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US Stops British Muslim Family From Boarding Flight To Visit Disneyland (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: U.S. authorities blocked a British Muslim family from boarding a plane at London's Gatwick airport. They were flying to Los Angeles on a trip to visit Disneyworld. "U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials provided no explanation for why the country refused to allow the family of 11 to board the plane, even though they had been granted travel authorization online ahead of their planned 15 December flight." This comes at a time when prominent groups and individuals within the U.S. are arguing in favor of blocking entrance for all Muslims. The refusal, and the U.S.'s unwillingness to explain, is raising concern within the UK government. The family is out $13,340 for their plane tickets.
Please, please don't deny Trump access to international flights. We in the US do not want to be stuck with him either.
This just in: according to sources there is strong evidence that one of these travellers had links with a terrorist network in Agrabah:
http://time.com/4155228/amierc...
Well, there's Disneyland Paris, but...
...they might be on strike. :-D
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I dont think you can land anywhere else, JFK is the only international airport in the USA, I believe there are buses from that airport to the surrounding states but you are lucky to get a space on the roof of those.
> What hassle? Last time I went to Europe I was pretty much just waved through customs.
I wasn't. I have a big fierce black beard, and my face is a summary of Spain's invasion by the Moors and its' effects on European culture, and I had on a big blue cloak made of polar fleece. They did eventually pass me through, but we wound up spending quite a bit of time as he tried to give me the hairy eyeball. I kept expecting Nobby Nobbs to walk into the room and try to steal my pocket, and for them to call on Captain Carrot to come figure out what to do with me.
A CLOAK? You wear a CLOAK? To hell with the beard, the Moorish ancestry, and any other shit you come up with. I'd give anyone in a fucking cloak the hairy eyeball too. WTF is with you people? Wear a coat. Wear a jacket. Wear a nice wool sweater. Don't come sneaking through security in a God-damned CLOAK! Are you a hobbit in disguise?
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
"They were flying to Los Angeles on a trip to visit Disneyworld." That sounds suspicious right there. Disney World is in Orlando.
There are more and more voices demanding the UN move its HQ to some more neutral place, like Austria, Sweden or Switzerland.
Jerusalem - seems a suitable place to enshrine endless bickering.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Yeah, the US lives on tourist dollars, we hardly have any other industry.
the kids was bringing a clock?
That's why I use MasterCard.