no one who wears one will have the slightest clue

it just looks dumb.

Time to put Urban Outfitters on my do not buy from list.

Urban Outfitters has been on my "do not buy from" list for years. Not because of their recent antics but because their clothes just plain suck!

Does anyone else feel like they are living inthe 1930's?

I can't see it can you enlarge the image?

How dumb is dumb? Sickening and stupid. Imagine marketing an item that ups the ante on anti-Jew from intifadah to SS.

In other news Anna Nicole Smith is still dead.

Leave the outfit, take the model.

Scarf, or Moonbat Drool Rag?

Indeed... ninth on this adl list.

One must have to spend hours postitioning the kaffiyeh just right ...one wouldn't want to cover one's Che shirt!

URBAN OUTFITTERS, CONTACT US PAGE

Well. No surprise there, right?

Socialists will always be socialists, even when they're national socialists. Or perhaps even more so.

The look is incomplete .. she forgot to wear her Che shirt.

They carry Stalin tee's?

I don't know if you guys have ever shopped at an Urban Outfitters, but they sell worse stuff than the scarf.
[Link: www.urbanoutfitters.com...]

I see people in New York with these all the time. Hipsters in my neighborhood wear them.

/the kind of kids with big political attitudes who don't vote

Can't tell from the picture what the skull looks like.

So the new summer wear.... O-brother.

Plus Rudy G. said the Second Amendment is for hunters .

Great, you lost my vote!

OK, eleventh.

/sleepdirt

Soon to be a top seller in Berkeley, where they WILL know what it means and they WILL buy it with the money they save by divesting from Israel.

Waiting for lunch time to review all models, compare to current water vapor imagery and current synoptic conditions, and then I'll try to further refine what could happen. I know the Washington DC 50/50 chance of a disaster greater than the British burning it during the Second Revolutionary War thing, as compared to eithe rjust the greatest snow storm in three or four decades, or worse, enough rain to wash away the snow uncertainty is triggering great wailing and gnashing of teeth.

But now, I'm doing the W-2 completion report of our latest Pennsylvanian Strawn 20 BOPD well in Wichita County.

How about calling it the "wear one and get a beat down scarf", for all those urban encounters at Nordstroms.

Another day, another crypto-anarcho-capitalist syndicate exploiting the ignorant masses. /monty python

Well, it's not the Jolly Roger...

The pirate flag typically shows the skull face-on.

Sure looks like the "Totenkopf" to me.

Now the question is of course do those morons even have a clue about where it came from?

The "Death’s Head" was the symbol of the SS-Totenkopfverbande (one of the original three branches of the SS, along with the Algemeine SS and the Waffen SS), whose purpose was to guard the concentration camps. Most of the original members of this organization were later transferred into and became the core of a Waffen SS division, the Death’s Head Division.

[Link: www.adl.org...]

That rags' expensive

"Skull Desert Scarf
 
£24.00" 

In London kaffiyah's cannot be that difficult to find. Aren't they kind of mainstream? And skull things are a dime a dozen.

I can't see the skull, can we have a close-up, please? There is a detail on top near the model's chin, for all I can see it could be Momo bomb-turban.

Hey, why doesn't LGF sell Momo bomb-turban "desert scarves"?

Goes perfectly with your Che' T-shirt, and your Merrill Hikers.

an essential for white upper middle-class kids at any protest

OT OT OT

ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS SAY JAPANESE NEWS AGENCY SPEAKS ABOUT AN EXPLOSION IN AN AMERICAN BASE IN JAPAN

I will be back with further news asap

Nothing says 'sassy' like the Third SS "Totenkopf" Division and their Islamofascist heirs?

I recently received a jewelry catalog (Ross Simons) showing a necklace, earrings and a ring with the skull and crossbones, in diamonds. The catalog says it's a "hot trend" this year. So, not too sure about the Nazis connection.

This calls for a gratuitous image of St. Pancake(CBUH*), flattened be her name.

*Caterpillar be upon her.

Funny, normally that chick would be honorably killed for that.

Ha... you have it all wrong.

The spankable model person is wearing the Pirates of the Caribbean verison..

Silly geese

Well, for one thing, its definitely on-message now. The last one was disguised as an 'anti-war' scarf.

Guess they didn't get the 'kill memo' from the US office.

What kind of self-respecting socialist/anarchist goes to a trendy-ass mall store like Urban Outfitters to buy clothes?

If they just added the Swastika to the scarf and the symbol of the SS, it would be very appropriate to the aim of the Palestinians.

Hey, it's not they're selling a confederate flag or someting!

