John Dale 🇪🇺#FBPE #TheBluesGuyOnBluesky
@john-dale.bsky.social
Chief boss bloke, inventor, crash-test dummy at Pew-Pew Devices (guitar gadgets), pro musician, recovering academic & media trainer, lover of positivity, cyclist, VO artist, “that bloke from the Ford ad”…
#FBPE, Anti-Brexit
https://pewpewdevices.etsy.com
#FBPE, Anti-Brexit
https://pewpewdevices.etsy.com
Another meeting of 500 top generals that should’ve been an email…
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Another meeting of 500 top generals that should’ve been an email…
A nationalist waves their flag at desperate strangers in need to scare them away.
A patriot drapes the same desperate stranger in the flag and says “You are now part of our community, and we are united under this flag to help and to protect you. Welcome.”
A patriot drapes the same desperate stranger in the flag and says “You are now part of our community, and we are united under this flag to help and to protect you. Welcome.”
August 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A nationalist waves their flag at desperate strangers in need to scare them away.
A patriot drapes the same desperate stranger in the flag and says “You are now part of our community, and we are united under this flag to help and to protect you. Welcome.”
A patriot drapes the same desperate stranger in the flag and says “You are now part of our community, and we are united under this flag to help and to protect you. Welcome.”
If we combine scrapping de minimis with mandatory DDP, the US government can literally state that “other countries pay the tariffs” (the big lie), because we - oversees businesses - have to include the tariffs on shipping costs and pay them from abroad on the US customer’s behalf.
Stat Laundering🤷♂️.
Stat Laundering🤷♂️.
August 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
If we combine scrapping de minimis with mandatory DDP, the US government can literally state that “other countries pay the tariffs” (the big lie), because we - oversees businesses - have to include the tariffs on shipping costs and pay them from abroad on the US customer’s behalf.
Stat Laundering🤷♂️.
Stat Laundering🤷♂️.
There’s more to it than that. The worlds postal systems are being rewritten to facilitate the Trump lie that other countries pay the tariffs.
No DDU, only DDP - so on paper the tariffs “come from other countries” as overseas vendors are forced to collect them from US customers themselves.
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No DDU, only DDP - so on paper the tariffs “come from other countries” as overseas vendors are forced to collect them from US customers themselves.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There’s more to it than that. The worlds postal systems are being rewritten to facilitate the Trump lie that other countries pay the tariffs.
No DDU, only DDP - so on paper the tariffs “come from other countries” as overseas vendors are forced to collect them from US customers themselves.
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No DDU, only DDP - so on paper the tariffs “come from other countries” as overseas vendors are forced to collect them from US customers themselves.
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On the contrary - it costs up to 100 times more to process tiny packages and their tariffs than is gained from them.
That’s the very reason de minimis exists.
Trump and his entire cabinet obviously skipped trade and commerce classes at school.
That’s the very reason de minimis exists.
Trump and his entire cabinet obviously skipped trade and commerce classes at school.
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
On the contrary - it costs up to 100 times more to process tiny packages and their tariffs than is gained from them.
That’s the very reason de minimis exists.
Trump and his entire cabinet obviously skipped trade and commerce classes at school.
That’s the very reason de minimis exists.
Trump and his entire cabinet obviously skipped trade and commerce classes at school.
Also small overseas businesses that Americans love buying from.
He will eventually be held accountable for all his acts of treason. Every last one.
He will eventually be held accountable for all his acts of treason. Every last one.
August 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Also small overseas businesses that Americans love buying from.
He will eventually be held accountable for all his acts of treason. Every last one.
He will eventually be held accountable for all his acts of treason. Every last one.
3.) The collected tariffs are technically now from overseas, therefore Trump will claim foreign countries pay the tariffs because the tariffs were paid from abroad.
Trump has essentially destroyed the entire worldwide-US handmade e-commerce industry to cover up his lie about who pays tariffs.
Trump has essentially destroyed the entire worldwide-US handmade e-commerce industry to cover up his lie about who pays tariffs.
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
3.) The collected tariffs are technically now from overseas, therefore Trump will claim foreign countries pay the tariffs because the tariffs were paid from abroad.
