Mushroom Map

Mushroom Heaven

Would you like to go mushroom picking but have no idea which forest you should choose? Now, you can get advice on the internet. On internet fora, mushroom pickers brag about how many kilos, baskets, buckets and even boots of this forest delicacy they have collected. Those who have no experience mushroom picking can make use of the internet service grzyby.pl. You can find ‘mushroom’ maps with information about where to find boletuses, xerocomuses and suilluses in Poland. The maps are based on internet user ‘reports’ on where they have been picking mushrooms and the ‘intensity of harvest’. You can also discover how you to collect mushrooms in order to avoid bringing home a basketful of toadstools.
Dziennik

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Halle Berry in Poland

Halle Berry in Poland

Poland is becoming increasingly popular with Hollywood’s movers and shakers and has recently been visited by a slew of Hollywood A-listers as well as top rock and pop acts. This year has already seen the likes of rockers Kasabian, Pearl Jam and Desperate Housewives star and sex symbol Eva Longoria come to Poland. What is more, the likes of John Cleese, Danny DeVito, Gérard Depardieu and Bruce Willis have all recently been in famous Polish TV ads. Now Halle Berry is set to make the journey to Poland as part of the promotional tour of her new fragrance ‘Reveal’. Ms Berry will be promoting ‘Reveal’ in the Warsaw shopping mall Galeria Mokotów.
Plotek.pl

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Henryka Krzywonos to Join PO?

Krzywonos for PO?

Henryka Krzywonos, the woman who not only stopped the trams as part of the Solidarity strikes in 1980 but stopped the lies of Jarosław Kaczyński in 2010 is being touted as a future senator for Civic Platform (PO) in next year’s elections to the Senate. Krzysztof Lisek, a PO MEP has gone on record saying that Krzywonos as senator would be “good for Poland”. He also says that if she is interested in working for the public good, a place in the Senate would be the icing on the cake for her wonderful career. However, MEP Lisek is quick to add that no one has yet spoken to Krzywonos about such an offer. Just as well because the woman in question, when asked about such a proposal replied, “There’s no chance of that happening. I will not become involved in politics”.
Wprost

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Migalski: Kaczyński Is Taking PiS Down

Migalski - PiS Liability?

Having been de facto thrown out of Law and Justice (PiS), Marek Migalski, the PiS MEP, has decided to once again hit out at Jarosław Kaczyński, the party leader. Some days ago, Marek Migalski criticised Kaczyński’s leadership and was summarily dismissed from the PiS delegation to the European Parliament. The former political scientist has now decided to speak out again following his punishment. In an interview with the tabloid Fakt Migalski stated ironically that “if Kaczyński plans to win the next elections with the ‘charismatic’ Mariusz Błaszczak, ‘uber-intellectual’ Joachim Brudziński, ‘wordly’ Jarosław Zieliński and ‘electrifying’ Beata Szydło then that’s his decision”. The one thing that we can be certain of is that Jarosław Kaczyński won’t be taking advantage of the ‘traitorous’ Marek Migalski.
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Bishop Attacks PiS

Pieronik Defends State

Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek has joined the ranks of high-profile critics of Law and Justice (PiS) following the public mauling of Jarosław Kaczyński by Henryka Krzywonos (more here) at the anniversary celebrations of Solidarity as well as the slating of Kaczyński by the first non-communist post-war Prime Minister in Central Europe and UN emissary Tadeusz Mazowiecki for Kaczyński’s “lies” and manipulation of the truth. It seems Kaczyński is on a dangerous path and important Polish figures are now ready to stand up and fight him. In an interview for Rzeczpospolita Bishop Taduesz Pieronek claims that most of Poland’s Catholic bishops have become enamoured by PiS and are too politically-oriented. He blames Radio Maryja. Furthermore, Bishop Pieronek claims that the cross scandal that has engulfed Poland is nothing more than a political war which has nothing to do with religion. He goes on to claim that PiS is behind the ‘defenders of the cross’. Pieronek draws an interesting analogy saying that Hitler also took advantage of religion for his own political purposes with the use of the motto “Gott mit uns”. The church, he believes, should keep to church matters alone and not get involved with matters that concern the state.
Rzeczpospolita

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