steve from virginia
@econundertow.bsky.social
I Examine economics, finance and their consequences. I support Ukraine; its struggle is the moral challenge of our time.
From 'When the cocaine kicks in' dept.
We have the worst tycoons in history.
Look who our great grandparents had. They were robber barons but they tilted toward the baronial rather than the (deranged) robber part.
We have the worst tycoons in history.
Look who our great grandparents had. They were robber barons but they tilted toward the baronial rather than the (deranged) robber part.
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From 'When the cocaine kicks in' dept.
We have the worst tycoons in history.
Look who our great grandparents had. They were robber barons but they tilted toward the baronial rather than the (deranged) robber part.
We have the worst tycoons in history.
Look who our great grandparents had. They were robber barons but they tilted toward the baronial rather than the (deranged) robber part.
Believe it when you see it.
Four years in on Putin's 'Big Beautiful Invasion' and Euros can't quit Russian LNG or crude oil.
Since 1945 Europe keeps choosing cars over actual live Europeans, maybe it's time to try something different.
Right?
Four years in on Putin's 'Big Beautiful Invasion' and Euros can't quit Russian LNG or crude oil.
Since 1945 Europe keeps choosing cars over actual live Europeans, maybe it's time to try something different.
Right?
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Believe it when you see it.
Four years in on Putin's 'Big Beautiful Invasion' and Euros can't quit Russian LNG or crude oil.
Since 1945 Europe keeps choosing cars over actual live Europeans, maybe it's time to try something different.
Right?
Four years in on Putin's 'Big Beautiful Invasion' and Euros can't quit Russian LNG or crude oil.
Since 1945 Europe keeps choosing cars over actual live Europeans, maybe it's time to try something different.
Right?
From 'I knew it was Uzbekistan all along' dept:
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From 'I knew it was Uzbekistan all along' dept:
Who is more strategically effective, Ukraine or US?
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Who is more strategically effective, Ukraine or US?
Meanwhile, Putin is obsessed with activating Krasnov instead of stepping away from the mess he made in Ukraine.
Krasnov, the gilded dick, useless for anything other than pilfering from the petty cash drawer.
Krasnov, the gilded dick, useless for anything other than pilfering from the petty cash drawer.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Meanwhile, Putin is obsessed with activating Krasnov instead of stepping away from the mess he made in Ukraine.
Krasnov, the gilded dick, useless for anything other than pilfering from the petty cash drawer.
Krasnov, the gilded dick, useless for anything other than pilfering from the petty cash drawer.
Ukraine is proving it is able to hit more than one kind of strategic target. Russia cannot defend all of them.
Day before yesterday was bomber bases. Yesterday was oil storage and refineries. Today is electrical generation and substations. Tomorrow will be pipelines and ships in open ocean.
Day before yesterday was bomber bases. Yesterday was oil storage and refineries. Today is electrical generation and substations. Tomorrow will be pipelines and ships in open ocean.
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ukraine is proving it is able to hit more than one kind of strategic target. Russia cannot defend all of them.
Day before yesterday was bomber bases. Yesterday was oil storage and refineries. Today is electrical generation and substations. Tomorrow will be pipelines and ships in open ocean.
Day before yesterday was bomber bases. Yesterday was oil storage and refineries. Today is electrical generation and substations. Tomorrow will be pipelines and ships in open ocean.
Get. Rid. Of. The. Goddamned. CARS.
All of them. Now.
They go or we go, it's that simple.
All of them. Now.
They go or we go, it's that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Get. Rid. Of. The. Goddamned. CARS.
All of them. Now.
They go or we go, it's that simple.
All of them. Now.
They go or we go, it's that simple.
Ukrainian long range drones struck Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai last night. This sprawling facility has been struck repeatedly, almost every part can be easily ignited.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ukrainian long range drones struck Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai last night. This sprawling facility has been struck repeatedly, almost every part can be easily ignited.
That's TERRIBLE news.
It's so bad I feel compelled to DONATE to one of my favorite Ukrainian Charities!
It's so bad I feel compelled to DONATE to one of my favorite Ukrainian Charities!
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
That's TERRIBLE news.
It's so bad I feel compelled to DONATE to one of my favorite Ukrainian Charities!
It's so bad I feel compelled to DONATE to one of my favorite Ukrainian Charities!
How about injecting him with formaldehyde and putting him in a bell jar.
Stick him in the Smithsonian as a warning to children.
Stick him in the Smithsonian as a warning to children.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How about injecting him with formaldehyde and putting him in a bell jar.
Stick him in the Smithsonian as a warning to children.
Stick him in the Smithsonian as a warning to children.
European air forces need to be organized to allow an effective and strategic response to any Russian drone attack on European territory. Europeans' #1 advantage is ability to control the air.
Also need no-fly zone over Ukraine until that country gains the means to control its own airspace.
Also need no-fly zone over Ukraine until that country gains the means to control its own airspace.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
European air forces need to be organized to allow an effective and strategic response to any Russian drone attack on European territory. Europeans' #1 advantage is ability to control the air.
Also need no-fly zone over Ukraine until that country gains the means to control its own airspace.
Also need no-fly zone over Ukraine until that country gains the means to control its own airspace.
