-- SHOCKING DETAILS OF 243 CRIMES COMMITTED BY RYSZARD CZARNECKI - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “Not just the now famous (though scrapped) Fiat Punto in a convertible version. By submitting falsified applications for travel cost reimbursement, the PiS MEP listed false data for 18 vehicles: 14 cars, two mopeds, a motorcycle, and a tractor unit. (...) Another surprising means of transport is a “tractor unit of the Iveco Stralis brand, year of production 2011. Ryszard Czarnecki allegedly traveled for business with this vehicle from August 29 to September 2, 2011, on the route from Berlin to Łazy and from Łazy to Szczecin.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31286496,motorowerem-przez-europe-szokujace-szczegoly-243-przestepstw.html -- BŁASZCZAK: WE COLLECTED APPROX. PLN 5 MILLION – BUT THESE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT DONATIONS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/09/09 -- WE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO PRESIDENT ANDRZEJ DUDA SOMETIMES SAYING SCANDALOUS THINGS. BUT WE ARE NOT YET USED TO TUSK, SPEAKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PIS, MENTIONING NUREMBERG. AS A KASHUBIAN, HE SHOULD KNOW THAT CERTAIN COMPARISONS ARE INAPPROPRIATE - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ. -- THE HISTORICAL COMPARISONS TUSK USED, CLAIMING HE DOESN'T WANT TO COMPARE ANYTHING, ARE A BREACH OF DECENCY. TUSK HIMSELF FOUGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM AND COMMUNISTS. BUT AFTER 1989, HE WAS RATHER AGAINST THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF COMMUNISM - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI FURTHER: “The PiS government must be held accountable, just as any government must be accountable after its term. Those who broke the law, squandered public funds, or stole them should be judged. But the historical comparisons Tusk used, claiming he doesn't want to compare anything, are a breach of decency. For 44 years, Poland was ruled by a communist clique responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims of the communist underground, and millions of broken lives. Tusk himself fought against communism and communists. But after 1989, he was rather against the accountability of communism, voting against the famous lustration resolution in 1992. And now we hear from the Polish Prime Minister that holding PiS accountable is a task on par with holding Nazism accountable, which committed infinite crimes, or nationalism, which led to bloody massacres in Yugoslavia. What about communism?” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art41090791-duda-laczy-tuska-z-fsb-a-tusk-mowi-o-norymberdze-czyli-polski-droga-donikad -- TUSK NARROWS THE BATTLEFIELD WITH THE SO-CALLED "NEO-JUDGES". BUT RESISTANCE WILL OCCUR ANYWAY - TOMASZ PIETRYGA IN RZ: “Reducing the group subject to accountability simplifies the task and limits the consequences for citizens, but does not eliminate them, as the status of several hundred judges will likely be questioned. This raises the question of what fate awaits the rulings of these judges, whether they will be challenged on appeal. And how many already resolved cases will be reopened.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art41091671-tomasz-pietryga-tusk-zaweza-pole-bitwy-z-tzw-neosedziami-ale-opor-i-tak-bedzie -- THE PROBLEM IS THAT, AS WE KNOW, HISTORY INDEED LIKES TO REPEAT ITSELF, BUT USUALLY AS A FARCE. HOW RISKY SUCH A PLAN IS, WAS SHOWN BY BOCHEŃSKI'S CAMPAIGN - MICHAŁ DANIELEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS: “The PiS leader dreams of a Duda 2.0 project: a politically untarnished, relatively young politician who will unite fire and water in a long march, i.e., both consolidate the right-wing electorate and simultaneously be accepted by more centrist voters. The problem is that, as we know, history indeed likes to repeat itself, but usually as a farce. How risky such a plan is, was shown by Bocheński's campaign in the Warsaw mayoral elections. The candidate was polite, handsome, interesting, and did not speak "the PiS way," but low recognition and lack of distinctiveness caused him to receive almost 76,000 fewer votes than Patryk Jaki in 2018.” -- POLISH POLITICS IS CURRENTLY UNFOLDING IN THE LOGIC OF THE DOMESTIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE, MEANING THE WEAK COMPETE WITH THE WEAK - DANIELEWSKI FURTHER: “However, it must be admitted that Polish politics is currently unfolding in the logic of the domestic football league, meaning the weak compete with the weak. Because things are not rosy in the October 15 Coalition either. And symptoms of crisis are easily recognized by the use of worn-out narrative tricks. Here, Donald Tusk's circle has begun to release stories to the media about how the "Prime Minister is furious." The head of government is reportedly irritated by the slow pace of ministers' work, quarrels among smaller coalition partners, and generally sees smaller partners as stragglers rather than leaders in the race for a better future and long-term government.” https://oko.press/tydzien-z-pierwsza-litera-nazwiska-a-prezes-kaczynski-czeka-na-cud -- THE DESTROYER. SZYMON HOŁOWNIA IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE HE WANTED TO CURE - MICHAŁ SZADKOWSKI, ACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF