![]() His mother and his girlfriend are also credited with contributing some newstips to his blog. According to recent blog entries, has two younger brothers, both of whom apparently read his website. "King Moron" appears to live in the Tri-State area, yet he maintains close ties with Southern California through friends in Los Angeles and the South Bay. Consequently, Latin phrases pop up remarkably often at "Ace of Spades Headquarters"-though not with anything like the frequency of four-letter words. fact|date=June 2007 Ace has also alluded to having received some legal training, and at least one of his co-bloggers is an attorney. ] A recent post on his blog suggests that he does some screenwriting in his spare time and is considering getting one of his movies made at some point. The Hotline Blog Directory lists all question marks under their profile for Ace under the subjects of age, residence, occupation, education, etc. This is probably intentional, as many bloggers choose to remain anonymous. Little is known, or can be found, about the site's owner and main blogger, Ace (also referred to as "The 'Moron'-in Chief," or "King Moron"). Ace retains the rare distinction among bloggers of actually supporting himself 100% via his weblog.Īce's co-bloggers include: Drew M., Laura W., "Gabriel Malor," "Slublog," "someone," "Dave in Texas," and "Purple Avenger," along with "Kat-Mo," "Tushar," and other readers of his site who are able to post to the site via its "open blog" policy. Center-right-and devout Roman Catholic weblogger has described it as "smart but very very vulgar." ]Īce/Ace of Spades Headquarters have both been quoted and linked extensively at other top-tier blogs such as Power Line. ref> ] Ace of Spades HQ frequently employs obscenity and humor to express its point of view on serious political questions. The Ace of Spades Headquarters blog, a member of Pajamas Media, is often critical of other political and liberal blogsites, including Andrew Sullivan's "Daily Dish", ] the Huffington Post, ] the Daily Kos, and Glenn Greenwalkd's Blog in Salon (including. Placing Ace of Spades within the Blogosphere Naturally, alternative streams of information will play a large role in that process. We have, he reminded us, not simply an opportunity to inform ourselves about politics, but a 'duty' to do so. AoS gave a rather thoughtful set of remarks on why the New Media is an important part of policy-making, and drew a straight line between the history of policy debate in a town-hall setting and the Reagan Revolution, which rejected the notion-now so prevalent in Europe and elsewhere-that the political class can consider itself our superiors, and simply make policy decisions on our behalf. ![]() McCann, of, wrote this about the same ceremony: "In accepting the award today, he gave an incisive speech on the death of democracy and the rise of tyranny, accompanied by an analysis of how Ronald Reagan re-invigorated the two-party system.īlogger Joy W. His speech at that event indicated that he felt all Americans have an obligation to maintain political awareness, rather than relying upon elites ("their betters," he said, in a slightly mocking tone with an almost-British cast to it) to make decisions for them.īrian Faughnan of the Standard summarized the event this way: "Ace has a gift for cutting through political BS, for dissecting the fatal flaws behind liberal arguments, and for doing so with humor." "Ace" was honored as the "Blogger of the Year" at the Conservative Political Union's prestigious Conservative Political Action Conference in March of 2008, where he was introduced by Robert Bluey of the Heritage Foundation, according to. The site's leading Blogger, "Ace," has also appeared as a guest expert on Fox News, though it is rare for him to make media appearances. ] Apart from mentions in the "Washington Times," Ace of Spades has been quoted, mentioned, or referenced on the Wall Street Journal's website ], Fox News, CNN ], National Review, The Weekly Standard, and many notable online magazines. ] It has maintained for years a position as a top-100 blog, within the "Blogging Ecosystem" maintained at The Truth Laid Bear. ] Created in 2003, Ace of Spades has had over 22 million hits as of May 19, 2008. ![]() Awards = CPAC Blogger of the Year, 2008 huge cult followingĪce of Spades HQ, Ace of Spades, or AoS is a conservative and humor-driven U.S.-based weblog, described by Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley as a "very smart military blog". ![]()
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