-- YOU CAN ONLY BENEFIT FROM FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS UNDER THE PROFILAKTYKA 40+ PROGRAM UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR - REPORTED BY RMF FM, CITING INFORMATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-koniec-programu-profilaktyka-40-plus-coraz-blizej,nId,7843259 -- THE COALITION LED BY DONALD TUSK IS ALREADY WAGING ITS SECOND HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE, AFTER THE "BATTLE FOR GRAIN" - MIROSŁAW CZECH IN GW: “There is no longer any doubt that the government of the 'democratic' coalition will block Ukraine's integration with the European Union, which is a genuine shock for many Poles and even more Ukrainians. They hoped that with its rise to power, the 'good old days' of mutual relations would return. They will not return. The reason for the blockade is not historical issues, but the economy and politics. Large agricultural enterprises and the political representation of farmers, led by PSL, have been warning for years that Ukraine's membership in the Union is a threat due to the vast potential of its agriculture and its large-scale structure, which is more conducive to profitable agricultural production.” -- AND MEANWHILE, THE MUSCOVITE AT THE GATES. PUTIN AND HIS HENCHMEN SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT THEIR GOALS. THEY HAVE STATED A MILLION TIMES THAT ONE OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL TASKS IS TO CREATE DISCORD BETWEEN POLES AND UKRAINIANS - MIROSŁAW CZECH FURTHER IN GW: “And meanwhile, the Muscovite at the gates. Putin and his henchmen speak openly about their goals. They have stated a million times that one of their fundamental tasks is to create discord between Poles and Ukrainians. They regularly explain that after the fall of Ukraine, Poland will be the next target of expansion. Yet, politicians in Warsaw have announced that Ukraine – fighting the Russian invasion and knocking on the doors of the EU and NATO – is to be Poland's enemy.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31389278,z-bandera-to-oni-do-unii-nie-wejda-dlaczego-rzad-tuska-siegnal.html -- WHETHER HE SCREWED UP OR NOT, KEEPING HIM IN PRISON FOR OVER HALF A YEAR IS PURE CRUELTY WITH A SADISTIC EDGE - MARCIN MELLER ON HIS PROGRAM ON KANAŁ ZERO: “In the case of Father Olszewski, I am abstracting from whether the accusations are justified or not, whether he screwed up or not. However, keeping him in prison for over half a year is pure cruelty with a sadistic edge, in my opinion. I simply don't know what for.” https://x.com/OficjalneZero/status/1849893438101258434 -- THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THAT SOMEONE IS ARRESTED, THAT THE MEDIA ARE OCCUPIED WITH IT, JUST SO WE DON'T TALK ABOUT POLAND'S HUGE DEBT, NEGLECTED URGENT INVESTMENTS LIKE NUCLEAR POWER, RISING PRICES, AND UNEMPLOYMENT - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: “The report from the subcommittee didn't gain much traction, so they unleashed the hounds after Mr. Szopa and Minister Romanowski. The only thing that matters is that someone is arrested, that the media are occupied with it, just so we don't talk about Poland's huge debt, its plundering, the drop in tax revenue, neglected urgent investments like nuclear power, rising prices, and unemployment, which will hit hard following factory closures and a decline in investment.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/711073-system-represji-bedzie-trwal-nadal-potrzebna-mobilizacja -- THE FACT THAT PRZEMYSŁAW CZARNEK IS CURRENTLY THE MOST CERTAIN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT FROM PIS SIGNALS THAT THIS PARTY HAS REAL TROUBLE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA. -- BŁASZCZAK IS THE VERY SYMBOL OF THE PIS EIGHT YEARS IN POWER, THE EMBODIMENT OF PARTY JARGON THAT WILL CERTAINLY REPEL CONFEDERACJA VOTERS - ZAREMBA FURTHER IN INTERIA: “So we have a squaring of the circle. MP Zbigniew Bogucki and MEP Tobiasz Bocheński are still mentioned (though Bogucki less and less often). However, the PiS leader considered them too bland and polite. But he doesn't mind the blandness and lack of charisma of Mariusz Błaszczak. Although he hasn't been implicated in any scandal, he is the very symbol of the eight years of PiS rule, the embodiment of party jargon that will likely repel Confederation voters.