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They got Molly? He's fucking harmless.Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
Yeah, apparently he got to US customs and something was amiss with his Visa. He had to fly back to Sydney and then again to LA.Stofsk wrote:They got Molly? He's fucking harmless.Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
Jesus, this is bizarre.
The whole story was funny as hell. Molly had to interview Enrique for his new album and his upcoming tour. He went to the American Consulate in Melbourne (St Kilda St), told them he was flying over for an interview and applied for a visa. This guy has been an Australian TV icon since the 70's (Countdown), you would have to have practically slept through the late 80's and mid 90's to have missed him (Hey, Hey), and been blind to any entertainment or music shows in between.Stofsk wrote:They got Molly? He's fucking harmless.Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
Jesus, this is bizarre.
"Molly" is a male name in Australia?Stofsk wrote:They got Molly? He's fucking harmless.Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
Jesus, this is bizarre.
That's Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, and don't be bashing our gay TV icons thankyou very much!Durandal wrote:"Molly" is a male name in Australia?
Jesus, that's bizarre.
Well I read that when the US forced Brasilians to have a Visa to travel to the US, the Brasilian government did the same thing for US americans visiting Brasil and of course, they claimed it was unfair.Edi wrote:I just wonder how much of a stink it would raise in the US if the EU quietly introduced the same kind of visa requirementss for American journalists and treated them the same way if they failed to take note of them. There'd be no end to the screaming and hollering...
Edi
Err no, that is just standard and how visas work, if the US puts a visa against (say) Turkish citizens then Turkey does the same for US citizens, it is a quid pro quo thing, and never raises an eyebrow.Slartibartfast wrote:Well I read that when the US forced Brasilians to have a Visa to travel to the US, the Brasilian government did the same thing for US americans visiting Brasil and of course, they claimed it was unfair.Edi wrote:I just wonder how much of a stink it would raise in the US if the EU quietly introduced the same kind of visa requirementss for American journalists and treated them the same way if they failed to take note of them. There'd be no end to the screaming and hollering...
Edi
So you're saying that you wouldn't wait for multiple sources to confirm the story?Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'Kamakazie Sith wrote:OMG it's the guardian! I'd wait for more sources to confirm this before spewing vomit like that.Tribun wrote:America? The land of freedom?
Hahaha! Good joke!
HEIL FÜHRER BUSH!
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
Well (for me) it wasn't the first time I saw/read this. It is sometimes hard to remember that while I will be generally 70% aware of what the US media is pulisizing, you wouldn't be 5% aware of what Australian media is publisizing.Kamakazie Sith wrote:So you're saying that you wouldn't wait for multiple sources to confirm the story?Crown wrote:Oh puh-leese an Australian TV personality was put through the same fucking thing, Molly Meldrum for those playing the home game. It was on all of the fucking news networks and everything, to quote Molly on his interrogators; 'When they told me to shut up -- I shut up!'
And if anyone knows Molly, you know how hard that is to do.
I'd like to know in what way their VISA wasn't filled out correctly. I mean is it a serious issue or did they simply not dot an I or cross a T?
Yeah that's what I meant. Just trying to make the point that what's good for the goose doesn't apply for the US, according to a lot of people.Crown wrote:What the Brazillian government did though, was start finger-printing US citizens entering Brazil, in retaliation of the US finger priniting Brazilian citizens which caused the little diplomatic spit-o-fit.
