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1 posted on 04/03/2025 4:51:00 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The penguins are shown discussing the tariffs - they’re not sure how to react yet.


2 posted on 04/03/2025 4:52:33 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Verginius Rufus

PING!...............


3 posted on 04/03/2025 4:53:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

So if the island doesn’t actually export anything to us, does a tariff matter?


4 posted on 04/03/2025 4:55:41 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: Red Badger

Don’t care. Still backing Trump.


6 posted on 04/03/2025 4:59:46 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger

(Part of…) The real reason why we are drowning in debt and suffering lowering living standards are these crazy expensive entitlement programs. in other words out of control spending.

It will hurt to cut those back, perhaps his idea is to build up the economy first by these tariffs then cut when we have plenty of good paying jobs?

I hope it works because we are toast in the mid-terms if these tariffs cause an economic downturn.


7 posted on 04/03/2025 5:02:52 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Red Badger

Sometimes nature’s a lot cuter than we are.


9 posted on 04/03/2025 5:06:19 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger
Obviously its to prevent Australia from using them as back doors to export into America without tariffs.
That's obvious to everyone outside legacy media and Democrat activists.
11 posted on 04/03/2025 5:12:10 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Red Badger
This actually impacts me.

A large part of the penguin population there are of the flying variety. I use them for shipping, much like Amazon uses drones. Sometimes they insist on stopping at home before continuing to the final delivery destination. Inconvenient, and not the best business model, but it's the only way I can get them to work for me and they work cheap. Will have to reconsider now.

If you don't think penguins can fly, think again. See vid at link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

15 posted on 04/03/2025 5:18:25 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

Surely the president of the Penguins will respond reciprocally.


20 posted on 04/03/2025 5:39:14 PM PDT by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: Red Badger

well, if those birds have been dumping (maybe shipping USA too much guano?) then protective tariffs are definitely in order!


23 posted on 04/03/2025 5:48:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Red Badger

Actually, this is not stupid.
If they were left out of the deal, I am sure, some entrepreneuring entity would set up an operation on those islands and use them to export to USA tariff free!


26 posted on 04/03/2025 6:26:49 PM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Red Badger

My.uber-lib sister posted something on FB about “No tariffs for penguins!!!”

I thought she was trying to be funny. Turns out she wasn’t.

Oh, well.


27 posted on 04/03/2025 6:30:41 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Hail Trump! Trump won! By a lot!)
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To: Red Badger
Fck you Chris Knight National Post Canada eh?
30 posted on 04/03/2025 6:39:18 PM PDT by A strike ("My country is fd up. I demand you let us in to fix yours..")
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“The Heard Island and McDonald penguins have been taking advantage of us for too long — it’s about time we stood up to them!”


35 posted on 04/04/2025 1:13:54 AM PDT by Cronos
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