First, foremost, and not indicated by the title at all, a moment of reaction to Macron getting Corona, because it’s 2020 and life is a nightmare. Is Macron all that good of a leader? Debatable, and I’ve certainly gotten mad … Continue reading The Weekend PT Splits Its Time Between Italy and the UK, Which You Cannot Do Anymore (thanks, Obama)

First I was going to write about Boris Johnson absolutely whiffing the Brexit talks and the UK preparing for a no-deal Brexit, in which the complicated history of the English empire comes up against trade deals and border crossings. AND … Continue reading The Weekend PT Finally Caught Ted Cruz

Hello rest of the world. Let’s keep in mind that several world events are percolating; Poland continues to push back against the abortion ban, Iran is vowing revenge, Trump came the closest to conceeding as is possible for him, the … Continue reading The Weekend PT Is Up Way Too Early For Black Friday Retail

Hey, remember when Macron positioned himself as the moderate choice compared to Le Pen and is now running around treating Muslims like he’s been possessed by [redacted reference to WWII]. Following several terrorist attacks over the past several years and … Continue reading The Weekend PT Is Rather Ticked Off at France

The headline speaks for itself. Nevada, Pennsylvania, CNN, Fox News, somebody call something please for the love of God. 🎶We didn’t start the fire 🎶 Continue reading The Weekend PT Honestly Wants a Day Off From News But FUCK, I GUESS NOT

I thought, because I’m sure our blood pressures aren’t high enough, what it would be like if the US election was covered the way some other countries’ elections are covered in the US. However, because I’m not a journalist, I … Continue reading The Weekend PT Observes the US Elections

However, there are protests happening over it, so not all hope is lost. Poland already has some of the strictest abortion rules in the EU, with estimates referenced from the BBC saying there are around 200,000 ILLEGAL abortions already happening … Continue reading The Weekend PT was going to write about the Polish Abortion Ban but got depressed

TW: A murder in France We approach the home stretch, and boy are we exhausting. This week saw with it a deluge of American news, but it didn’t completely drown out international happenings. COVID cases are beginning to spike again … Continue reading The BBC Has a Whole Section on US Elections and I Can’t Name A Single Member of Parliment (The Weekend PT)

…which, honestly, fair. Congratulations to all the winners of the Nobel prizes awarded this week! I am PARTICULARLY excited about the Chemistry winners, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier. This is a first for the category and long overdue. Their work … Continue reading The Weekend PT Did Not Win A Nobel Prize

And yet, I say, waiting for Drop to come at me for these true words, can we truly be surprised? Switzerland, long famous for chocolate, weaponry, questionable banking, and neutrality looked at Brexit and… whatever the fuck is happening here … Continue reading The Weekend PT WAS NOT EXPECTING THE SWISS

According to tradition, those who pass on the New Year are some of the greatest and most righteous, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg was both great and righteous indeed. While it is true during her later years some of her votes … Continue reading The Weekend PT Mourns

Everything seems to be on fire/coming out of a medically induced coma/interferring with an election/withholding journalism for book sales/ going into or not going into lockdown when they should be. This is a lot for anyone’s brain to deal with. … Continue reading The Weekend PT Stayed Up Till 3am to Write a Paper and is Tired of All This Shit

Oh Belarus, you complex motherfu- A month ago I will admit my geographical, geopolitical knowledge had a bit of a Belarus shaped hole in it. Since then, 2020 seems determined to make me (and apparently a majority of the world) … Continue reading The Weekend PT Revisits a Contentious Election

Just kidding, I’m still here, but a world leader is stepping down from their post (and unfortunately it’s not everyone’s number one choice). Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is resigning from his current position after someone finds a worthy successor. … Continue reading The Weekend PT Resigns for Health Reasons

I will never be over the Calamari, nor should you! Imagine if you will that each Avocado member is a delegate for whatever the hell sort of elections we would have (dickbutt would win). Imagine the ridiculous representations, the zoom … Continue reading The Weekend PT Introduces Itself

I really wanted to open this with a link to the “We Just Got a Letter” Song from Blues Clues but it’s all memes. I mean, some of them were pretty good memes, but this is a Serious Issue. While … Continue reading The Weekend PT Tributes the Mail

I would like to go back to covering international events without being in a panic if I look away from US events for more than two minutes. I forget what it feels like. Anyway, I was going to make a … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread