all-encompassingly

please note this is my sarcastic response to doug’s jack’s back post, and is not meant to represent my true feelings.

David Beckham coming to MLS might be viewed by some as one of the most important moments for soccer in this country and perhaps in the history of professional sport. [source]

that statement is a little over the top, but for those of us who love soccer, this is great news. in at least […]

From the NY Daily News (hat tip - Drudge):
Barry Bonds, already under investigation for lying under oath about his steroid use, failed a test under Major League Baseball’s amphetamine policy last season and then initially blamed it on a teammate, the Daily News has learned.
I guess that is what you have to do once you’ve […]

In Webster’s dictionary, a cult is defined as being the following: “a system of religious worship or ritual; a quasi-religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices, or beliefs.”
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which are commonly referred to […]

Doctrine of the Mormon Church teaches that it is a members responsibility to help spread the gospel of Christ; because of this teaching, the Mormon Church has a vast missionary program. Young men and women are encouraged to serve as full-time missionaries, retired couples and single sisters are also encouraged to serve full-time missions. Mormon […]

The Mormon Church teaches that baptism is required to be able to live with God after death. This ordinance must be done in the way prescribed by God and by a person who has the proper priesthood authority.
Deuteronomy 32:4 states, “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgments: a […]

Recently many people have been using DNA “proof” to try and show that the Book of Mormon is false. Many of these arguments are based on assumptions made by people who do not completely understand what the Book of Mormon claims.
The most commonly used “DNA evidence” against the Book of Mormon is that DNA […]

While I’m on sports today, here’s a video from last year’s NBA Finals about Jason McElwain.
Jason McElwain is an autistic teenager who was a student-manager of his high school’s basketball team. You’ve got to watch the clip for the amazing story.
 

One of my childhood heroes and favorite baseball player of all-time, Cal Ripken, was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Aside from being a revolutionary shortstop and all-around awesome ball player, he lived a life of honor in the public eye. I’m not sure anyone is more deserving of a place at Cooperstown.

this incredible report is actually compiled with footage from 2000-2002, but i’d never seen it before today. i doubt many have:

here’s a summary of what you’ll see in the video:

A man shoots into a building as if he were defending himself; but the building is actually deserted;
Civilians direct soldiers and crowds of “innocent bystanders” […]

Soup for everyone!
According to “Top Secret Recipes” here is the real-deal Mulligatawny.

and it is (drum roll, please): a draft version of an AP story mentioning the possibility that the US could win the war in iraq! sin of all sins! (any reference to victory was, of course, absent from the final version). here’s how dailykos parsed the story:

kos loon: […]

That’s what this guy seems to think, and I wholeheartedly agree.
Blogger with its minimal barrier to entering the world of self-publishing helps people understand the pleasures of blogging. Then it frustrates us with service outages, bad customer service, and the inability to backup data and years of work. Then we discover there is a world […]