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-jaroslaw-kaczynski-i-donald-tusk-szukaja-prezydenta-dylemat-,nId,7843514 -- IF PRIMARIES HAD BEEN ORGANIZED IN PIS IN 2015, ANDRZEJ DUDA WOULD NOT HAVE WON THEM - A POLITICIAN FROM NOWOGRODZKA STREET TO JACEK GĄDKA IN NEWSWEEK: “This theatre may, however, drag on. For months, PiS has been discussing whether to organize primaries for a candidate. After the most serious meeting of the PiS leadership regarding primaries, information about them being held quickly leaked to a media outlet very close to PiS. In reality, the leader was wavering, but ultimately decided against them. – We are specialists in canceling events – laughs someone from PiS. Another adds: – If primaries had been organized in PiS in 2015, Andrzej Duda would not have won them.” -- HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MODERATE, BUT CZARNEK IS LEADING THE RACE - GĄDKA FURTHER: “An MP from PiS: – The nomination of Nawrocki looked like a smokescreen. Czarnek is now leading the race. The problem is that he is the opposite of the original assumption – the candidate was supposed to be unknown, moderate, and not ingrained. The truth is, however, that Czarnek can be charming. This is how our interlocutor describes the arguments for his candidacy: – He has many facets. He can speak to a crowd like a rally politician, but he can also mingle with individual voters. He sparks people's interest. He has a professorial aura.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/kaczynski-osobiscie-ich-spowiadal-dzis-faworyt-jest-jeden-kulisy/clsjwfq,452ad802 -- TODAY CZARNEK'S CHANCES HAVE DROPPED, SO NAWROCKI IS BACK IN THE GAME - KAMILA BARANOWSKA IN INTERIA: “Last week, he favored Nawrocki, then he was decided on Czarnek. Today, Czarnek's chances have dropped, so Nawrocki is back in the game. And Błaszczak and Bocheński are still on the horizon. One can go mad – summarizes one of the MPs about the past week.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-pis-w-punkcie-wyjscia-serial-z-wyborem-kandydata-trwa,nId,7843501 -- KACZYŃSKI IS STILL CREATIVE WHEN FORMULATING DIAGNOSES, BUT HAS INCREASING DIFFICULTY ASSESSING PEOPLE - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “It seems that Kaczyński is still creative when formulating diagnoses, but he has increasing difficulty assessing people, while at the same time not worrying about a lack of successor. He is even prepared to anoint someone whose main characteristic will be that they do not measure up to him. This is a temptation typical of autocrats.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art41345621-to-nie-donald-tusk-i-jaroslaw-kaczynski-sa-pierwszymi-polskimi-wladcami-partii -- IN JAGODNO, THEY ARE HAPPY THAT NO GOVERNMENT COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS, UNLIKE UNDER PIS WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, RESPIRATORS WERE PURCHASED - FRAGMENT OF A REPORT BY DOROTA WODECKA IN GW: “She is not among the dissatisfied, like Aśka. Although the money promised by the government doesn't motivate her, she appreciates the social effects of introducing nursery schools, or she is pleased that no government company was established as part of the flood relief efforts, unlike under PiS during, for example, the purchase of respirators during the pandemic. I could multiply the evidence of the ambivalence of Jagodno residents' feelings regarding national policy, although I admit that I encountered KO voters more often.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31403986,wpraszam-sie-na-sasiedzka-kolacje-by-porozmawiac-o-jagodnosc.html -- MACHIAVELLI WOULD BE PROUD OF MELONI - THE ECONOMIST: https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/10/21/giorgia-meloni-would-make-machiavelli-proud -- TRUMP IS CURRENTLY LEADING IN VIRTUALLY ALL KEY STATES NEEDED TO REACH 270 ELECTORAL VOTES, EXCEPT FOR WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN: https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/ -- TRUMP'S INTERVIEW WITH JOE ROGAN LASTED THREE HOURS: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4954722-trump-rogan-interview-podcast/ -- BEZOS - OWNER OF THE WASHINGTON POST, AND AFTER HIM SOON-SHIONG, OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, FORBADE THEIR NEWSROOMS FROM PUBLISHING SUPPORT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. -- 31 YEARS AGO, WALDEMAR PAWLAK BECAME PRIME MINISTER FOR THE SECOND TIME. -- BIRTHDAYS: Janusz Palikot (60), Danuta Waniek (78), Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (54), Dorota Drozd. SUNDAY: Janusz Korwin-Mikke (82), Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (59), Tomasz Kamiński.