Posted on 12/10/2015 1:17:32 PM PST by ArGee
Raqqa, Syria
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, announced today that he would be disbanding all forces and returning all land to Syria and Iraq. The move was prompted by the ongoing Climate Conference in Paris.
"This is one thing we could not have anticipated," Mr. al-Baghdadi said in prepared remarks. "When we see the world coming together like this on such a dangerous subject as Global Climate Change, we realize that our Caliphate will never survive. It's only a matter of time before Climate Change is no more and the world's attention turns to us. At that point, we will have no chance. For the sake of the men, women, and children who have supported us, I can not continue a doomed campaign."
An emotional al-Baghdadi did not take any questions.
Sources close to al-Baghdadi who spoke on the condition of anonymity told us that it was becoming more and more difficult to recruit new fighters. "Even our existing people are extremely demoralized," one said. "The words of Donald Trump himself can not overcome our dispair."
According to their press release, surrender is total and immediate. Fighters are being paid and sent home by division. Any remaining money will be put into a fund to resettle Christians and Yazidis who have been displaced by the war.
"We thought the world was fragmented," one strategist was overheard saying to himself. "Who knew it could come together like this? This is a stinging rebuke."
So far there has been no comment from Damascus, Baghdad, Moscow, or Washington. One source inside the Kremlin said, "We are waiting to see if there will be any follow-up action. We want to make sure this is real before we decide on our next steps."
I’ve been backing up browser favorites to WordPad text files since the early days of Ms IE, when it crashed every other day. Easy to access for any browser, backup, and send related bulk links via email. Haven’t seen any reason to stop my SOP yet.
Heck, back then it was quicker to have a categorized text file open for cut and paste then the slow scanning browser favorites file. Still allows browser to open a bit faster without the overhead of a hundred and more links. Some small measure of security as well keeping important links off browser, clearing history along the way
Wake you faster than 12 cups of Darks brew.
Nice tiger!
I used Netscape, as well, and I liked it. But it died. As for IE, it is being phased out, but the replacement is Explorer Edge, which seems to be much more reliable. However, I want to really get away from MS, even though I have a niece who has worked there for 30 years.
Her loyalty isn’t my loyalty. I just want a dependable OS and accompanying search engine. And I loathe Goober.
So much squee in such a little space! WHOA!!! Love me summa dat!
They’re all one litter, but it looks like mama had a little fling.
Or maybe her daddy was grey. Hard to tell with catz and goggies.
One tax return down, one to go. I’ll be glad when I’m done. The second one is simple. :o]
I think I need some coffee...
Then I need to install some other programs...
Oh yeah, coffee. I forgot about that.
When you need coffee to remember coffee, you really need coffee.
Welp, I didn’t get the coffee. I got side-tracked by taking pills and installing programs, so I still need some coffee. I hope I don’t fall asleep after I drink it.
To funny. i have pics of my lab doing the same thing.
Nobody has done any taxes at our house yet. When I was in charge, everything was done the minute the documents arrived.
Sunny today. Jake is in his bed in the window.
If you fall asleep after drinking coffee, you’ll have to get up to use the bathroom.
Kathleen threw up again last night and this morning. She seems to be feeling better now, though. She helped herself to a piece of carrot while I was having some. James and Frank seem fine now.
Pat is still okay, but there’s a countdown clock running somewhere ...
Every atom has a countdown clock inside it. But it's a slow tic compared to the human scale.
I don’t make enough money to file for taxes, and I haven’t since 1995. *sigh* Some days, I think the refund would be a really cool thing to have...
I feel bad about all your sickly kids. It’s so hard to watch them be ill and only be able to help them minimally.
I went outside for about an hour, but I got tired of sitting there, and my back got cold so here I am. It’s so pretty out there. :o]
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