tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195716452009-10-20T06:50:53.078-07:00Ms. Gypsy's ThoughtsRantings and recipes from gypsy, complete with whining and whimpering as the spirit moves me.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-784238998227576062009-06-24T09:54:00.000-07:002009-06-24T09:55:46.889-07:00Read at your own risk.I'm not being funny. The link below will take you to the transcript of a very unnerving interview with an eyewitness to some of the violence in Iran. I don't claim to know what should be done about it. I just know what's going on there is horrific.http://liberal4lifeblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/eyewitness-account-of-massacre-at.htmlThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-75061285948218055802009-05-20T12:26:00.000-07:002009-05-20T12:44:47.549-07:00Proof that you can use statistics to prove anythingThis blog entry from the US News and World Report blog pretty much exemplifies the reaction of most of the media to the recent Gallup poll on the subject of abortion, in which people who describe themselves as pro-choice made up 42% of the respondents while those calling themselves pro-life were 51%. This led to a hoot and a holler about how the "tide has turned" and now is the right time for RoeThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-28240739006149819372009-05-20T04:52:00.000-07:002009-05-20T05:10:46.969-07:00If you have a lot of time to spend watching a videoDid anyone doubt there are people in the military who think their mission as an American is to wipe out Islam and convert all of the Middle East to Christianity? (Sorry it's not embedded; I can't figure out how.)I used to think it was just a few bad apples. (Sorry. That's only supposed to refer to the poor saps who followed orders at Abu Ghraib, isn't it...) Now it sounds like it's a pretty That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-51768200812576949862009-05-18T08:33:00.001-07:002009-05-18T08:38:26.304-07:00When PC goes too farCourtesy of Failblog.org.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-46864629703726663462009-05-17T07:50:00.000-07:002009-05-17T08:22:56.585-07:00Republicans object for the sake of objecting?While the entire article is of interest I'm including a few excerpts that I found particularly interesting. The words I find most interesting are in red.Conservatives Map Strategies on CourtBy CHARLIE SAVAGEPublished: May 16, 2009*******************1. While conservatives say they know they have little chance of defeating Mr. Obama’s choice because Democrats control the Senate, they say they hopeThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-76776469701329518842009-04-22T12:11:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:56:13.433-07:00Jonah Goldberg's Recto-Cranial Inversion is more serious than previously thoughtAnd he needs to see someone about it, soon. Because it'll only get worse if he keeps spouting off this kind of bullshit.The EPA is choking democracyby Jonah Goldberg, syndicated columnistWednesday April 22, 2009, 5:30AMOne of the most important events of our lifetimes may have just transpired. A federal agency has decided that it has the power to regulate everything, including the air you That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-18241050858769374432009-04-19T01:04:00.000-07:002009-04-19T01:05:05.430-07:00And imagine my surprise that it's Spike, and not Fox, doing this...(No reference to bad boy vampires or FBI agents named Mulder intended.)Spike seals deal for show on Navy pirate huntersBy DAVID BAUDER April 14, 2009NEW YORK (AP) — Barely a day after the daring rescue of an American sea captain, cable TV's Spike announced a deal Monday to produce a show about U.S. Navy pirate hunters.Two crews for 44 Blue Productions hope to be on board Navy vessels patrolling That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-49536030912608228732009-03-29T15:00:00.000-07:002009-03-29T15:01:26.994-07:00I've been looking for this clip for a monthMichelle Bachmann=COOL? OMG! This would be embarrassing except I'm hardly a Republican nor conservative so I just find it high-larious!That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-13759971429177635882009-03-29T14:55:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:56:18.847-07:00The first segment is a little disturbingVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyThe third segment is cute, too.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-34421206818441326442009-03-26T10:14:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:20:27.900-07:00Whoever did this is a geniusReally. This is wonderful. And should be a billboard.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-42441849923411168092009-03-16T10:56:00.000-07:002009-03-16T10:57:35.105-07:00Kent Jones as Lawton Smalls. This act deserves an award.Kent Jones also does the final segment every night with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. He really deserves recognition at some level other than just online. That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-56137815145547250982009-03-16T06:03:00.001-07:002009-03-16T06:03:34.819-07:00He just won't go quietly, will he?I guess it's like those parodies of "Return of the Jedi" where Yoda takes twelve or thirteen pages of dialog to die. Cheney Says Obama Has Increased RisksBy A. G. SULZBERGERPublished: March 15, 2009Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that President Obama had made the country less safe, asserting that the new administration’s changes to detention and interrogation programs for terrorism That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-1747732695294845292009-02-27T09:42:00.001-08:002009-02-27T09:46:58.565-08:00I don't know that I like this idea but it made me laughJewish