Anna Merlan's saved articles

I love how Judge Moore refused to comment, citing that it was a "personal matter."

Seriously, fellow residents of Alabama, how could you elect this idiot "judge" who can't tell the difference between a private, personal matter (such as a drug addiction in the family) and arrest for possession of drugs (a criminal… Read more

CACKLES WILDLY Read more

On one hand, I could give a shit about some dude and his marijuana and Xanax. I'd be high too if he was my Dad. Read more

*Uh...what are you doing? Read more

I can't believe Michigan has so many Satanists. You'd think they'd choose a warmer climate. Read more

I'd like to be the devil's advocate, but these Satanists know what they're doing. Read more

In fairness, that can happen when you're on fire. Read more

I mean, I love scaring unsuspecting children with the inevitability of death too but there is a time and a place, sir. Read more

Zero chill, Ted, zero chill. Read more

Seems appropriate that the one person who connected with Ted Cruz's rhetoric is the one reading at the Pre-K level. Read more

So you had a residential burglary and they did DNA testing and got back to you in 6 months? Who are you, the Presidents daughter? Read more

"When our investigator asked how to avoid unintended Read more

My anti-choice mother, when I told her I would be getting a Mirena IUD: "It doesn't stop eggs from being fertilized; it just stops them from implanting!" *wrings hands* Me: "I sure as hell hope so!" I don't owe anything to any goddamn egg. Read more

She told me that for some women, they dilate them too fast and they might become … not infertile, but in later cases ... they might miscarry a lot because the cervix might not close up all the way. So I might have a lot of miscarriages if I aborted the baby.

I am really very curious about whether the worker who diagnosed the IUD as a pregnancy was doing it in a deliberately misleading way or if it was a diagnostic mistake. Neither would surprise me, but it'd be interesting to know. Read more

I slept through health class and I still know the difference between a piece of plastic and a baby. Read more

Here's the proud papa

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I work at a print shop where places like this do business and everytime they come in to get their material printed, I just die a little bit inside. It's not a small business either, so I can't let the manager know that I find them unscrupulous and that I refuse to touch their work, it's a large print conglomerate, so… Read more

I actually took the time to read this bill. This Oklahoma bill is a goofy amendment to an already somewhat goofy statute - especially in the way ministers of religion are defined. Read more