There are not many truths the Macalope holds to be sacred, dear readers, but he has heard it said that if you were to put the articles written on s website end-to-end, you could walk across this great nation of ours touching nothing but stupid.

And he sees no reason to doubt this.

Today on our journey across America, we will step on Pascal-Emmanuel Gobrys Apple And Amazon Earnings Show Once Again Jeff Bezos Is Steve Jobs True Heir (no link, blah blah).

Yesterday Amazon and Apple reported earnings at the same time, which made it even easier to contrast these two outstanding companies, especially now that they compete directly.