European countries could also stop importing Russian LNG and other hydrocarbons and eliminate Russian imports of European goods via third parties.
European governments could also expel the thousands of Russian spies that are littering the continent, starting with so-called 'diplomats'.
European governments could also expel the thousands of Russian spies that are littering the continent, starting with so-called 'diplomats'.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
European countries could also stop importing Russian LNG and other hydrocarbons and eliminate Russian imports of European goods via third parties.
European governments could also expel the thousands of Russian spies that are littering the continent, starting with so-called 'diplomats'.
European governments could also expel the thousands of Russian spies that are littering the continent, starting with so-called 'diplomats'.
How about shooting down the next Russian combat jet that enters NATO airspace?
Turkey did just that w/ marauding Russians jets over Turkish airspace and put an end to it.
Turkey did just that w/ marauding Russians jets over Turkish airspace and put an end to it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
How about shooting down the next Russian combat jet that enters NATO airspace?
Turkey did just that w/ marauding Russians jets over Turkish airspace and put an end to it.
Turkey did just that w/ marauding Russians jets over Turkish airspace and put an end to it.
" ... but, GAS PRICES!"
"GAZZZZ PRICEZZZ!!!!"
"GAZZZZ PRICEZZZ!!!!"
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
" ... but, GAS PRICES!"
"GAZZZZ PRICEZZZ!!!!"
"GAZZZZ PRICEZZZ!!!!"
From 'Al Capone declares bootlegging legal' dept.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From 'Al Capone declares bootlegging legal' dept.
A few hundred meters away from the Vniir Progress facility is a large fuel depot.
Maybe next time:
Maybe next time:
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A few hundred meters away from the Vniir Progress facility is a large fuel depot.
Maybe next time:
Maybe next time:
Ukrainian drones struck the Vniir-Progress manufacturing plant in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia:
56.10190521860426, 47.26490391531555
It's impossible to know what, if any, damage was done to this facility but it has been hit previously:
militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
56.10190521860426, 47.26490391531555
It's impossible to know what, if any, damage was done to this facility but it has been hit previously:
militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ukrainian drones struck the Vniir-Progress manufacturing plant in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia:
56.10190521860426, 47.26490391531555
It's impossible to know what, if any, damage was done to this facility but it has been hit previously:
militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
56.10190521860426, 47.26490391531555
It's impossible to know what, if any, damage was done to this facility but it has been hit previously:
militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
As long as there are cars there will be fossil fuels to power them.
The path = get rid of the goddamned cars.
The path = get rid of the goddamned cars.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As long as there are cars there will be fossil fuels to power them.
The path = get rid of the goddamned cars.
The path = get rid of the goddamned cars.
Death Row, Baby!
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Death Row, Baby!
And who are the Ukrainian shitwits who think there is something to it?
Nothing occurs in a policy vacuum.
Nothing occurs in a policy vacuum.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
And who are the Ukrainian shitwits who think there is something to it?
Nothing occurs in a policy vacuum.
Nothing occurs in a policy vacuum.
Ukrainian long range pilotless aircraft struck the Novomichurinsk power station in Ryazan Oblast, starting a large fire:
54.03572943686761, 39.778496769610584
54.03572943686761, 39.778496769610584
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Ukrainian long range pilotless aircraft struck the Novomichurinsk power station in Ryazan Oblast, starting a large fire:
54.03572943686761, 39.778496769610584
54.03572943686761, 39.778496769610584
A riot here, a riot there ...
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A riot here, a riot there ...
Kill Russia's rail = drive the Russians out of Ukraine.
Each dot on this map represents an electric rail traction substation. No substations = no electric locomotives.
Kill diesel locomotives = no rail transport.
Kill enough diesels and the entire rail system collapses.
Each dot on this map represents an electric rail traction substation. No substations = no electric locomotives.
Kill diesel locomotives = no rail transport.
Kill enough diesels and the entire rail system collapses.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Kill Russia's rail = drive the Russians out of Ukraine.
Each dot on this map represents an electric rail traction substation. No substations = no electric locomotives.
Kill diesel locomotives = no rail transport.
Kill enough diesels and the entire rail system collapses.
Each dot on this map represents an electric rail traction substation. No substations = no electric locomotives.
Kill diesel locomotives = no rail transport.
Kill enough diesels and the entire rail system collapses.
From 'Waiting for that deflationary bus' dept.
Sorry, deflationary bust.
Sorry, deflationary bust.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
From 'Waiting for that deflationary bus' dept.
Sorry, deflationary bust.
Sorry, deflationary bust.
Shaturskaya Gres is a large thermal power station east of Moscow. This facility was hit by Ukrainian drones overnight:
55.58011943492674, 39.56139747961931
packaged-media.redd.it/wiyb1q2cf33g...
55.58011943492674, 39.56139747961931
packaged-media.redd.it/wiyb1q2cf33g...
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Shaturskaya Gres is a large thermal power station east of Moscow. This facility was hit by Ukrainian drones overnight:
55.58011943492674, 39.56139747961931
packaged-media.redd.it/wiyb1q2cf33g...
55.58011943492674, 39.56139747961931
packaged-media.redd.it/wiyb1q2cf33g...