-pierwsze-zgony-bedziemy.html
-- RADOSŁAW PIESIEWICZ APPEARS AS A MODEL PRODUCT OF THE "PIS ERA" – THE DANIEL OBAJTEK OF POLISH SPORT - JERZY BACZYŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA.
-- TUSK PROBABLY SENSES WELL THAT POLES NEED SOME NEW UNIFYING DEVELOPMENT IDEA. SUCH WAS POLAND-UKRAINE EURO 2012 - BACZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Tusk probably senses well that Poles need some new unifying development idea. Such was the Poland-Ukraine Euro 2012, which gave Poland an 'infrastructure leap' and strengthened pro-Western aspirations, national pride, and identity in Ukraine. PiS tried to promote the CPK as a 'grand plan,' completely disregarding the costs or rationality of this undertaking. Even the Olympics seem less risky.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2267573,1,igrzyska-poolimpijskie.read?src=mt
-- 62% BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT FULFILLING ITS ELECTION PROMISES. 27% OF RESPONDENTS DISAGREE - POLLSTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE SURVEY FOR "SUPER EXPRESS": https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/zapytali-polakow-czy-rzad-tuska-wywiazuje-sie-z-obietnic-odpowiedzi-nie-sa-na-reke-koalicji-aa-biRk-5GMC-eMHA.html
-- THE CONGRESS, WHERE A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE PIS LEADERSHIP IS TO TAKE PLACE, WILL MOST LIKELY BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28 - ACCORDING TO PAP INFORMATION. JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI IS TO HEAD THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH IS TO BE ESTABLISHED, AND THE PARTY BOARD, CLUB LEADER MARIUSZ BŁASZCZAK - ACCORDING TO ONE SCENARIO - ACCORDING TO PAP:
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/kluczowa-narada-pis-beda-powazne-zmiany-aa-x3Dg-MtQH-z5jj.html
-- "TO MARIUSZ, TO MARIUSZ" - THIS IS HOW PIS POLITICIANS DESCRIBE THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION WHEN THEY CAME TO HIM WITH PARTY MATTERS NOT OF HIGH IMPORTANCE - সংস্কৃতি (JACEK GĄDEK) IN NEWSWEEK: “The congress is to lead to a complete overhaul of the power system within PiS. A 'council of elders' and a 'young board' will be established. Mariusz Błaszczak, the former head of the Ministry of National Defence, will most likely head the board and serve as the party's vice-president. Kaczyński has long been delegating party matters to Błaszczak. - 'To Mariusz, to Mariusz,' this is how PiS politicians describe the president's reaction when they came to him with party matters not of high importance.”
-- KACZYŃSKI IS ORGANIZING HIS PARTY WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND, WHEN HE WILL NO LONGER BE ITS LEADER. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN INSTANTLY, NOT IN A YEAR, BUT IN THE LONGER TERM - PERHAPS NOT UNTIL THE END OF THIS TERM. BUT THIS PROCESS IS ALREADY CLEARLY OUTLINED - GĄDEK CONTINUES.
-- A NEW BRANDING IS A MATTER OF TIME, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS FALL. WE MIGHT EVEN WAIT FOR IT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION - GĄDEK WRITES FURTHER IN NEWSWEEK: “A new brand is a matter of time, but it doesn't have to happen this fall. We might even wait for it until the next parliamentary elections. There are 'PiS patriots' in PiS, but the desire to return to power prevails, and the PiS brand entrenches the party.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/kaczynski-ma-nowe-pomysly-na-pis-kto-jest-kim-w-tym-rozdaniu/89j56tx,452ad802
-- WHEN I SAY THAT I DO NOT WANT ANDRZEJ DUDA AS PRESIDENT OF POLAND, I AM THINKING OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON WHO MAKES ME ASSOCIATE THE TITLE OF PRESIDENT TODAY MORE WITH THE SIGN OF A DENTAL CLINIC THAN WITH AUTHORITY - JAROSŁAW MIKOŁAJEWSKI IN GW.
-- I WOULD SEE SOMEONE LIKE PROF. EWA ŁĘTOWSKA, PROF. ADAM STRZEMBOSZ, OR PROF. ADAM DANIEL ROTFELD IN THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF POLAND - MIKOŁAJEWSKI CONTINUES IN GW: “When I say I would like someone like Prof. Ewa Łętowska, Prof. Adam Strzembosz, Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, I don't want to discuss whether age or lack of political backing would hinder her or him in performing the function, but rather whether this person impresses me, whether I could recognize my own aspirations in her/him.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31237950,moj-kandydat-na-prezydenta-polski-ma-byc-odpowiedzialny-niepajacowaty.html
-- FOR 14 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING GLAXOSMITHKLINE FOR COMPENSATION. THE CONCERN SAYS IT SYMPATHIZES WITH HER, BUT DOES NOT PAY - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “17 years ago, Waleria threw herself under a subway train and lost both legs. The court ruled that she did so under the influence of a Parkinson's drug and GlaxoSmithKline is to pay her PLN 870,000. The company appealed. Waleria has been waiting for the appellate verdict for five years.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31231923,od-14-lat-walczy-z-glaxosmithkline-o-odszkodowanie-koncern.html
-- MARIA KACZYŃSKA WOULD BE TURNING 82 TODAY.
-- MEMORIAL TO MARIA KACZYŃSKA: https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wydarzenia/wspomnienie-sp-pierwszej-damy-marii-kaczynskiej,1699
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