Austrian Elections Today
The Austrian General Election is today. Polls open at 7am Austria, 6am UK, 1am EST and close by 5pm Austria time, 4pm UK and 11am EST. Please pray for Austria on this important Sunday. I’ll try and post results and …
Month: September 2008
Austria – Final Prediction
Here is my final prediction for the Austrian Election this Sunday, based on recent polling. [singlepic=9,575,350] This is the chart of the weighted moving average of poll results this month. You can see that in the past week the ÖVP …
Best of Austria #5 – Bit of Classical
Right, all the modern stuff is out of the way, here’s some of the best of the classics. Firstly, the (in)famous Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic at a New Year’s Concert quite a few years back, with possibly …
Best of Austria #4 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Here’s the last bit of pop music from Austria. Firstly, the good, nay, fantastic Ausseer Hardbradler live in concert with "Hoamweh nach BA" Next, the bad, nay, horrendous. Sadly this song actually sold more copies in the UK than Falco. …
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Rowan and Marx
I’m getting a teensy weensy bit fed up with the number of conservatives (christian and political) criticising Rowan Williams for his usage of Marx in critiquing modern capitalism and especially the events of the last few weeks or so. Here’s …
Best of Austria #3
As a contrast to the last post, these are the two most important political moments of the post-war period. Firstly, the Christmas 1945 address by the People’s Party Chancellor, Figl. The translation is as follows: Christmas 1945. The Second World …