Design Nazis

Considering the Nazzees had ministries like RLM (Aeronuatics) that spent years working on exact color specifications, um, I’m not shocked.

Somewhere a Nazi reenactor just got a major hard on.

I’m getting an ad for “brain training games.” Even the ads are Nazis now.

I wonder if the Pope wore one of those drummer boy outfits.

T/J: Man killed by cock. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-bc-us–cockfightdeath,0,3414140.story?track=rss

Fascists all have the best costumes. Note Captain America.

In a similar vein, I’ve been reading Casanova (don’t ask) and saw again the little story about Frederick the Great coming on to him. F’s praetorian guard were all famously good-looking and famously tall (6’3′ or 4′) with the best costumes ever. Casanova noted that almost all of them were sporting a gold watch given to them by Frederick in return for butt secks.

Ooooh, decorating ideas!

@Benedick:
Historians have a general rule called the Sukhomlinov Effect: the side whose generals wear the fancier uniforms generally loses. It was named after General Vladimir Sukhomlinov who was notorious for wearing spiffy uniforms and partially responsible for the debacles that got the Russians mauled in WW1 (and indirectly led to the Soviet Union.)

Freddy had some issues… I laughed at the fact that Freddy was a small guy with a small guy syndrome who hung out with giants till I realized that all but two of my male friends were 6’2″ or taller (I’m just over 5’6″)

Speaking of design, the Google Doodle today is terrific.

@ManchuCandidate: See also Goering.

The shiny boots are so Condoleezza Rice.

@ManchuCandidate: I wish I had a picture of the commander of the Italian Caribinieri from when I was in Kosovo. His daily ensemble was the punchline of many a joke among the humanitarian community, and it very definitely proved your point, Manchu. Only the Alpini with their feathered caps made people laugh harder.

@Dodgerblue: here is doug stanhope on the subject of nazis and the pope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40QK4OAwgTU

@mellbell: Oooo, steampunky coolness!

@ManchuCandidate: Interesting point when you think about that in terms of asymmetric warfare in which the guys and gals in black PJs or funky tribal gear, scarves and turbans armed with RPGs, AKs and IEDs can fight superpowers to a standstill when taking on the behemoth on homie’s turf. The US is on about its fourth camouflage design for its uniforms since 2001, btw. It turns out the stuff you see people wearing around here in the US (digital camouflage or digicam) actually shows up very brightly in the Afghan terrain and really lights them up.

From an article on the selection of multicam as the Afghan camo pattern in 2010.

” . . . the late Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. . . . ordered the Army to study whether its current Universal Camouflage Pattern was the best scheme for Afghan operations.

“At the time, Murtha recounted comments he’d received from Army noncommissioned officers complaining about the UCP’s colors and their inability to meld into Afghanistan’s rural backgrounds.”

http://www.military.com/news/article/army-giving-new-camo-to-all.html

And now there’s five:

“Airmen deploying to Afghanistan in 2011 will see a new uniform issued to them as part of their deployment gear beginning in March.

“The new uniform, called the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, is the same uniform recently fielded in Afghanistan to U.S. Soldiers . . .

“The OCP uniform is scientifically developed to blend in with Afghanistan’s terrain, which will make our Airmen safer and more effective on the battlefield,” she said. “The new material is also flame resistant and lighter weight than either the ABS-G or the (Airman Battle Uniforms, or ABUs).”

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123240205

Also: it turns out that the range of the M-16/M-4 rifle is too short for open country engagements in Afghanistan. Some 1950-1960s vintage M-14s that fires a larger cartridge are being rebuilt and sent Over There.

Rockers who rock the Nazi gear: Scott Weiland (STP, Velvet Revolver), Lemmy (Motorhead) and Jimmy Page back in the Led Zep days.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/11968/

@ManchuCandidate: I thought it was so cute they all got a gold watch in return for sexual favors. I wonder if the watches came in various sizes to match personal equipment? Damn. This is the history we need to know.

I guess some men define masculinity in terms of height – Frederick the Great – others via assless chaps or the musicals of ALW; and others by shoving socks down the crotch of their flight suit.

Best cozzie I ever wore was Victorian mess dress. OMG. Black, scarlet and gold. And as a Russian hussar with boots and breeches, etc. I’d wear a uniform all the time if I could afford a valet.

@Nabisco:
@redmanlaw:
Makes sense to me. I’d rather be a simple brown furred wolverine than a peacock.

@Benedick:
FYI, I’ve never given any of my tall friends a gold watch. No interest in it. I never knew he was gay till recently and so was Von Steuben (the man who made the Revolutionary Army). I’m starting to wonder about those Prussians and their spiked helmets.

how bout football uniforms with horns or whatever else you want to call it on the helmet? the los angeles vikings:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/115392789.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiU9PmP:QiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUoD3aPc:_o8P77U

@jwmcsame: Ooooh, Dodger gets stabby if you bring up the planned return of professional football to El Ay. He even rants talks on the radio about it. Or so I heard.

@jwmcsame:
@SanFranLefty:
The Lakers redux!

@ManchuCandidate: I think most militarized cultures are pretty gay. The samurais were so busy fucking each other I don’t know how they kept their swords sharp. Leaving aside the various navies, the Prussians were famous in their day and since about the 1800s the Coldstream Guards were London’s rent boys of choice. They also had/have very good cozzies.

@Benedick: I guess some men define masculinity in terms of height

6-2, you Limey Punk.

@Benedick: Wolverine is pretty short in the X-Men comics. Someone else can raise the masculinity issue with him.

I’ve told you guys about the sister of my high school friend who designed the X-Men movie costumes. There’s a line in one of the movies about the black leather suits with red piping (SS influence? ) to which Wolverine responds, “would you prefer yellow spandex?”

@SanFranLefty:

I always thought that outfit was awfully Darth Vader, but maybe that’s what she was going for. :)

@SanFranLefty: @ManchuCandidate: the article says the group pushing for pro football in l.a. wants two teams not just one. if what ever follows the soon to be expired c.b.a is not as beneficial to ownership as they would like, then other teams will be for sale. probably jacksonville and don’t be surprised if bud adams says fuck all this before he dies and sells or moves the titans/oilers again.

@SanFranLefty: Thank you for posting that. I love that pic.

@nojo: 6-4, but I like gals.

@Dodgerblue: You’re going to frighten me Sunday. The only people taller than me in everyday life are my dad (6-4) and my brother (6-3). Looking up is something I’m not otherwise accustomed to.

One advantage to being the family runt: Standard shoe sizes.

@nojo: My wife is 5-0, and she’s not frightened.

@Dodgerblue: Standing up straight to my full 5’7″, I can look Son of RML right in the chin. That surplus East German HGH sprinkled on his food really did the trick.

@redmanlaw: My mom likes to say that when I reached her height, that’s when she realized I was ready to do chores.