Thread 21 Starmer - Casting Nasturtiums

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Respectful and supportive discussion of things political and beyond

Cat, dog, flowers, haberdashery tax most welcome

Please RTFT. I have already answered this.

But to expand that answer: I'll watch pre Trump stuff. I'll watch stuff that Trumpers consider 'woke', like Star Trek. But mainly I watch non American stuff anyway.

Stock markets are shaky .
On another thread a Poster said about shorting.
Not everyone will lose money will they?

Carrie Underwood supports Trump? So disappointed…

She chose to sing at his inauguration. I was very disappointed.

I won't actively boycott any singers/actors on the basis of their political beliefs - they are as entitled to them as I am. If I could nod along to The Chicks (Dixie Chicks as was) then I have to accept that other artists are entitled to have alternative views.
That said if they choose to add to political commentary then they are fair game for discussion and it will possibly make me less inclined to download albums/films.

I think politics is quite complex in Nashville. It's a blue city in a red state. I imagine most artists play to their core base.

I had a self imposed news blackout of that event. Bugger.

Because it’s pretty much impossible to boycott US goods and services I’m hoping to stop supporting those who still support Trump. Bit more doable. Underwood is, of course, entitled to her political beliefs, but I’m entitled not to give her my money when I disagree with them. I’m not advocating for her to be forced to support the Democrats.

No, I appreciate that @cardibach I was just mulling over what I was likely to do.

Meanwhile, for light relief, a guide to email (and tangentially forum) etiquette

I won't actively boycott any singers/actors on the basis of their political beliefs - they are as entitled to them as I am

Normally I would agree but I am making an exception for the maga crowd on this.

I use Aussie curls as a leave in or Cansu conditioner and use that shampoo (the avocado one)

I also buy the K19 mask which I use once a week. It’s nut cheap at £55 per bottle but a bottle lasts a year.

Image is under review, it is a picture of Trump shouting pay the tariffs at a bunch of penguins

Aveeno almond shampoo and conditioner. Frizz Ease Aussie curl serum.

I have never got on with Aveeno. Or frizz ease!

Bloody hair.

Say what you really mean The Economist -

If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality than the president of the United States. It’s hard to know which is more unsettling: that the leader of the free world could spout complete drivel about its most successful and admired economy. Or the fact that on April 2nd, spurred on by his delusions, Donald Trump announced the biggest break in America’s trade policy in over a century—and committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc

Me neither....only the almond. Frizz Ease is a nightmare.

It's Aussie curl serum. No idea why I wrote Frizz Ease!

Another one for me to check out!

Yes Aussie curl is what I use. I find the leave in conditioner is the only thing that doesn’t leave a curl with a crisp iyswim?

Braverman has successfully campaigned and now unreturned a decision to use a local new housing development for asylum seekers.

someone has rightly on her FB post about it pointed out she gave no hoots where she placed them all when she was Home Secretary and stopped processing them

Interesting conversation at ds swim training this evening. Some think Trump is deliberately trying to cause a global crash to re negotiate Americas debt.

Placemats so sorry you are navigating such a difficult situation do hope you find some resolution another unmumsnetty hug for you💐

Thanks for the curl recommendations, will start with the Aussie curl serum my dgd has very long curly hair which can be difficult to manage.

I don’t know if anybody here saw newsnight last night but this clip has been doing the rounds. My goodness Gorka is an absolute twat isn’t he?!
https://x.com/peterstefanovi2/status/1907666163955347628?s=46&t=TfkiCTJCdFWVfj9u8pJCMg