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’m trying hard not to kill anyone via coffee.
See # 75 for Grumpy Cat .
How cool is this?
I have a brontosaurus. :)
It’s in the 50’s and dropping, and the wind is gusting up to 50 mph. While I was sitting outside, even with my hair pulled back and tied, the wind was whipping it all over. I am in desperate need of a trim to even it up. I used to do it myself, but the arthritis is my hands makes it look like it was done with a meat cleaver, these days. Can you send Jamie over?
The sun is still shining, but rain is on the way, with snow on Mt Charleston. And the temps will be dropping all week long!
I need to get some batteries, too. I don’t have an adaptor for the portable, so I have to buy “C” batteries. I’m out of all of the batteries I normally use.
I’m sure Jamie would enjoy a visit to Las Vegas.
:o])
I’m sure she would! And I would love to have her visit! Just not when it’s so cold! Maybe in a couple of months!
I went outside this morning to take out the trash and the wind, which had started last night, had blown all the leaves off the trees, except for the tree to the side of my place...it is still green! It must be the only one on the property that is, besides the evergreens and the palm trees. :o]
I just realized I slopped sketti-gets on my shirt...clumsy me.
It seems weird to have a new thread with only double-digits to work with!
Wow. Is it just me, or am I making little to no sense today?
They also hang out at Drumthwacket. Especially when Princeton has a home game.
No, I understand you.
One out of one, that must be a majority! LOL! Thanks!
Now, for my next trick, I’m going to have some mint tea. It just seems like the right thing to do. Now, if I only had some bread for toast...
Too cool. Thanks!
Yep, Argee figured it out.
That song is from 2004 and I had never heard of it. My musical knowledge ends in the mid 1990s when my kids were teens.
I also like that you pinged Barbara K. Olson-what a bright light we lost that day.
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Lots of old cyber friends and other shining lights are there. It is located at the very bottom of FR’s homepage.
Or an "ooh, shiny" one. Like mine.
+1
Shiny is good.
But then, there isn't much call for them in these parts, so "what difference at this point does it make*?"
* As opined by the lovely and multi-talented PIAPS**.
** Pig In A Pant Suit - but you knew that.
Steal the embedded marginal thinking department comments too... ;-)
Nice home.
Thailand?
Yes. Most certainly Thailand.
Or Chicago; they can vote there.
That can't be right. I'm a contrarian.
Have you looked on the Christmas tree?
Ah, it was hiding from one of the kittehs. Thanks!
Are you offsetting with the ones you've reanimated via the coffee?
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