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HokieGator
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Simple answer. Those territories are used by some that attempt to go around

Taxes and tariffs. The joke is that only penguins live there so the tariffs are on the penguins. It’s funny and makes for a good joke. But you have to dig a little deeper that the clickbait headlines to find out more. Not debating whether or not the tariffs are good or bad…just explaining why those territories were included.
Posted: 04/10/2025 at 02:05 PM ET
(In response to this post by OXVT)

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I can't help but support the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 10:23 AM ET
board is about going to get thinner for a week**
HokieDan95 • 04/10/25 04:32 PM ET
Why? Who says jokes about Penguins don't fly??**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 04:56 PM ET
Looks like HokieDan95 waddled into that one.**
VTHokie2000 • 04/10/25 05:22 PM ET
Almost a polar opposite.....**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 05:50 PM ET
Hope this post doesn't lay an egg.**
7Hokie1 • 04/10/25 06:18 PM ET
It’s a funny video. Even more funny/interesting is that as of 2022,
HokieGator • 04/10/25 01:54 PM ET
The penguins deny they exported anything
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:14 PM ET
Like you should really trust a penguin's word**
Happy Dog • 04/10/25 02:46 PM ET
Yep. Most likely someone is/was trying to find a loophole in shipping.
HokieGator • 04/10/25 02:16 PM ET
Or some folks fat fingered the data in the customs declaration
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:19 PM ET
Shakes fist @ Pittsburgh. **
Guy LeDouche • 04/10/25 01:52 PM ET
First shot has been fired by the penguins
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:11 PM ET
That is somewhat amusing
RTFC • 04/10/25 01:43 PM ET
It was done via AI**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:14 PM ET
That's better - still took some time**
RTFC • 04/10/25 03:54 PM ET
Time is irrelevant until A.I. decides to unionize.**
VTHokie2000 • 04/10/25 05:05 PM ET
Pretty clear you have no idea what's going on...**
EDGEMAN • 04/10/25 12:44 PM ET
nobody does.....🤣**
Hokebury • 04/10/25 03:08 PM ET
Enlighten us **
OXVT • 04/10/25 01:44 PM ET
Simple answer. Those territories are used by some that attempt to go around ◄
HokieGator • 04/10/25 02:05 PM ET
AH sucking on the justify the insane actions. Gotcha...**
UTPr0sim • 04/10/25 08:26 PM ET
Actually....they weren't. It's based off incorrect trade paperwork
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:16 PM ET
That’s great. So nobody gets harmed. And the error in data gets fixed.
HokieGator • 04/10/25 02:18 PM ET
Yeah
RTFC • 04/10/25 04:07 PM ET
The Penguins were defamed and villainized. **
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:20 PM ET
They deserve it. They elected this guy as their leader.
HokieGator • 04/10/25 02:25 PM ET
Oops. Pic…**
HokieGator • 04/10/25 02:27 PM ET
But weren't some using these island to get around taxes and tariffs? **
RhinoVT • 04/10/25 02:36 PM ET
No**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:39 PM ET
It's not that black and white**
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 02:26 PM ET
Penguin conspiracies won't fly **
TomTurkey • 04/10/25 02:36 PM ET
They are always on thin ice it seems.....**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:45 PM ET
Yep...I think we were right to freeze their assets**
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 02:48 PM ET
Not so sure that I agree with the Ice-olation....**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 02:58 PM ET
Don't be flipperant about it...**
RTFC • 04/10/25 04:00 PM ET
Birds of a feather flock together **
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 04:32 PM ET
No WARS for erroneous trade data.....**
AirborneHokie96 • 04/10/25 01:20 PM ET
this is a really, really strange reply...really.**
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 01:00 PM ET
Unless you actually heard the reason.**
PhotoHokieNC • 04/10/25 01:13 PM ET
the reason for what?**
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 01:15 PM ET
Oh, you know.**
PhotoHokieNC • 04/10/25 01:20 PM ET
I'm a simple man. It's a funny video with armed penguins launching missiles
JoesterVT • 04/10/25 01:24 PM ET
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot may have taken the video a different way.**
VTHokie2000 • 04/10/25 01:28 PM ET
That’s great!!! Lol**
CrystalCoveHokie • 04/10/25 11:54 AM ET