Urban Outfitters continues to sell the Palestinian kaffiyeh, symbol of the intifada and decades of violence and terrorism, now calling it a Skull Desert Scarf.

A quick check of Urban Outfitters store sites in the U.S., at least in locales I'm familiar with, show most of them seeming to be in university/liberal areas. Too bad. If they had one in my redneck Hoosier corner of the world, I could tell a manager in person what I think of their idea of fashion.

I'm sure some will argue that their skull is more "pirate" than "Gestapo" but it's so clearly not.

In related news one of the murderers from the Red F[r]action or Baader-Mierhoff gang, a notoriously antisemitic, pro-palestinian far-left terror group from the 70s, has been released from prison in Germany.

History is Dead.

Even if it's happening now.

It looks like this is being sold in the UK, not the US. Which, sadly, isn't surprising these days...

Coming Soon!

Designer Suicide Vests will make headlines at your next big party!

Kerry voters

looks good on her tho. But I bet she would look good in a burqa also which, of course, is the next logical step.

Can't tell from the picture what the skull looks like.

The skull is facing left, sitting on crossbones, just as in the Totenkopf insignia.

And how many people were killed by the SS?

And how many people died, or were injured, in the fight to destroy that twisted ideology?

Apparently not enough.

(***sigh***)

What's next? Zyklon-B canister charms for m'lady's bracelets? Jackboots and trenchcoats as haute couture?

/Springtime for Hitler, and Germany, indeed.

#30 Myself

IT'S JUST A FLASH:

"TOKYO: explosion nearby USA base.
Japan, the news agency Kyodo News reports an explosion near the American base south of Tokyo. Police suspect a terrorist attack."

Tokyo, esplosione presso base Usa
Giappone, l'agenzia di notizie Kyodo News riporta di un'esplosione nei pressi della base americana a sud di Tokyo. La polizia sospetta di un attacco terroristico.

15 Elric

They carry Stalin tee's?

Probably two types--the Gulag and the Mass Grave line, in all sizes.

Fun fashion for the entire family.

Next will be the Pol Pot Khmer Rouge lipstick.

They're selling the symbol not just of the Nazis or the SS, but the absolute most hardcore Nazi SS troops noted for directly engaging in genocide. That's so F-ed up.

Couldn't find a larger image, but all the proportions are the same, as are the shape of the eye and nose holes, and the direction it's facing. That's an SS skull.

Howard Dean should consider handing these out at the next Democratic convention. All he needs to do is have the words, "Vote Democratic- 08" printed on them.

Clueless fucking morons.

The SS-Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head units) were the worst of the worst of the Nazis.

"Eicke viewed the SS-Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head unit) as an elite within the elite structure of the SS. This concept grew from the fact that the most dangerous political enemies of the state were incarcerated in the concentration camps and Hitler had given sole responsibility for guarding and running the camps to the SS- Totenkopfverbände. Eicke repeatedly pressed home his principles in orders, circulars and memoranda. The whole of the SS-Totenkopfverbände training was based on elitism, toughness and comradeship, together with a regime of ruthless discipline."

History of the Schutzstaffel - SS

The kids that buy this stuff may not have a clue. But Urban Outfitters sure as heck does:

[Link: www.jpost.com...] (also on lgf)

Yesterday's Style section of the NYTimes had an article about this .. of coursein favor of the damned thing. "Where Some See Style, Others See Politics"
This from memory: "... In England, where there is much more anti-war unity, there is not as much of a problem as here in the US .. " blah blah blah the usual garbage ..

#39 Last week two girls at a Texas HS were suspended for not surrendering their Confederate flag purses to school administrators. They were considered to be offensive and disruptive.

Can't find the link but it was on Foxnews.com.

#50 DavidJSchwartz 2/12/2007 08:12AM PST

15 Elric

They carry Stalin tee's?

Probably two types--the Gulag and the Mass Grave line, in all sizes.

Fun fashion for the entire family.

Next will be the Pol Pot Khmer Rouge lipstick.

These guys have no shame

32 moonsbreath

I recently received a jewelry catalog (Ross Simons) showing a necklace, earrings and a ring with the skull and crossbones, in diamonds. The catalog says it's a "hot trend" this year. So, not too sure about the Nazis connection.

Skulls have been in and out of fashion since the '70s. I have a cute skull and crossbones necklace and even an old ring somewhere. It is the context on the Islamic kaffiyeh we are talking about.

#49 Myself

SAME AT THE JERUSALEM POST:

Feb. 12, 2007 17:57 | Updated Feb. 12, 2007 18:00
Explosion near US army base in Japan
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO

An explosion was heard in the vicinity of a US Army base south of Tokyo on Monday afternoon, Kyodo News agency reported.

