Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Iphie]

Looking for confirmation but rumour has it that Ukraine damaged a Su-57 Felon.

[Corvus]

Russian channels seem to confirm it was hit by shrapnel from a drone strike.

[Iphie]

And here's mainstream confirmation:

https://kyivindependent.com/hur-ukra...or-first-time/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidax...ealth-fighter/

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-jet-...rakhan-1910129

[Gabriel]

Russian channels seem to confirm it was hit by shrapnel from a drone strike.

Glorious Russian plane intercepted a drone and prevented damage to the landing strip.

[alach]

Hope everyone gets out to vote today.
Euro aid to Ukraine is big on the ballot, and a growing number of old white dudes are trying hard to push the continent right, and into Putin's hands among other things.
Its a big day here.

[Gigantique]

If you were born in 1988, you'd be in your mid-30s, and I find it hard to believe you'd still be so clueless as to not know "88" is a Neo-Nazi symbol/dogwhistle. Like, I could understand if it was like 2004 and we're talking about a 16-year-old dumbass, but 35/36? Nah, you know what you're doing. That excuse is dead.

Hey now, I'm coming up on 32 and haven't got a clue as to what 88 or 14, 18 etc are referring to specifically

But then again I don't encounter Nazi sympathisers... Well never here so forgive my sheltered mind. What do they stand for?

[Gorsameth]

Hey now, I'm coming up on 32 and haven't got a clue as to what 88 or 14, 18 etc are referring to specifically

But then again I don't encounter Nazi sympathisers... Well never here so forgive my sheltered mind. What do they stand for?

14 stands for the 14 words of the Nazi slogan.

88 and 18 are references to the alphabet, H being the 8th letter. I can you can put 2 and 2 together with that.

[Gigantique]

14 stands for the 14 words of the Nazi slogan.

88 and 18 are references to the alphabet, H being the 8th letter. I can you can put 2 and 2 together with that.

Holy, I know Nazi sympathisers are pathetic but I honestly thought they were beyond pre-teen levels of "secret messages" like that. Me and my cousin would come up with shit like that to be 'secret' spies. Because we were children.

[Karreck]

Russia is ticking along okay.
The sanctions have mainly impacted the political class while the average Russian can still get versions of McDonalds, KFC & Starbucks.
But they have had their names changed. Starbucks is Stars ..McDonalds is called Tasty.

Wouldn't mind visiting Moscow & Russia sometime. Love the Architecture & History.

Life in Russia with the Sanctions. Video

Oh look, Russian propaganda pushed by a user with a name based around Nazi references and symbols. I am certain that the mods are hard at work i̶g̶n̶o̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ investigating this matter.

[Iphie]

14 stands for the 14 words of the Nazi slogan.

88 and 18 are references to the alphabet, H being the 8th letter. I can you can put 2 and 2 together with that.

14 is *technically* NOT a nazi slogan since it originates after the war, but that's just semantics. (For shits and giggles the guy who started it was really batshit insane if you read the article.)

[Ivanstone]

88 and 18 are references to the alphabet, H being the 8th letter. I can you can put 2 and 2 together with that.

88 also has a superficial resemblance to SS.

[Azadina]

14 stands for the 14 words of the Nazi slogan.

88 and 18 are references to the alphabet, H being the 8th letter. I can you can put 2 and 2 together with that.

Then there's very rarely seen one: 198. Good luck ever explaining that one to ignorant "normies", without being seen as tinfoilhat lunatic. Which then again, is the whole point.

[Elder Millennial]

Then there's very rarely seen one: 198. Good luck ever explaining that one to ignorant "normies", without being seen as tinfoilhat lunatic. Which then again, is the whole point.

A completely not comprehensive but useful list of Nazi "numerology" and code words.

https://www.thoughtco.com/secret-wor...-codes-1444337

[Kaleredar]

Holy, I know Nazi sympathisers are pathetic but I honestly thought they were beyond pre-teen levels of "secret messages" like that. Me and my cousin would come up with shit like that to be 'secret' spies. Because we were children.

That's what these clods revel in.

They live through their humdrum, nothing lives pretending they have big things going on by courting the "dangerous, subversive" groups like nazis, the KKK and other white supremacists that the "pansy liberals are scared of" and do so by pretending they're part of some big secret society, constantly looming and threatening by using idiotic numerology and other childlike codewords and such to show that they're part of this "big scary group."

You know. Too scared to actually do or say anything, too inarticulate and cowardly to actually come out and say it,


Like, this @Hugo88 guy is going to deny it thinking he's being coy. "oh hoh hoh, you can't catch me! I totally support all these people you hate and loathe but I'm too smart for you to be able to actually get me on it!"

Because fundamentally, they're just bitter, small, cowardly reactionaries. They don't even have the guts to stand by or up for their nonsense.

[Iphie]

Then there's very rarely seen one: 198. Good luck ever explaining that one to ignorant "normies", without being seen as tinfoilhat lunatic. Which then again, is the whole point.

A completely not comprehensive but useful list of Nazi "numerology" and code words.

https://www.thoughtco.com/secret-wor...-codes-1444337

I would've never figured that one out. I read it as 1+9+8 not 19+8.

[Benggaul]

Guys, let's not let the guy with the Nazi handle derail the thread further, eh? They don't deserve the attention.

[Corvus]

Bad news is the far right pootie stooges have gained ground in European elections but the good news is that they won't hold the balance of power and the pro-europe and pro-ukraine parties will.

Still it is sad to see so many voting for russian sponsored fascistic parties.

[Iphie]

Bad news is the far right pootie stooges have gained ground in European elections but the good news is that they won't hold the balance of power and the pro-europe and pro-ukraine parties will.

Still it is sad to see so many voting for russian sponsored fascistic parties.

We only really need to worry about France right now, Macron dissolved the parliament following Le Pen's victory and that could throw a HUGE spanner in the works if Front National gets to form a government there.

[alach]

Voter turn out was abyssmal though.
After everything that has happened in the last 5 years I really expected people to be more engaged. Especially with the younger folks.
If we see this sort of apathy in November the world is doomed. No exaggeration, I'm pretty sure Trump himself has laid out his entire plan on how to doom the world.

[Corvus]

I'm not as concerned about voter turnout in the US given women and the minorities know what will happen to them if they don't vote.