NEWSWEEK: “This is not a story about views at all. A politician who says that the health contribution "heals no one's health" – there is no exaggeration in this – is destroying the state. And that is an achievement of sorts: Szymon Hołownia entered politics, announcing a "third way," building himself up on social fatigue with the PO-PiS duopoly and the real threats stemming from polarization. After a few months in the Sejm, it turns out there is no new quality. That perhaps there is no need to complain, because what we will get in return may be just as bad, or even worse, than these two behemoths that have been ruling Poland for two decades.” https://www.newsweek.pl/opinie/niszczyciel-szymon-holownia-jest-gorszy-od-choroby-ktora-chcial-leczyc/w1d2rk0 -- ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN A HOPELESS SITUATION WITH PIS AS THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY, IT MAY BE EVEN WORSE WITHOUT PIS - JAKUB MAJMUREK IN NEWSWEEK: “So, although Polish democracy should in no way yield to the blackmail of its annoying cousin from PiS, and as long as PiS remains in its current form, there is little hope for depol polariza tion and the civilizing of Polish discourse, when planning for the future, one must keep in mind that although we are in a hopeless situation with PiS as the main opposition party, it may be even worse without PiS.” -- A NEW DEAL ON THE RIGHT MAY BE EVEN WORSE THAN THE CURRENT ONE. FORMATIONS NOT ONLY POPULIST-AUTHORITARIAN OR HOMOPHOBIC LIKE PIS MAY BEGIN TO PLAY A DOMINANT ROLE, BUT ALSO STRONGLY ANTI-UKRAINIAN ONES - MAJMUREK FURTHER IN KP: “A new deal on the right may be even worse than the current one. Formations not only populist-authoritarian or homophobic like PiS may begin to play a dominant role, but also strongly anti-Ukrainian, fundamentally free-market ones, adopting a negationist stance on issues such as COVID or global warming. PiS and its destructive anti-liberal offensive were a symptom of deep crises plaguing all European democracies – and even a radical weakening of PiS will not change the emotions that sooner or later will find an equally troublesome political representation as Kaczyński with Czarnk and Błaszczak.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/dylemat-wyjatkowo-irytujacego-kuzyna-albo-co-polska-demokracja-ma-wlasciwie-zrobic-z-pis/ -- THESE ARE THE PROMISES OF KO AND THE PROBLEM OF KO - POLITICIAN OF POLSKA 2050 BARBARA OLIWIECKA TELLS INTERIA - IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTA KURZYŃSKA: “These are the promises of KO and the problem of KO. I don't want to say he overdid it. Campaigns have their own rules. A politician must take responsibility for what he promised. It's a bit of putting yourself out there, because now political competition is catching the Prime Minister on his words that he was supposed to do everything in a hundred days.” -- TO FULFILL THE POSTULATES OF THE OCTOBER 15 COALITION AND EXPLAIN THAT WHAT ONE COALITION PARTNER PROPOSES IS NOT A POSTULATE OF THE ENTIRE RULING CAMP - OLIWIECKA FURTHER STATES IN INTERIA: “I certainly don't envy the ministers. They have a very difficult task. The coalition government inherited a huge mess in the ministries. Many matters need to be clarified, accounted for, and at the same time, the postulates of the October 15 coalition need to be fulfilled, and an explanation provided that what one coalition partner proposes is not a postulate of the entire ruling camp.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-poslanka-polski-2050-o-kandydaturze-rafala-trzaskowskiego-ba,nId,7776715 -- THE RETIREMENT AGE WAS ONCE JUSTIFIABLY RAISED AND UNJUSTIFIABLY LOWERED - ZUS PRESIDENT ZBIGNIEW DERDZIUK TOLD "FAKT" DURING THE ECONOMIC FORUM IN KARPACZ: “– The retirement age was once justifiably raised and unjustifiably lowered, but today it is a decision in the hands of politicians, and it does not seem like anyone wants to seriously take up this issue – Zbigniew Derdziuk told "Fakt." He added: – This does not mean that we should not talk about it, educate, and prepare future generations that, living longer, it is worth adjusting the period of employment, the period of paying contributions and receiving benefits, as well as ensuring opportunities for additional savings – assures Zbigniew Derdziuk.” https://www.fakt.pl/pieniadze/prezes-zus-zbigniew-derdziuk-zabiera-glos-w-sprawie-wyzszego-wieku-emerytalnego/hntgc6n -- THE BISHOPS ARE ALREADY AGREEING TO REDUCE CLASSES TO ONE HOUR, MAREK JĘDRASZEWSKI, METROPOLITAN OF KRAKÓW, IS DOING SO, AMONG OTHERS - BARBARA NOWACKA IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Please remember that for the Church, two hours of religion is already a problem, because – even though fewer and fewer students attend religion classes – there is a shortage of catechists. Bishops are already agreeing to reduce classes to one hour; Marek Jędraszewski, the Metropolitan of Kraków, is doing so, among others. Please also remember that it is the bishops who delegate catechists to schools. They decide whether a secular catechist or a priest with other income sources will teach.” https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,31286682,barbara-nowacka-o-religii-w-szkole-biskupi-eskaluja-konflikt.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Andrzej Smirnow, Andrzej Olechowski, Waldemar Sługocki.