In other words, an enigma?
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."
No evidence of it. T-c would answer honestly, and she was right behind me with her own effort.
I hope Bill enjoys the movie. I watched the first two when they came out, because of the kids, but I haven’t felt the urge to see anything beyond that. So shoot me.
The sun has done a good job shining today, and I’m glad to see it.
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I just got a survey call that is going to net me $10! WHOA! All about media. I realized how painfully uninformed I am...there are lots of news sources besides the interwebs, but how do I tell people I want the facts, not some person’s opinion of the facts?
What is a “cow orker?”
LOL!
I wonder if I can think of something just as pithy?
I took a survey for COX, and they sent me an $8 gift card for Amazon. Nothing on my Wish List can be had for $8!
Some surveys don’t reward you with anything that you really want or need; they just keep sending you to different sites and then “reward” you with something you don’t need, but they will give up to 30% off.
Life is good!
That came straight out of Pin 3, that did.
Comparatively speaking that joke was good.
But modulated by Pin5.
:)
Taking Frank and Kathleen to Mass. I hope I don’t regret it too much ...
I hope you don’t have trouble with either of them, though I suspect the two of them together are a force to be reckoned with.
Please let us know if you survive! ;o]
In other words, an enigma?
That obviously wasn’t beyond human comprehension to solve during the War Years.
But why should I spoil it? *snort*
At least it took 40 years for the inevitable. O'er here the guvm'nt can't even run a whore house pleasure palace for any measureable length of time..
Yup. The IRS seized one for back taxes here in Nevada.
They had to run it until they could sell it off as a tax forfeiture property.
They lost money running it.
One who orks cows, obviously. Probably from the Orkney Islands.
I don't know what orking is, and I'm not going to look; it sounds painful. But if it has anything to do with cows, just keep in mind that the Orkney Islands export beef.
But I just saw it so any pithy comment I would have made back around four hours ago is past time, er wait..
Yes, but even solved enigmas are still enigmatic. To the primary users of the Enigma the existence of Bletchly Park and its output was the true beyond comprehension 'enigma'...
And I’m off for the night.
See all y’all tomorrow!
DP and most of the others showed up, so I didn’t have to wrassle the two on my own.
Some concepts, including both a “simple” electronic timer, and the enigma of Enigma’s creation and its remarkable dissolution, are both timeless and immortal in our history as a species.
Look upon us, Universe, as we greet you. Long may we wave.
When you do have to wrassle them, you'll probably notice that they wiggle a lot.
Us old guys have all the luck.
This morning I lucked out and was able to buy two boxes of ammo.
I placed the boxes on the front seat and headed back home, but stopped at a gas station where a drop-dead gorgeous blonde in a short skirt was filling up her car at the next pump.
She glanced at the two boxes of ammo, bent over and leaned in my passenger window, and said in a sexy voice, “I’m a big believer in barter, old fella, would you be interested in trading sex for ammo?”
I thought for a few seconds and asked, “What kind of ammo ‘ya got?”
And ... ?
For Gosh sakes! Leave me hangin' like that?
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So what kind of ammo did she have?
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