Sue in her 60s

Maybe the panel is celebrating the end-of-year demise of yet another knock-off show over at CBS. They lasted 15 years. The View is in its 27th season. I never could stomach more than a few minutes of The Talk, but I also found better things to do for many of the middle years of the View.

Or even be elected in the first place.

Does it shed any more light on what happened on that day's or week's episode? Do you recommend it?

I read the various comments here about what Sunny said, so was happy to get a look at the clip. First Sunny was describing how their make-up person was reacting to the earthquake and then she brought in the recent eclipse and the cicadas (yet to come), couching it similar to "some people could believe there is a connection." It was sort of distancing herself from having that opinion, but still, she brought it up, so she seemed to be trying to have it both ways.

I appreciate your diligent research! Who knows if Whoopi sees the same symbolism as I do in that scarf. One note, though, a scarf like this one is supposed to fray at the edges.

Having compassion for the Palestinians in Gaza does not make one anti-white or anti-Jewish. There are no heroes in this war among the leaders of Israel or Hamas, but there have been 1200 (murdered) + 253 (taken hostage) + 30,000 (bombed)+ 600 (IDF killed) victims. But Dems currently have a Senate majority, so they don't need Republican support.

If you're talking about the black (gray) and white USA flag scarf, I think it represents that the promise of America will not quite reach its full potential until we have achieved "liberty and justice for all." When we get to full equality of opportunity, the flag will be resplendent with color.

Today's program was previously recorded. So the audience from an earlier live-broadcast show must stuck around for the taping of the second show, to be aired at a later date. Whoopi is just being honest about it, though not very clear to the at-home audience.

Whoopi's bored behavior most often appears when the topic is gossip, like what happened with Princess Kate. But behind the boredom is an objection to bringing these topics up at all. In pre-show discussion, I'm sure she advocates for omitting these topics, but the producers feel the audience likes them. The "bored look" is really a protest. I don't care for these gossip segments either. Unless they affect other people, the private lives of celebrities should stay private.

I think the big hair and long nails, sometimes along with her flashy clothing choices, are a way to distract, or maybe intimidate, the person she is reading. She speaks fast, she constantly says "you understand?" with an air of demanding, not really asking, if they understand. Besides, she has become known for her big hair. It identifies her.

I was disappointed that The View gave Theresa Caputo exposure today. I realize that ABC and Lifetime, the network showing her new series, are connected through their corporate owners, so maybe this segment was non-negotiable. But the readings for Sunny and Ana (both celebrities with lots of writing by and about them) were taped beforehand, and we don't know what editing had been done. How many questions were asked but not aired that neither host responded to positively? Although Sunny insisted that Caputo knew something she had never told anyone, Caputo framed the first questions very generally, and could read Sunny's reactions to narrow them down. Sunny herself gave the specifics about what her grandmother meant when she said it was OK, or something to that effect. I believe Sunny and Ana's tears were very real. Who wouldn't react emotionally when talking about the subject of beloved family members' deaths? Who wouldn't want to be reassured that their dead loved one still cared about them? The panel always has a legal note when statements are made that politicians are legally contesting. I wish the same kind of "skeptic's note" had been made at the end of this segment.

I followed the first laws that were enacted in various states to charge homicide of a fetus (I don't know of cases concerning an embryo - 8 weeks of development or less) - when a pregnant woman was killed. The laws were brought forward decades after Roe (1973) by those opposed to abortion, for the very purpose of pointing out the perceived ethical conundrum of, on one hand, a woman having the right to an abortion before viability, and on the other, additional punishment of a murderer who ends the life of a fetus. The difference between these two situations is that in one case the woman is making her own decision and in the other someone else is making it. But these laws are often mentioned as reasons why abortion should be banned - ignoring the fact that abortion rights came first, and the double homicide laws were put in place to help challenge the right to an abortion.

