Ace makes Time’s First Annual Blog Index:
The conservative/ libertarian answer to the Daily Kos, the Ace of Spades HQ, (AoS) has been going strong since 2003, and recently recorded its 10 millionth hit. Like most political blogs, the anonymous Ace comments on the day’s political news and provides links. But the anonymous Ace who writes the blog isn’t afraid to mix it up; AoS is full of snarling, flat-out funny commentary, videos, cartoons, pictures, and gratuitous insults. And while reliably conservative, AoS is no shill; last summer, the blog called President Bush “incompetent” and “embarrassingly dimwitted” and urged him to retire. The quote from H.L. Mencken in the AoS banner pretty much sums up Ace’s mission: “‘Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats.”
Sample Ace of Spades HQ Post: So long as Obama’s having that “open, candid” discussion about race we’ve all so long wanted to have, perhaps we can finally begin to address the virulent anti-Semitism infecting large segments of the black population while we’re at it, huh? Or waitâ€â€are we not having that “open, candid” a discussion?
The Scandi Anti-Defamation League is not amused. Gleen(s) are going to have a melt-down over not making it.
h/t Hot Air
Also, Marty Krofft interviews Doug Feith over his ‘fakey’ new book.
Man, there’s gonna be some frightened hobos tonight!
Absolut bosomy. IDT’s!!!
my complaint: no blogee, and no NOKI from my Scandi from Helsinki
Are Finns Scandis? I thought they were Snow Magyars.
“Feith’s undergraduate work at Harvard and National Security Council position under Professor Richard Pipes in the 1970s and 80’s presages present-day controversy over intelligence critiques. At University, Feith was involved with “Team B” analysis: or critiques of existing intelligence.[68] In the late 1970s, many American conservatives believed the Soviet Union was a qualitatively graver threat than US intelligence agencies believed. These fears later proved unfounded. Feith applied a similar ideological lens to existing intelligence regarding Iraq.”
despite the usual whining about Wikipedia from the rightists, Wiki’s Feith page is basically a poof piece and moderate criticism there emanates from either general franks (who’s also partly responsible for Iraqi-war debacles or colin powell, ditto) and accolades from Rumsfield et al and some military types. But the above gem is pretty close to describing Doug’s MO. (and he reminds me a lot of stephen moore).
You gotta admit, the commenters over at AoSHQ are a scream.
That’s true, N.O’B
But consider: Jeff’s been mostly away for a year and a half, and he’s still got 9.4 million views.
not sure, Dan, and those Raindeer people?
There’s a good movie about a Russian and Finn (both wounded soldiers of opposing armies ww2) sharing the same lapplander girlfriend who “nurses” them back to life. Name escapes me?
and they’re hung like Hungarians!
yeah, knew that, sort of. separate language and ethnic from either Swedes or Russkies and stuck between them. But social structure and location very scandi!
this is a great blog! wish we lefties could come up with one as good. maybe I’ll get my web genius to work on it…but the money? He won’t do it for free.
Shut up, dave.
dave, if you think Feith’s gotten light treatment at Wikipedia, you can always write something less fluffy and submit it.
Tonight, the hobos quake with fear.
I think dave is fantasizing about submitting to Feith’s “poof piece.”
Congrats to Ace; well deserved, sir!
Yay, me!
Absolutely!
Dan and Karl especially.