Police suspected that the blast was the result of an attack.

Skulls are a "hot trend." They are (or were) everywhere in NYC (like 5 or 6 years ago). Do the math. Why would "death" get "hip" in NYC 6 years ago? This skull placed on the symbol of Palestinian nationalism (to use an "objective" term) takes on a particular meaning when put in context. And that meaning connotes jihadism, fascism and a general "love of death". Sick.

# 54 Geepers "Clueless fucking morons".

It's debatable whether they are clueless or are in sympathy with the message. Maybe some of the idiots who buy this pornography are clueless, but the company? I doubt it.

Nothing gets past zombie, who busts AP once again.

#17 Dr. Manhattan

I see people in New York with these all the time. Hipsters in my neighborhood wear them.

And all this time I heard that Los Angeles sets the trends. I have never seen anybody here wear any of these "hip" Palestinian kaffiyehs.

For me, it is probably a good thing-- I'm afraid that I would prbably physically assault them

It takes all my strength not to yank all of the copies of "Paradise Now" off the Blockbuster shelves and smash them.

She must be one of those hot Nazis from movies of *ahem* questionable production values...

Too bad that girl would be clitorectomied, beaten, bagged, and raped in the wilds of the Caliphate, or perhaps used for fun and then carved up (the proper fate for an Infidel Whore).

That said: I'd be happy to have her re-educate me.

Fashionistas!

I thought maybe the skulls were some sort of tie in to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
/

It's all about perspective.

Clint Eastwood is planning a film.

#52 Charles

Here is the SS skull on a ring, for sale on a war memorabilia site.

I can't figure the skull picture thing-y:

There are two pictures Charles posted...one showing the Model with the scarf and the picture below it showing the closeup of a Totenkopf skull. But, from the pictures, it looks like the two are not-related to each other, ie: the skull looks like it's on some felt-type apparel (hat, maybe) while I can't see any skull on the scarf.

Am I missing something? Is there a connection between the scarf and the skull?

One little problem: the hat in the lower picture can't be SS, who used silver, not red braid. The Wehrmacht Panzer units used the skull-and -bones motif; it's most likely their hat.

Clearly, it's hip to be a punk brownshirt. They think they are sticking it to the man, when they are only worshipping Hitler and everything the Hilter youth stood for.

Urban outfitter merchandize is gross. They provide goods for mindless dorks and grove-wear for the modern Democrat party youth.

55 Daisy

Yesterday's Style section of the NYTimes had an article about this .. of coursein favor of the damned thing. "Where Some See Style, Others See Politics"
This from memory: "... In England, where there is much more anti-war unity, there is not as much of a problem as here in the US .. " blah blah blah the usual garbage

Figures.. which is why I read the book review section and throw the rest in the recycling bin.

OT:

Did anyone else catch Fox News this morning, they said that they had received word that an "explosion" had been heard "near a U.S. Military base in Japan." And that's all they said about it.
Just curious if there was an update...

Also,
I like the President of the Czech Republic

57 Elric66

These guys have no shame

Yes, they have no shame. Also, a lot more adjectives come to my mind when I think of Urban Outfitters.

This is how politicians should speak to agenda journalists:

[Link: www.drudgereport.com...]

One of the best interviews I have read in awhile.

Urban Outfitters sells them... but who makes them? Who's the supplier?

Shemagh is just another word for kaffiyeh.

Anyone posted this yet?

[Link: www.actiongear.com...]

Instructions for wrapping a traditional Shemagh around the face terrorist style.

The Cindy Shemagh.

MikeySDCA: it's from a Waffen SS Panzer unit cap:

[Link: axis101.bizland.com...]

OT

Now that the Pesky civil war has been dealt with, back to the real business.

Hamas calls for ending Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire in Gaza

"The Israeli occupation understands nothing but rockets," said Nezzar Rayan, who also urged militant groups to "respond to enemy's violations."

Rayan added that the diggings around al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem, the Islam's third holy shrine, "was the biggest breach of the truce which the Palestinian factions agreed to."

#74 DavidJSchwartz 2/12/2007 08:22AM PST

57 Elric66

These guys have no shame

Yes, they have no shame. Also, a lot more adjectives come to my mind when I think of Urban Outfitters.

I sent them a message.

poitiers lepanto:
FYI - small explosion outside US base in Japan.

#76 godfrey

Jihadi Jew Hating Scarves, Inc.?

