The Fixer

Eddy Cue, the new sheriff in Apple Town.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in September, according to people familiar with the move.

James Bond is a Time Lord.

If you are a 007 fan, as I am, and a Dr. Who fan, as I am, Alan Gratz has something you need to hear.

One Bond. Many incarnations. James Bond is a Time Lord.

I think we can all agree this is the only logical analysis.

(Spoilers for Skyfall in the link...)

Douche Bag.

Is "douche bag" one word or two?  Either way, Paul Ryan fits the bill.

Ryan had stopped by the soup kitchen for about 15 minutes on his way to the airport after his Saturday morning town hall in Youngstown. By the time he arrived, the food had already been served, the patrons had left, and the hall had been cleaned.

Religious "Freedom"?

Valerie Hodges, a Republican State Representative from Louisiana, apparently thinks "religion" means "Christianity". Someone should tweet her that there are lots of religions.

She was all for Gov. Jindal's vouchers for religious or private education, until she found out the vouchers could be used for Muslim schools as well.

I do not support using public funds for teaching Islam anywhere here in Louisiana.

Some people are so self-centered that they don't even notice the world is revolving around them.

Wait... Scratch that, reverse it.

From Jezebel via The Loop

The ClearChannel Connection?

You know what's weird?  Squids.  You know what else is weird?  This:

ClearChannel plays to 190 million listeners around the country. That's more than half of Americans. More Conservative talk radio stations are run by ClearChannel than not.

Mitt Romney's old company Bain Capital owns ClearChannel Communications.

Rush Limbaugh works for ClearChannel.

Sean Hannity works for ClearChannel

Glenn Beck works for Premiere Radio Network, owned by ClearChannel.

ClearChannel and Premiere Radio are known for hiring actors to call into shows to give the hosts a starting point for the conversation that host wants to have. From ClearChannel's Wikipedia Page:

Clear Channel, through its subsidiary, Premiere Radio Networks, auditions and hires actors to call in to talk radio shows and pose as listeners in order to provide shows, carried by Clear Channel and other broadcasters, with planned content in the form of stories and opinions.

Odd. Maybe that's why all these "Reagan Republican" talk show hosts are agreeing with Romney, who is very much unlike Reagan.

Is it that these guys really hate Obama, or is it that they want to keep the old bosses happy? I'd guess a little of both.

To be fair, I tried to find some connections between ClearChannel's liberal hosts and Obama. Other than mostly undeserved blind idealogical devotion, I didn't see any.