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applegrove

(125,659 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:44 PM Apr 2

"A penguin came up to me, big penguin, strong penguin, tears running down his flippers and he came up to me and he said

https://bsky.app/profile/jasontravisclark.bsky.social/post/3lluotwnebc2v

Jason Clark

“A penguin came up to me, big penguin, strong penguin, tears running down his flippers and he came up to me and he said ‘sir, thank you sir, my fellow penguins, they’ve been taking advantage of you sir, in ways that nobody has ever seen, sir.’ The free ride for flightless birds is over!”

In reference to:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143432432
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"A penguin came up to me, big penguin, strong penguin, tears running down his flippers and he came up to me and he said (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2 OP
heh Solly Mack Apr 2 #1
lol CatWoman Apr 2 #2
That is a good one. LoisB Apr 2 #3
Reference is to tRump's 10% tariff tax on imports from Heard & McDonald Islands: only penguins live there Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #4
Thanks. applegrove Apr 2 #5
LOL... nt Princess Turandot Apr 2 #6
LOL! Love that! I hadn't seen your OP till just now, and hadn't seen the Wired story I posted in LBN till highplainsdem Apr 2 #7
Funny replies. Thank you. applegrove Apr 2 #8
Time those penguins paid a 10% tariff on the fish they eat! Aussie105 Apr 2 #9
The truth about those Antarctica tariffs is... LudwigPastorius Apr 2 #10
About time somebody fought back against those penguins IronLionZion Apr 3 #11

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,576 posts)
4. Reference is to tRump's 10% tariff tax on imports from Heard & McDonald Islands: only penguins live there
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:03 PM
Apr 2

Russia got no tariffs.

Afghanistan got sweetheart 10% instead of 25% expected from the 49% they are purported to charge. All other countries got hit with "half" tariffs.

highplainsdem

(55,336 posts)
7. LOL! Love that! I hadn't seen your OP till just now, and hadn't seen the Wired story I posted in LBN till
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:15 PM
Apr 2

I ran across David Corn's Bluesky post about it this evening:

https://bsky.app/profile/davidcorn.bsky.social/post/3llutqohwa22x

Aussie105

(6,949 posts)
9. Time those penguins paid a 10% tariff on the fish they eat!
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:23 PM
Apr 2

No such thing as a free lunch!

Musk will be sending out tariff collectors very soon!

LudwigPastorius

(12,151 posts)
10. The truth about those Antarctica tariffs is...
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:36 PM
Apr 2

Trump really thinks he's sticking it to Burgess Meredith.



IronLionZion

(48,436 posts)
11. About time somebody fought back against those penguins
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:23 AM
Apr 3

Penguins have taken advantage of us for way too long

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