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."
Toast?
We’re having the Chickpea Dish with Noodles. It’s a favorite of James and Vlad.
Toast sounds good, except for the fact that I need to take my evening pills. The stomach won’t allow anything that doesn’t let me buffer the pill intake. Dangit.
Maybe things will be different six months from now. ? When I have conquered the ulcer problem...
What about MORE toast? I don’t know what buffers!
I am so lacking in Espanol...
Nice!
Youtube posters can’t spell in Spanish any better than they can in English ;-).
The toast would have to have LOTS of cheese! Buffers are mostly things with dairy products, like cheese, whole milk, butter, cottage cheese, yogurt, THICK yogurt and CHEESE!
Which is why I buy so much yogurt and rice pudding, not to mention the use of whole milk and ice cream!
Martin Valverde is my favorite Spanish Christian pop performer.
That is probably true, but I wouldn’t know. I have to take their word for it!
Make sure your rice pudding has real rice instead of cassava root starch... ;-)
I buy the rice pudding in the 6-cup packages from “Kozy Shack.” Four ingredients: rice, milk, sugar and eggs. Period.
It’s why I like it!
And I am, for lack of a better term, outta here for the night!!!
Hope you have a good night.
We got your rain. I think I may have heard some distant thunder.
Do not try to seek ransom.
It's a slippery slope.
Now THAT was thunder!
“Make sure your rice pudding has real rice instead of cassava root starch... ;-)”
Yah, well, I gave the fish eyeball pudding to a neighbor, as I didn’t want it to clutter up my fridge. *shudder* Biting into that stuff instead of the real rice pudding was a real shocker.
BLEH!
The rain came down pretty hard several times in the late afternoon and evening, and my weather beeber says it’s raining now, but I opened the door and didn’t hear it hitting the patio, so I’m thinking it’s just a lull. More rain is forecast for today, but we need it.
A couple of times, we had some pretty wicked thunder, but I never did see any lightning, and the power didn’t go off, so all was well.
I’m waiting for the news to come on so I can see how bad the flooding was in the city. Here, it just all goes downhill, so we may see running water in the streets, but it doesn’t pool up like it does in some areas in the Valley.
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