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."
snow forecast, up from 24”
I just made an appointment for cardiology for a “nuclear stress test” and they promised I wouldn’t glow in the dark afterwards.
I believe this is the last test I have to have (the rest have been done or have been scheduled, but this takes me into mid-February, so the surgery should be scheduled shortly after that.
There are four to go and then I’m done...it has taken three months to get this far! With luck, I will be out of the neck brace by my birthday! YAY!!!
Oh. Sorry...I haven’t followed that closely. I’ve been on the phone trying to get the final tests scheduled for the surgery on my neck.
It’s been frustrating, but now all I have to do is get them done and get it over with. :o]
Good. I sympathize with all the scheduling trauma. I need to take various children to get checkups and shots, but I’m putting it off because it’s such a drag.
Not to worry dear.
Wash DC announced Metro Service to stop Friday night...no trains Sat or Sunday...stay tuned.
His highness is probably hightailing it to some sunny golf course as we speak.
His limo convoy was snarled on the iced streets last evening.
Snow bound with the unmentionable is just not to be tolerated.
I hate trying to make appointments because they all want to schedule me for afternoons, and there is no way I can do that.
By 1100, my stamina is usually on the ebb, and I can’t do anything about that. I’ve always been an early riser, and that’s OK, but I always had the stamina to function at optimum with a maximum of seven hours of sleep. Now, 10 isn’t enough, some days.
At least they are all done! YES!!
Excellent.
Lemon Curd on Crumpets...lovely. mmmm.
I trust the appropriate Tea is being served with these baked delicacies? :)
:o]
Wow. So the city will be basically shut down, eh? It may as well be all the time, with the lackadaisical attitudes our “representatives” have about getting things done.
Anyway, take care of you!
“Is it evil...?”
Looking at your map, i would say it is more like targeted destiny.
Barry will have to be evacuated to Hawa11.
Keep a shovel at the ready, my friend.
Is the power buried in your area?
I guess everyone’s out buying milk, bread, and batteries.
Got mine earlier. Except the batteries. We have plenty of matches, though.
When I was driving into DC they couldn’t drive in snow, wind, rain, or excessive sunlight.
They could drive maybe 2 days out of the year.
feed to the house is, but comes from overheads. Not to worry, lines get dropped in high winds, ice, and snow on a regular basis. Routine drill.
Have everything in place, checked and ready.
Just waiting for max snow to let out with an ancestral lupine howl session with Sunday’s full moon.
;>O
Holey moley!
A chromed up hot rod compactor truck!
Is that Diblasio’s main ride?
True dat!
Ah...
$500 for a Coy O’tay rug.. ;-)
LOL! I wish I could be there to hear THAT!! :o])
“Just waiting for max snow to let out with an ancestral lupine howl session with Sunday’s full moon.”
That text even sounds cold.
It caused frosting around the edge of the Pug’s screen.
Brrr, Doors closed, Portcullis down. Doors to keep the drafts out, Cullis for the Wolfs.and zombies. :)
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