Comments on: Global Warming Taxes: The Beginning http://www.notesinthemargin.com/archives/372 A Midwest Meteorologist's Observations of the World Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Mike http://www.notesinthemargin.com/archives/372#comment-359 Mike Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:38:36 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.com/archives/372#comment-359 "We have repeatedly denied this information, which is nothing but an April Fool's Day joke. But we never imagined it would create such a fuss," said the press secretary of Wallonia's minister for agricultural, rural affairs, the environment and tourism. Belgian media was implicated in another practical joke last December when state television broke into its regular programming with a report that the Dutch-speaking half of the country, Flanders, had declared its independence and that the king and queen had fled. Panic ensued, with frantic calls being placed by foreign embassies and Belgian citizens to the government demanding an explanation, and order was only restored when the state-owned RTBF television station admitted the report was a hoax. “We have repeatedly denied this information, which is nothing but an April Fool’s Day joke. But we never imagined it would create such a fuss,” said the press secretary of Wallonia’s minister for agricultural, rural affairs, the environment and tourism.

Belgian media was implicated in another practical joke last December when state television broke into its regular programming with a report that the Dutch-speaking half of the country, Flanders, had declared its independence and that the king and queen had fled.

Panic ensued, with frantic calls being placed by foreign embassies and Belgian citizens to the government demanding an explanation, and order was only restored when the state-owned RTBF television station admitted the report was a hoax.

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