Amazon Announces $50 Tablet

This is not a sponsor, I just don't know how they did it price point wise — Amazon announced a new tablet that is $50!


It officially releases September thirtieth, but it's so interesting 'cause it's jumping into a market with really no competition.

It's not like they're fighting Apple, they're fighting brand names you probably don't trust.


And like typical Amazon, it doesn't look like they care about if they lose money on this product initially 'cause they're hoping that over the course of the next ten years they're going to make more money off of it.

And when I say that it's cheap, it's the only tablet I've ever seen have a buy-5-get-1-free deal — incase, I guess, if you want a tablet in every room of your house, or, it actually does make sense for education.

The only way this becomes cheaper is if they just give 'em away in serial boxes from now on.

Gasoline Lice Treatment

In Oklahoma, a mother faces a charge of child abuse because when her child got lice, instead of, let's say, going to the store, and getting over-the-counter cheap lice treatment stuff, she figured she could get the same effect by pouring gasoline on her child's head.



If that was not bad enough, the child was next to a space heater which would go on to light the hair on fire, resulting in second and third degree burns on 60% of the child.

The police say the little girl is living with relatives now, after lengthy treatments for her burns. And, a court record shows that the mother could face up to life in prison, if she is convicted.



So, the principal point of this short story is that some people should just not have children. They should just not be allowed. And, also, maybe your mom is not as bad as you thought she was, previously. Unless, she has also set you on fire, in a way that could've been avoided by buying something that costs a little over a dollar.

The Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Plane Crash

You've probably already heard about the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 plane that crashed at the San Francisco International Airport, on Saturday, July 6, 2013. Or probably not. Nonetheless, I just want to blog about all I know about the plane crash. For starters, I know that the plane was a Boeing 777 that took off from Shanghai, went to Seoul, and then was on its way to San Francisco. A lot of the earlier reports are conflicting on the number and how extensive the injuries are. Reports are saying there were two deaths (and that being two 16-year-old Chinese girls), and upwards of 180 injured. What's even worse, is that there's an autopsy on one of the 16-year-old girls, indicating she didn't die on the plane. The girl's body was found on the evacuation slide, and the San Francisco fire chief said, "Her injuries are consistent with having been run over. It could've been one of our vehicles that added to the injuries, or another vehicle. This could've been something that happened in the chaos, and will be part of our investigation." So, apparently, one of these teenage girls might've survived the plane crash, then got hit by emergency services -- supposedly a fire truck. As I write this, the FBI and a handful of other agencies, are all looking into why this happened. This includes everything from criminal activity, terrorism, mechanical failure, and of course, human error. Although, the CEO of Asiana Airlines has ruled out mechanical failure (I don't know how). I mean, how odd is it that the Airlines doesn't want to admit that it was their plane that messed up. According to a passenger, the crew gave no sign of being in trouble, or worrying about anything, moments before impact. Numerous eye witnesses say that the plane appeared to be approaching lower than its normal, for an approach, at San Francisco, and they heard the plane's engine accelerate hard, just before impact. It appears that the plane's tail, or the landing gear, hit the seawall, at the edge of the runway, before bouncing, and coming to a stop, off the runway. The jet then caught fire, with many passengers receiving burn injuries. The cockpit voice recorder (otherwise known as the black box) was also recovered. From that they found out that the flight was cleared for visual approach to runway 28 left, and this was confirmed by the crew. The approach proceeded normally throughout the descent. There was no discussions on aircraft abnormalities, nothing really wrong, and then, seven seconds prior to impact, a crew member called for more speed. Then, four seconds before impact, the sound of the stick shaker, indicating a stall, sounded off. And then, one and a half seconds prior to impact, there was a call for an aborted landing. But then of course, the question is, what about the pilots? Interestingly, the Airlines is now saying that the pilot who tried to land this Boeing 777, was in training, and that this was his first time trying to land a 777, in San Francisco International. Conclusively, that's everything I know right now. And, I really don't want to throw a blame on anyone, until the FBI (and the other agencies) finish their investigation.