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The moral dilemma of the year.

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Ares I-X launch

The Big Picture has some stunning photos of the Ares I-X launch that happened earlier this week.

On Wednesday, October 28th, NASA launched its Ares I-X prototype vehicle, the first launch from Kennedy’s pads of a vehicle other than the space shuttle since the Apollo Program’s Saturn rockets were retired. NASA’s Constellation Program’s 327-foot-tall rocket produced 2.96 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and reached a speed of 100 mph in eight seconds. The two-minute sub-orbital test flight encountered a few problems along the way, as the launch pad was slightly damaged, a planned stage separation did not go quite according to plan, and a possible parachute failure led to a hard splashdown for its first stage. The Constellation program is under pressure as a recent committee report depicted it as overly expensive. The Obama administration is set to make a decision in the next several months about the near-term direction of U.S. Space Policy.

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Drunk Ewoks make the Today show watchable

Two Ewoks dressed up for a decorating segment on the Today show this morning had more fun than anyone should on that show.

The madness really gets good around the 2 minute mark.

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Stop buying crappy movies. Please.

There’s a big problem in this country and it’s gotten out of control. Yesterday news came that Transformers 2 is the best selling movie in its first week of release on DVD and Blu-ray selling 7.5 million copies. This is shameful, America.

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I’ll forgive the fact that the movie currently sits atop the list of biggest box office grossing movies of the year. It was the second release off a huge first movie which was actually really good. I’m not going to lie about my love for the first movie. It had everything I expected in it. It had a basic plot, great action sequences, amazing special effects and every time one of them transformed I giggled in my seat like I was 10 years old again. As a result, when the second movie was scheduled for release I was excited to see it and did so opening weekend. I wasn’t the only one and that’s not where the problem lies.

The problem is that this movie is awful. There’s really no other way to put it. It’s got the same great special effects, but the action sequences were weak and the plot was insulting. There were so many things wrong with it I can’t even begin to list them. I walked out of this movie feeling offended at how bad it was, I know I’m not the only one and yet you keep giving them your money.

Based on this new sales information, this is what your DVD and Blu-ray buying habits look like.

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This is what this should look like.

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In order to make this happen, you have to stop buying crappy movies. Stop giving them excuses to keep sucking and force them to put out quality.

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Pro tip: A sharpie is not a substitute for a ski mask

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Global warming is so much cooler when supermodels strip

Now this is a cause I can get behind.

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