Trump has essentially destroyed the entire worldwide-US handmade e-commerce industry to cover up his lie about who pays tariffs.
Trump has essentially destroyed the entire worldwide-US handmade e-commerce industry to cover up his lie about who pays tariffs.
2.) What does this mean?
Overseas sellers (private individuals and crafters on Etsy, Shopify etc.) have to collect and pay the tariffs from overseas from and on behalf of their US customers or their products will be returned (return customs fees, at their expense).
Overseas sellers (private individuals and crafters on Etsy, Shopify etc.) have to collect and pay the tariffs from overseas from and on behalf of their US customers or their products will be returned (return customs fees, at their expense).
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
2.) What does this mean?
Overseas sellers (private individuals and crafters on Etsy, Shopify etc.) have to collect and pay the tariffs from overseas from and on behalf of their US customers or their products will be returned (return customs fees, at their expense).
Overseas sellers (private individuals and crafters on Etsy, Shopify etc.) have to collect and pay the tariffs from overseas from and on behalf of their US customers or their products will be returned (return customs fees, at their expense).
If we Etsy/Shopify sellers were to collect the tariffs (insane), this would add an enormous admin cost that would be passed on directly to the US consumer.
Many countries don’t provide DDP.
Tariffs are domestic import taxes imposed on a country’s inhabitants.
Major class action lawsuits ahead…
Many countries don’t provide DDP.
Tariffs are domestic import taxes imposed on a country’s inhabitants.
Major class action lawsuits ahead…
August 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If we Etsy/Shopify sellers were to collect the tariffs (insane), this would add an enormous admin cost that would be passed on directly to the US consumer.
Many countries don’t provide DDP.
Tariffs are domestic import taxes imposed on a country’s inhabitants.
Major class action lawsuits ahead…
Many countries don’t provide DDP.
Tariffs are domestic import taxes imposed on a country’s inhabitants.
Major class action lawsuits ahead…
You, too!
Italy has just suspended all shipments to the USA indefinitely.
Italy has just suspended all shipments to the USA indefinitely.
August 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You, too!
Italy has just suspended all shipments to the USA indefinitely.
Italy has just suspended all shipments to the USA indefinitely.
Some countries are outright stopping ALL packages to the US. Finland is the latest (as of the 22nd).
I’ll see what happens in the morning when I try to make my shipping labels (EU)😀.
Etsy themselves state in the T&Cs that all tariffs are the responsibility of the buyer.
I’ll see what happens in the morning when I try to make my shipping labels (EU)😀.
Etsy themselves state in the T&Cs that all tariffs are the responsibility of the buyer.
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some countries are outright stopping ALL packages to the US. Finland is the latest (as of the 22nd).
I’ll see what happens in the morning when I try to make my shipping labels (EU)😀.
Etsy themselves state in the T&Cs that all tariffs are the responsibility of the buyer.
I’ll see what happens in the morning when I try to make my shipping labels (EU)😀.
Etsy themselves state in the T&Cs that all tariffs are the responsibility of the buyer.
Nope. Not yet.Tariffs are domestic import taxes to be paid by US customers, and I’m not sure why we are being asked to pay them as overseas exporters. It doesn’t seem legal…
August 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nope. Not yet.Tariffs are domestic import taxes to be paid by US customers, and I’m not sure why we are being asked to pay them as overseas exporters. It doesn’t seem legal…
Yes. Today marks the official death of the United States of America.
Literally.
Literally.
June 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yes. Today marks the official death of the United States of America.
Literally.
Literally.
Senile, uneducated, suffering from dementia from a starting point with an IQ that barely registers on the scale, illiterate…
Taco Pino - a real and present danger to the world.
Taco Pino - a real and present danger to the world.
June 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Senile, uneducated, suffering from dementia from a starting point with an IQ that barely registers on the scale, illiterate…
Taco Pino - a real and present danger to the world.
Taco Pino - a real and present danger to the world.
It’s the age-old question of “What did you do to stop the Nazis rise to power? Why didn’t you speak out or do something?”. But in this day and age, we need to ask why the mainstream media is complicit in normalising the actions of an uneducated, illiterate, low-IQ convicted felon & insurrectionist.
