Thursday, October 9, 2025

Mental acuity

Found via Aaron Rupar and Aaron Rupar:

“I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. You don’t even have stores anymore. They, they don’t even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows. But most of the retailers have left.”
And:
“Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus,” &c.

“Yeah, suspending who?”
And no one present challenges him — or laughs.

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comments: 6

Fresca said...

Who’s the empty storefront then? 🙄

Michael Leddy said...

If not empty, he’s at least showing a Going Out of Business sign.

Sean Crawford said...

Good thing I wasn't there. Not only would I have laughed, but I would have embarrassed my poor mother by falling to the floor and waving my arms and legs with my helpless laughter.

Michael Leddy said...

Some people you can’t take anywhere. :)

Daughter Number Three said...

Some wag on Bluesky say Habeas Corpus was that Antifa founders' girlfriend.

Michael Leddy said...

LOL! It sounds to me like a name from a Marx Brothers movie.