Obviously they will claim it's nothing more than the skull and crossbones. But the traditional skull and crossbones per the Knights Templar places the bones below the skull. But now the totenkopf style is used as well, the toxic symbol in the UK for example. When you combine a kaffiyah with the Death's Head style skull and crossbones, it's a hell of a lot more suggestive than the number 88. Which will always be a wide receiver to me anyway.

Anyone familiar with Nazi insignia and modern Islamic groups who want to kill the Jews will get the message 100% of the time.

#73 sunburned
We need to end the occupation of japan and bring our troops home. Its been a quaqmire for 60 years.
/channeling obama/

More on the versatile Shemagh, from a war web site:

Next to his rifle, knife and boots, the Shemagh is probably one of the most usefull piece of equipment a soldier can have. .... When used corectly, as originally intended - a head wrap, the Shemagh is suprisingly comfortable. But it also have several other uses - here is a short list of it's potential uses:

as a head wrap - keeping sun or snow, wind, sand and dust - out of eyes, face and neck.
as a face viel - concealing the face.
as a scarf worn around the neck - retains heat in the cold and absorbs sweat/protects the neck in hot & sunny conditions.
as a small sunshade cover whilst resting...
as a carrying pouch for equipment.
as a towel.
as a short rope

[Link: www.bellum.nu...]

SAME FLASH AT FOXNEWS.COM

Report: Police Suspect Explosion Near U.S. Army Base in Japan an Attack

Monday, February 12, 2007

TOKYO — An explosion was heard near a U.S. Army base south of Tokyo late Monday and police suspected an attempted attack on the base, Kyodo News agency reported.

The blast was in the area of the U.S. Army's Camp Zama, Kyodo said. The report did not say whether there were injuries or damage.

Police found parts of "launch pad" near the base, Kyodo said, and investigators suspected a "guerrilla attack."

No further details were immediately available.

The only real difference is that the crossbones are not completely in line with the skull in the Urban Outfitters version. In the Nazi SS insignia, the jaw of the skull is below the crossbones.

If they try to argue that it's somehow the "pirate" skull and crossbones, they're out of luck, because in the most common form of that insignia, the skull is face on and the crossbones are separate and entirely below the skull.

Maybe they'll add some Hindu swastikas next and tell us we're imagining things.

"It's a Palestinian pirate scarf!"

Achtung baby!

O.T.

How to talk to an asshat "environmentalist," reporter.

Excerpt from President of the Czech Republic Valclav Klaus, when questioned by a SS agent of the Global Warming Religion and Gestapo:

planet?•

A: I will pretend that I haven't heard you. Perhaps only Mr Al Gore may be saying something along these lines: a sane person can't. I don't see any ruining of the planet, I have never seen it, and I don't think that a reasonable and serious person could say such a thing. Look: you represent the economic media so I expect a certain economical erudition from you. My book will answer these questions. For example, we know that there exists a huge correlation between the care we give to the environment on one side and the wealth and technological prowess on the other side. It's clear that the poorer the society is, the more brutally it behaves with respect to Nature, and vice versa.• It's also true that there exist social systems that are damaging Nature - by eliminating private ownership and similar things - much more than the freer societies. These tendencies become important in the long run. They unambiguously imply that today, on February 8th, 2007, Nature is protected uncomparably more than on February 8th ten years ago or fifty years ago or one hundred years ago.• That's why I ask: how can you pronounce the sentence you said? Perhaps if you're unconscious? Or did you mean it as a provocation only? And maybe I am just too naive and I allowed you to provoke me to give you all these answers, am I not? It is more likely that you actually believe what you say.

This guy is funny, sharp and a complete anti-idiotarian.

jwehman (#69),

Am I missing something? Is there a connection between the scarf and the skull?

Yes, the Gand Mufti Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini

His nephew, Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Hussaeini, was better known as Yasser Arafat.

From the urban dictionary:

shem

equivilent to any term used to define anyone who dresses, walks, or talks like an asshole. examples include "tool", "herb", "douche", or "fag"

"brah I totally nailed this slut last night, and I drank like a beer and a half during."

"dude, you're a fucking shem."

If the shoe (scarf ) fits...

Can't say anything good about the scarf, but the 'girlrilla' model is hot. The skull is a fitting symbol for death cult wear, though.

Thanks Poitiers for keeping the updates coming.

#86 kufr

Ooo, quagmire. You're right, we should just get out of there.

Who cares about the model's looks.

She might as well be wearing a suicide belt.

Here's the philosophy behind the designer/corporate boardroom synergy at Urban Nitwitters and all the other trendy clothing suppliers:

SellSellSellSellSellSellSell.

