office? As a tv personality, "the looks" would be the important thing.

All those tattoos and stuff. He loves it!

mystery novel. The con man/government asset has gone undercover to retrieve somebvaluable information. His business card identifies him as a "social media influencer influencer", which cracked me up. Of course, that was before I had any clue exactly what they do. Scary.

I’m 81. I do 100 every morning.

way-too-imaginative brain, even without alcohol.

"Aesthetics is concerned with beauty and perception, while ethos describes the fundamental character or beliefs of a person, group, or culture. Though distinct, the two can influence one another, as seen in how a group's ethos shapes its aesthetic expressions. "

The nuance between them is not resonating for me.

That's rule #1.

He was talking about the tailored Hugo Boss uniforms of the officer class. That would be considered part of the Nazi aesthetic.

The Nazi ethos can be summarized as "Blood and Soil."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_soil

There is the thing that people espouse or act within - an ethos - and the various ways in which it non-verbally signals itself to the world.

That's a very incomplete way of differentiating, but one that I fall back on.

*Note: nephew no longer holds that view

Someone with an ethos that values innovation, exploration, and curiosity can embrace an aesthetic that reflects time periods or movements. with those values such as Steampunk or "Retro" (Mid-Century Modern).
But, I'd like to know what Kegsbreath thinks a Warrior Ethos is? Having spent almost 40 years of my life in or working with the military, I'm not getting Warrior vibes from him; I'm getting Gym Warrior Wannabe vibes from him.

The tats didn't work, either. He just doesn't have it, so he has to fake it.

He's a moron who seems to care only about appearances. He's very preoccupied with his appearance and the appearances of other men.

Thanks.

Personality disorders, people with secret lives, sex and drug addictions everywhere.

They are not well. Trump finds them because they have weaknesses and secrets, and they're selfish and greedy.

They're a collection of the worst humanity has to offer.

I'm not blaming people for being ill, but their characters are sick too. They chose the dark way.

He has no real substance in him. Just appearance. He's going to try to sell that concept to a bunch of old soldiers. It's going to be a very hard sale.

Some uniforms from the old days had a kinda snappy look that he'd love.

I do wonder why they all have one hand in their coat pocket. Are they playing with their guns in there?

on the power the idiot gave him. He wants a photo for all the RW echo chambers, of him in front of large numbers of these high ranking military leaders, that are at his beck and call and that he has command over.

If so, this will be a shocking gathering for him.

as applied to him or Dear Leader. He probably interprets all those eyerolls and sighs and looking at watches and phones and side-eye glances that occur when he's present as expressions of fear and respect.

that are too tight and too short, I think
of the models in Gentlemen’s Quarterly magazine. All made up pretty with his hair just so…
Like he just walked off the set of Fox news.
He tries way too hard but fails to convey anything but…Look At Meeeee!
This whole administration is right out of reality tv.
Warrior Ethos indeed

Especially if you can see his tattoos.

They want pictures of a mass gathering of military officers in rapt obedience, Kim style. And Heg presiding; hard to believe Dapper Don can stay away.

I served 28 years in the Army, Vietnam vet, retired in1995.

I lived next door to an Army MOH recipient for four months before I learned of his award. He had his medal framed in his small, private back of the house study. Quiet, studious guy.

After retiring and moving I did a lot of volunteer work alongside a Marine MOH recipient for several months. He was proud of being a Marine and occasionally, when a few of us were reminiscing, he talked of Marines he knew who were killed in Nam. Never once mentioned his MOH. Learned about it in the local newspaper when he was named Grand Marshall of July 4 parade.

To say Hegseth makes me puke is an understatement.

Putting a Guard Major over those seasoned Generals can't possible sit well with them. It has to quietly burn in their minds to listen to him handing down stupid orders that make little or no sense.

What the reaction will be, I do not know.