Yes, you are correct. Frozen embryos have been classified as property of the mother and father. (Not sure how that works in divorce cases.) And in this case, the parents of the embryos want to sue for wrongful death, not the state. But if this stands, can the state now start charging for wrongful death if parents have agreed to destroy unused embryos?

What's amazing to me is that as a lawyer, she has made an obvious logical error. She has said in regard to abortion rights, that she has her beliefs but does not wish to impose them on others. Fair enough. But in this case, she herself used IVF and made sure to include in her statements about it that for ethical/religious reasons they made the attempt to implant every embryo created, which led to two healthy children. She expressed relief that not all of the embryos "took." This is contradictory enough. But then she went on to agree with charging someone with wrongful death because these frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident. If taken to its logical conclusion, the use of IVF technology would be severely impacted, from restricting the number of embryos created, to increasing the time and expense to undergo the procedure, to charging IVF doctors with wrongful death if an embryo does not implant and thrive. And to cap it all off, the court ruling in this case relied heavily on religious interpretation, which Sunny herself has said should not be imposed on others. She is being highly contradictory here.

Sunny took her position to the extreme when she nodded in agreement to charging the person who dropped the tray of frozen embryos with wrongful death of a minor or "extra-uterine child." If this holds, IVF doctors will be charged with wrongful death each time an embryo does not implant. In other words, the end of IVF.

The common perception is that Biden is failing because he miss-speaks. There are two questions I'd like some answers to. 1) Biden has always been a "gaffe machine." I read a couple of neurologist's opinions from when he was vice-president or before, theorizing that his miss-speaking is probably related to his stuttering disability as a child. Biden himself rejected this opinion at the time, but I think he worked so hard to learn coping mechanisms to overcome his stutter, that he wants to think he conquered it. 2) Are the instances when Biden miss-speaks getting more frequent as he ages? I'm not sure.

So the ladies are miffed when we criticize their fashions, but when all you can focus on is bright red lips, it detracts from what she is saying. I can't take my eyes off her mouth. I generally appreciate Sunny even when I disagree with her, and she contributes so much to the discussions. But when you wear something to get attention, you have to understand the consequences.

Joining the military is a subset of getting a job. Most military jobs are not those which put you in danger, although you are right - no guarantees, even when you sign up for a desk job. If your unit is bombed, anyone could die. But do your research and seek out good advice (and take what your recruiter says with a grain of salt) and you can get a lot out of your experience.

I think Whoopi dresses for comfort and for the literal visual messages she often chooses to include. She said once that she likes to wear white shirts because she wore them as a girl in school - of course now, on the show, with other loose shirts or jackets over them.

I read this comment before I had a chance to watch today's show. And when I did, I didn't realize the issue was Joy's comment on Gen Z until I came back to the board and saw the link to yahoo. Adult Gen Zs (18 - 27 yrs old) were born between 1997 and 2006. The oldest of them turned 18 in 2015, and the youngest are only 12 today. Although they are huge in numbers (27% of today's population) it's much too soon to evaluate them. It's annoying when members of different generations snipe at each other (OK, Boomer) but I think Joy's point was that no one should expect to get their future handed to them on a silver platter.

So both Sunny and Sarah were dressed in notable (questionable?) fashions this week, but on Friday it was Ana, whose left arm was enclosed in a weirdly attached sleeve. She seemed reluctant to even move that arm. Does anyone remember the Cosby episode when Denise made Theo a shirt? Some designer must have been inspired, because Sunny and now Ana have worn similar oddities.

I thought so too, but when she laughed, which was often, she looked more familiar.

It was obvious Julia Roberts did not want to talk about Matthew Perry. I have to wonder why her people and the producers didn't get together about avoiding painful topics. They must have known that Perry and Roberts dated for awhile around the time of her guest role on Friends.

Here in the Midwest, osteopaths are paid less than MDs. They apparently have less strenuous training but must pass the same tests for licensing.

Maybe. But wouldn't it super rude not to perk up? What would you prefer she do?