The 2012 Austrian Election Interlude: The rise of Frank Stronach and more ...

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Lolwut.

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Troll country.

Finally a good, useful, two word summary of Austria.

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My German high school started at 7:45 am.

7:30. (Sieben Uhr Dreißig - darauf scheiß ich!) With 5th (and maybe 6th as well?) formers starting school with the 2nd period.
It was some special deal due originally to Deutsche Bahn timetables and the fact that it was the most easily reached Gymnasium for residents of Maintal... though by my time, very few people in Maintal sent their kids to Frankfurt from 5th grade on, instead attending the local Gesamtschule and transferring in 11th, so by then it was really just a case of inertia/tradition.

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Here is the full poll from Gallup (incl. the number for the Pirates):



Stronach has more potential though than his current 10% might suggest:

[Would you consider voting for the Stronach Party ? 32% Yes, 53% No. Among FPÖ-voters: 50%]

Oh, those kind of questions...



(from different polls, of course. Guttenberg poll taken right during the resignation mess, all others less than two years older than that. Horst Schlämmer... uh, lol.)