family gets big bucks to move to Ala.Matthew and Michelle Reed, along with their 2-year-old son and newborn baby boy, are the first of what could be a stream of people to move to Dothan under a program that offers Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate and get involved with the city's only synagogue, Temple Emanu-El.I had to laugh. Usually you read about fundamentalist Christians That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-49667105039475371492009-02-27T09:42:00.000-08:002009-02-27T09:46:56.995-08:00I don't know that I like this idea but it made me laughJewish family gets big bucks to move to Ala.Matthew and Michelle Reed, along with their 2-year-old son and newborn baby boy, are the first of what could be a stream of people to move to Dothan under a program that offers Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate and get involved with the city's only synagogue, Temple Emanu-El.I had to laugh. Usually you read about fundamentalist Christians That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-56365393913978402842009-02-23T09:02:00.001-08:002009-02-23T09:02:31.344-08:00When did he say it?You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.-Barack Obama This was my Obama quote of the day. I love it but have no idea when he said it and in what context. Can anyone enlighten me?That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-74752241784807649222009-02-15T20:20:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:21:13.571-08:00This is wrong. So very, very wrong.Why does Disney have to brand EVERYTHING? EGGS? Are they kidding?Who is this being marketed to? You know, right? Hassled moms who are doing grocery shopping with children in tow, children who are whining "buy me this, buy me that." And this ploy encourages that kind of behavior. No wonder American children are so poorly behaved.Not that any child *I* know is poorly behaved. At least not in that That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-37814452821793411622009-01-30T09:46:00.000-08:002009-01-30T09:48:07.965-08:00And somehow this appears to be being blamed on Obama...From the Los Angeles Times NEWS ANALYSISNew political era? Same as the old oneThe all-too-familiar machinery of partisan politics surfaces over the House economic stimulus vote.By Peter Wallsten January 29, 2009 Reporting from Washington - Democrats talked about the jobs to come from modernizing the electric grid, weatherizing homes, and repairing roads and bridges. Republicans too had ideas for That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-90436225825521991242009-01-28T09:55:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:57:16.649-08:00"Only a doofus like you"...turns out the nasty brother was rightFrom the Washington Post via The Jew and the CarrotStudy Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains MercuryMonday, January 26, 2009; 12:00 AMMONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-87318893106496060632008-12-24T11:58:00.000-08:002008-12-24T11:59:38.949-08:00The Legend of the Christmas BatA friend of mine reminded me of this lovely Christmas legend which she has been regaling me with as long as I've known her...and that's a long time. It's adorable and totally appropriate for the season!The Tale of the Christmas BatOkay. This is how it goes. Long ago, when organization had been invented, but before stockings really caught on, Santa was developing a pattern. He would make toys allThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-74830388836235458982008-12-22T17:03:00.000-08:002008-12-22T17:33:04.634-08:00It might be the cabin fever but this article pissed me offWhen this article first appeared in the NY Times, back on Dec 9, I didn't pay a lot of attention to it because it didn't seem relevant. In fact, I didn't read it all the way through. But then I heard the author interviewed on "Hardball" (I blame cabin fever) and I realized that she is the reason I sometimes deny being a feminist....But today, women constitute about 46 percent of the labor force. That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-4990234999652486212008-12-16T23:10:00.000-08:002008-12-16T23:11:47.922-08:00Let's try this againApparently the Fraggle Rock video I posted yesterday disappeared almost immediately. So here is another version of the same song and I hope this one lasts longer.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-34920843236055378582008-12-15T21:22:00.001-08:002008-12-15T21:24:58.001-08:00The right song for the right seasonHere's the right song for MY season!That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-83784969259690859792008-12-15T15:41:00.001-08:002008-12-15T15:51:24.264-08:00Idiots living in the pastThere's the website/blog/blathering called Boreamerica.com which purports to be "Monitoring Air America Radio [TM] so you don't have to."I went back through the beginning of November. They talk about two--and only two--AAR personalities: Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo. Who have both long since left AAR: Franken in the spring of 2007 and Garofalo in the summer of 2006. Last mention of Randi That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-68089693501783042132008-12-09T09:02:00.000-08:002008-12-09T09:03:48.180-08:00In case anyone reading this is in Raleigh, NC or nearbyI have been asked to cross post this but instead will just send you to the linkhttp://narniarose.livejournal.com/63920.htmlThis way if you lives in Raleigh, NC or near enough to make it feasible for you to have seen anything about this missing child, you can click and get the info for yourself.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-38035637143928712822008-12-03T08:15:00.001-08:002008-12-03T08:15:37.303-08:00No kidding!That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0