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It’s the age-old question of “What did you do to stop the Nazis rise to power? Why didn’t you speak out or do something?”. But in this day and age, we need to ask why the mainstream media is complicit in normalising the actions of an uneducated, illiterate, low-IQ convicted felon & insurrectionist.
There ain’t enough popcorn in the world…
I guess the doubts people have been weary of sharing regarding the election results may soon come to the forefront. After all we’ve seen from these two and their total disregard for democracy, ballot rigging may be the least surprising thing...
I guess the doubts people have been weary of sharing regarding the election results may soon come to the forefront. After all we’ve seen from these two and their total disregard for democracy, ballot rigging may be the least surprising thing...
June 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There ain’t enough popcorn in the world…
I guess the doubts people have been weary of sharing regarding the election results may soon come to the forefront. After all we’ve seen from these two and their total disregard for democracy, ballot rigging may be the least surprising thing...
I guess the doubts people have been weary of sharing regarding the election results may soon come to the forefront. After all we’ve seen from these two and their total disregard for democracy, ballot rigging may be the least surprising thing...
Old Jedi look, innit?
It’s Hobby Wanka-Nobby.
It’s Hobby Wanka-Nobby.
May 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Old Jedi look, innit?
It’s Hobby Wanka-Nobby.
It’s Hobby Wanka-Nobby.
It’s not “The Gulf of America”, it’s “The Gulf of Mexico”.
It’s not “Reform”, it’s “UKIP”.
It’s not “UKIP”, it’s “The British Union of Fascists” (if we wish to use the name and identity it was assigned at birth).
Fascist rebranding is a perpetual tool to get historically ignorant youth on board.
It’s not “Reform”, it’s “UKIP”.
It’s not “UKIP”, it’s “The British Union of Fascists” (if we wish to use the name and identity it was assigned at birth).
Fascist rebranding is a perpetual tool to get historically ignorant youth on board.
May 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It’s not “The Gulf of America”, it’s “The Gulf of Mexico”.
It’s not “Reform”, it’s “UKIP”.
It’s not “UKIP”, it’s “The British Union of Fascists” (if we wish to use the name and identity it was assigned at birth).
Fascist rebranding is a perpetual tool to get historically ignorant youth on board.
It’s not “Reform”, it’s “UKIP”.
It’s not “UKIP”, it’s “The British Union of Fascists” (if we wish to use the name and identity it was assigned at birth).
Fascist rebranding is a perpetual tool to get historically ignorant youth on board.
Former ESL teacher here - his level of English, vocabulary, comprehension, understanding and fluency are below that of an ESL 3rd grader with learning difficulties from an educationally marginalised community.
He would fail across the board on all counts - even as a native speaker.
He would fail across the board on all counts - even as a native speaker.
May 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Former ESL teacher here - his level of English, vocabulary, comprehension, understanding and fluency are below that of an ESL 3rd grader with learning difficulties from an educationally marginalised community.
He would fail across the board on all counts - even as a native speaker.
He would fail across the board on all counts - even as a native speaker.
What gets me (and the rest of the world) is that there have been no questions as to his education, mental ability and IQ (as well as all the other factors mentioned). We simply can’t understand why it’s not been addressed since 2015 at all by the media and Senate.
The guy is functionally illiterate
The guy is functionally illiterate
May 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What gets me (and the rest of the world) is that there have been no questions as to his education, mental ability and IQ (as well as all the other factors mentioned). We simply can’t understand why it’s not been addressed since 2015 at all by the media and Senate.
The guy is functionally illiterate
The guy is functionally illiterate
I’m??? Doh. Another vote for post editing here.
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’m??? Doh. Another vote for post editing here.
I’m the time between the referendum and today, each of these people could have acquired 2 or 3 European Studies degrees, and yet they still don’t know what FoM is, and are now recycling the lies that were used to groom them - even though those who groomed them gave up using the said lies years ago.
May 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m the time between the referendum and today, each of these people could have acquired 2 or 3 European Studies degrees, and yet they still don’t know what FoM is, and are now recycling the lies that were used to groom them - even though those who groomed them gave up using the said lies years ago.