Discussion: Former Norwegian PM: I Was Stopped At US Airport Due To 2014 Trip To Iran

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For a smooth entry into the USA book now at a Trump Hotel. I think this will be a Super Bowl ad.

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Just remember: Jesus was a foreigner, too.

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And gay.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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It is just an
inconvenience.

First they came for the Muslims - then they came for the Christian Norwegian pastors. This thing is moving right along!

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Then cancel on arrival and stay someplace else.

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Of course. Blame Obama. It’s Obama’s fault they can’t tell the difference between a diplomatic passport and a normal one - Obama must have made them colorblind.

Wingnuts are so classy, and so faithful to that whole taking personal responsibility ethos.

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I’m acquainted with a guy from Norway. Mild-mannered geek who’s been responsible for a fair amount of low-level software that makes PCs actually work for the past 25 years or so. He’s trying to decide whether it will be safe to come to the US for a conference this summer.

This administration has no clue how stupid arbitrary sh*t ramifies.

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Breaking at CNN
100,000 visas have been revoked.
I wish that were a joke.

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Bondevik should’ve informed the customs agent that Obama isn’t POTUS anymore.

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But that’s such a tiny number compared to the 100s of millions of people who still can get visas. Why do Democrats want 100,000 terrorists entering our country?

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I visited Iran in 1970
I wonder if that counts

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I understand that people eat it - the question that no one has ever answered to my satisfaction is WHY

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Also a job destoyer, with his strict regulations on the moneychangers and his demands that fishermen quit providing for their families and community in order to join an itinerant commune.

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How many vineyards did he put out of business?

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The “why” used to be "to survive the 14-month long Norwegian winters. Now? You got me.

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Only the ones growing the Wrath varietal.

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Really, if you’re willing to endure this just to eat a damned meal I think you’ve opened yourself up to whatever nonsense someone may want to inflict:

Lutefisk is dried whitefish (normally cod, but ling and burbot is also used) treated with lye. The first step is soaking the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent, producing a jelly-like consistency.

When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) is caustic, with a pH of 11–12. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.

In Finland, the traditional reagent used is birch ash. It contains high amounts of potassium carbonate and bicarbonate, giving the fish a more mellow treatment than would lye. It is important not to marinate the fish too long in the lye because saponification of the fish fats may occur.

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You may prefer a can of “Surströmming”, a Swedish delicacy “The dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors”

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I’m pretty sure Andrew Zimmern covered this on Bizarre Foods when he went to the Swedish embassy in DC. They were dining outside, and the Swedes brought this out and opened it.

If I remember correctly, it was the only time on his shows that he couldn’t manage to taste it. It smelled that bad.

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