If attracting the young'ns means being offensive to some, they will do so to the extent that they can get away with it. Remember, at nineteen, one's chief aim in life is to piss off parents, authority figures and the percieved "establishment" in general.

Remember; If your going to terrorize, accessorize!

I wonder how many progressives will know what this actually is. I bet less than 1 percent.

jehu

hat's why I ask: how can you pronounce the sentence you said? Perhaps if you're unconscious?

lol

A victim of journalobotomy, perhaps.

Sieg Heil, herr Allah?

Right up there with the Target "Che Wear".

What is next? Macy's "Khmer Rouge makeup"? (with all apologies to Macy's)

What I learned today from the TODAY show: Hillary is running for President. Obama is running for president. Some republican may be running for president, but we're not on a first name basis like the Dems - and can only show some stock footage of "Rudolph" Guiliani. All I thought was "Rudolph? Next will be the slip to Adolph"

AARRGGG!

OT, but not by much: Over at NRO, Bridget Johnson takes a page from zombie's handbook: Minutemen vs. ANSWER

Here is some good news, now all the EurArabians can all wear Urban Outfitters Terror Scarves:

Muslims 'about to take over Europe'

David Machlis and Tovah Lazaroff,
THE JERUSALEM POST
Jan. 29, 2007

Islam could soon be the dominant force in a Europe which, in the name of
political correctness, has abdicated the battle for cultural and
religious control, Prof. Bernard Lewis, the world-renowned Middle
Eastern and Islamic scholar, said on Sunday.

The Muslims "seem to be about to take over Europe," Lewis said at a
special briefing with the editorial staff of The Jerusalem Post. Asked
what this meant for the continent's Jews, he responded,
"The outlook for the Jewish communities of Europe is dim." Soon, he
warned, the only pertinent question regarding Europe's future would be,
"Will it be an Islamized Europe or Europeanized Islam?" The growing sway
of Islam in Europe was of particular concern given the rising support
within the Islamic world for extremist and terrorist movements, said
Lewis.

Lewis, whose numerous books include the recent What Went Wrong?: The
Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, and The Crisis of
Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, would set no timetable for this
drastic shift in Europe, instead focusing on the process, which he said
would be assisted by "immigration and democracy." Instead of fighting
the threat, he elaborated, Europeans had given up.

"Europeans are losing their own loyalties and their own
self-confidence, " he said. "They have no respect for their own culture."
Europeans had "surrendered" on every issue with regard to Islam in a
mood of "self-abasement, " "political correctness" and
"multi-culturalism, " said Lewis, who was born in London to middle-class
Jewish parents but has long lived in the United States.

The threat of extremist Islam goes far beyond Europe, Lewis stressed,
turning to the potential impact of Iran going nuclear under its current
regime.

The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which
prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the
nuclear weapons they had targeted at each other, would not apply to
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad' s Iran, said Lewis.

"For him, Mutual Assured Destruction is not a deterrent, it is an
inducement," said Lewis of Ahmadinejad. "We know already that they
[Iran's ruling ayatollahs] do not give a damn about killing their own
people in great numbers. We have seen it again and again. If they kill
large numbers of their own people, they are doing them a favor. They are
giving them a quick, free pass to heaven. I find all that very
alarming," said Lewis.

Lewis acknowledged that Ahmadinejad had made the notion of Iran having
the right to acquire a nuclear capability an issue of national pride,
and that this should be borne in mind in trying to thwart Teheran's
nuclear drive. "One should try to make it clear at all stages that the
objection is not Iran having [a nuclear weapon] but to the regime that
governs Iran having it," said Lewis.

This idea already had support among those Iranians who, on the one hand,
believed that their country has a right to possess such a capability
but, on the other, feared it being acquired by a government that they do
not support.
Israel and the West should work to strengthen moderate forces within the
Iranian population, he urged, via an aggressive propaganda campaign
including the use of television and radio programs.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

If there was an attack in Japan, it's clearly because they are revoling against years of American occupation... And of course in retaliation for the dropping of two nucelan weapons on 'major population centers.'

Of course, that's how the AP would spin it...

To Whom It May Concern
My relatives were marched by Nazis into the ovens during WWII. I don't understand why you have to glorify these mass murderers by putting their symbolism on the clothing you sell.

Do you love death? Would you love to die to accommodate the beliefs of Nazi Germany? Would you love your family members to die for such beliefs?

If so, I do not understand you or your company.

82 Elric

I sent them a message.

Did it start with an F and end with a U? :-)

Using sex appeal to sell fascist gear? How Islamist scimitar edgy. Next they'll be marketing "the Turk" paraphernalia. Next season, everyone will need an onion dome helmet and some chainmail.