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sandymck

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  1. I usually barely listen to Whoopi but I clapped my hands when she spoke about (paraphrasing here) if we have less children then we should take better care of the children we do have....and also about pro-choice control over our bodies. Well said and harkens back to an earlier Whoopi. Remember when she and Joy walked out on Bill O’Reilly or putting Elisabeth in her place on gay marriage and reproductive rights.....check out some early shows on You Tube! Today I say yay to Whoopi!
  2. Thanks for reading my post, it wasn’t really my intention to open a discussion of how everything was rolled out here in Canada compared to other places. I was just slightly disappointed that Ana, who I really like made such a blanket statement about Canada in general this week on the program. I remember some years ago that Whoopi said something to the effect that we had little to no racism in Canada. I’m sure she was trying to say something nice about Canadians, but we are far from perfect...we share a lot of similar history and attitudes with the US. I also just find that sometimes the American media thinks southern Ontario is Canada. Sorry for long winded reply, just want to make sure that I’m following the terms of the site and specifically refer to what I’m hearing on the show.
  3. Haha! I’m with you 100% my friend! I didn’t want any of my fellow Canucks feeling I was putting them down in any way. I’m pretty lucky to also be on Vancouver Island where we’ve been safer than the lower mainland. Cheers.
  4. Oh no....I love Ana and always enjoy the show so much when she’s there, but Canada is doing just fine....we’re not desperate for vaccines up here. Our provinces are in charge of vaccines with assistance from Fed Govt. I know a lot of Americans think that Toronto (in province of Ontario) is Canada...and guess what ... Ontario has a conservative government and has mishandled a lot...same with Alberta. But in British Columbia and the Maritimes and we’re managing just fine! I’m happily vaccinated and so are all my friends and family!
  5. Whoa.....I watch a bit of Fox News so I don’t get complacent and actually hear what kind of info they are spewing.....”Serious journalist” Harris Faulkner on Outnumbered just stated as “fact” that Joy Behar wore black face! What garbage.
  6. I agree 100%....she’ll trash the View wherever she lands next and whine about how badly they all treated her.
  7. I really appreciated Sara’s response during the Will Smith topic - between Sara and the clip of Tracee Ellis Ross I actually got a bit a bit teary. Re Will .... I think he’s great. My wish would be that his initial funny post was simply what it seemed and that he was approached later for this partnership (and that there’s no profit to him). I’m probably being naive though in which case I think both Sunny and Sara were right on with their comments.
  8. I think they would have let Whoopie get the vaccine anywhere .... her influence and getting it publicly is valuable to everyone, especially the African American community.
  9. I didn’t take what Sunny said as agreeing - just recognizing another perspective and her friend’s right to their opinion- but I felt she was surprised that someone whose opinion she generally respects differs from hers.
  10. Yes, I’m 61 and Canadian and knew all about that. I remember all the Vietnam demonstrations and all the American stuff (also a crisis in Canada of home grown FLQ terrorists in Quebec). We lived near the Washington state border and Canadians have always been tuned in! My parents were also very interested......oh yeah....we also had draft dodgers who had come up so we’re aware of them too. My Minnesota born great grandma didn’t like that!
  11. How do you know that Woodward and Bernstein would prefer their actual names be used? They are so historically iconic that everyone knows exactly who she’s referring to and I would think Joy is coming from a place of admiration. She was probably trying to get her point out and just trying to be brief about it due to their current format - not being cute. I didn’t have a problem with it.
  12. Oh yes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring Sarah back! If they want “dedicated conservatives” have some rotating women. There are many capable of behaving more professionally than MM, who are smarter and actually know about American history and politics than her. Still want lively debate.....but MM is just not up to it.
  13. I think Trump is putting this out there so that if he loses (hopefully) in November there will be mistrust from his followers in the results. When I look at these armed crazies marching right now over having to wear masks and social distancing.....I shudder to imagine how they’ll behave if he loses then Right Wing media spew that it was voter fraud. Watching from Canada....and very nervous because I am seeing that attitude seep up here!
  14. I saw her in one of Seth Meyer’s “Day Drinking” episodes.....she was hilarious!
  15. I wish I could “Like” your post 10x over! Well said.
  16. Please tell me you’re not in any way comparing the talents of J.Lo ( or Shakira too) with Erika Jayne. I hope not. “Super provocative?”
  17. I’m Canadian so maybe it’s different here - but when two people are together long enough to have children and live as a family they are definitely common-law spouses. I think there was a time when it was a specific number of years (7 maybe) but not anymore. In any case I get uncomfortable when children are involved and wouldn’t want them feeling their family was in any way “less than”. It sounds great that they will have a celebration of their lives and get officially married. Wishing them all the best.
  18. I think it was appropriate to bring that up. Think of the parishioners at the church in Charleston where Dylan Roof murdered their loved ones. I’d be really curious if the families (especially religious) of victims of color are more inclined to express forgiveness.
  19. Thanks for the Newsweek link - I was surprised when Meghan made that remark about Stier being a Clinton lawyer that Sunny didn’t speak up that it’s a lawyers profession to be on different sides representing their clients. It was inappropriate of Meghan to make that inference. It could even be said that she was unfair to Kavanagh as well, making an assumption that he would have taken a political side during the Whitewater investigation. One could make that assumption-but to Make that point as a pundit on tv was unprofessional and inappropriate. Surprise surprise in the Newsweek link it sounds like the inference came from The Federalist.
  20. Well she may not have been briefed about the hot topics. She was there to promo her show. Is she supposed to change the topic when the host asks for an opinion. It’s a serious topic - I think it would have been awkward to give a quick answer and then say “oh, and let’s talk about my new show”. That being said I think she’s obviously well informed and it would have been nice to invite her to participate in the hot topics segment and give her the time the rest of them get to put their thoughts together.
  21. I had a different take on her segment. She came on to do a promo for her show and I think she did really well to express some complicated points of view with no prep time. I thought she was right on when she basically said that everyone except white men have always had to consider how other people would interpret their words and actions. Also didn’t take her words about what E Jean Carroll to have anything to do with her looks - but how valid her description of what she went through seems in her interviews.
  22. Yes....John Meacham....I’m with you 😘
  23. Good point. She could have given mature insight about having to live separately as her parents also would have done that a fair bit too when her father was in Wash.
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