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."
Good morning, kitteh lovers!
The sun is just coming up, here, and I slept in until my pill alarm rang at 0600. But then my company and I didn’t call it a night until around 2000 again.
We’re going to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in a bit, and then to brunch and then he will head back north.
It has been nice having him here, and he even met the Peeps yesterday!
Connery is Bond, full stop, period.
Was watching From “From Russia With Love” last night. Factoid: FRWL was last movie viewed by JFK, Nov. 20, 1963.
I must have had the cat in mind this morning because of that. IIRC, it was the cat’s first appearence. Goobles up one of the Siamese Fighting Fish in that scene.
I didn’t know that trivia about JFK.
Do you remember the cat Marlon Brando was holding in the beginning of “The Godfather”?
It was a stray that wondered on set, and Brando liked it. So he put it in the scene with him.
I understand when all was finished filming, kitteh found a forever home.
The other cat I’m thinking of (no the Breakfast at Tiffany’s cat, or Pyewacket in “Bell, Book, and Candle” is the Austin Powers cat which was a joke on Blofeld’s kitteh.
Not a Spnyx fan.
Good to see you all this morning.
If the East Coast has Snow ,we’ll see it in about a week. :)
Just about to go on a mission to smuggle half a Salmon across the County line.
The give away will be every Cat in Christendom will be lining the route. :D
Dukes of Hazard insignia on Car, Let’s Roll!
That’s a song isn’t it?
“One salmon over the line” by Brewer and Shipley?
:)
Good luck!
The give away will be every Cat in Christendom will be lining the route. :D
Sounds like the closing scene of Eastwood's "The Gaunlet"....with "Salmon Chanted Evening" playing in the bachground....
;>)
That is one wicked imagination. Thanks for sharing.
Mission accomplished.
Fish safety delivered.
Was a lovely Sunny afternoon, freezing cold ,but sunny.
Will post a pic later.
Appletini:
2 Jiggers Boones Farm Apple Wine
1 Jigger Dry Vermouth
Stir or shake
(makes no difference, either method will not improve the taste)
That sounds awful. :)
And here all this time I thought Salmon Chanted Evening was set in the South Pacific instead of Phoenix..
I’m sure it is.. ;-)
I should know. :)
It’s quiet in here, and a little empty. It was nice to have visitors and even nicer that we all have so much in common. The visit we had on the patio yesterday was quite fun.
I didn’t take any pictures until we got back from Railroad Pass, and that’s a shame. I should have had my camera ready and with me.
Still, I will post them on my photobucket account.
Salmon Chanted Evening.
That is brilliant.
I’m trying to come up with something like”I’m going to wash that dog right out of my fur” - not working.
There was a 70s band, I think it might have been REO Speedwagon, that had an album”You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish”
It was REO Speedwagon. Here’s an ad for that record.
Look at that hair!!!!
Wow!
A Mullet of Justice!
:)
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