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Happy Birthday, No Phat Chicks! A year ago today I launched this rude and boorish blog. I was driving back from San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon, and I received a phone call from a friend asking me if I had received a letter from the Record Searchlight attempting to ban me from commenting on Redding.com because the comments were "upsetting" one of their "journalists." I explained to my friend that I had not received such a letter. In turn, I learned that another friend had. I was pissed. After being stabbed in the back by a particular Record Searchlight journalist myself, then watching ... Read Full Story

Here's a comment that was recently posted in response to Tim Hearden's recent blog posting.... It's written by my accomplice in the No Fat Chick episode last June: "It may have been one thing if Ms. Lochrie had been personally involved in the matter about which she blogged on redding.com , but she was not. Ms. Lochrie at best wrote about what she believed happened or what she heard happened – even though it was completely incorrect - and at worst misrepresented the facts to serve her own agenda. I am so tired of the Record Searchlight getting the facts wrong that I feel ... Read Full Story

You know, I was going to play nice. However, since Tim Hearden used his E.W. Scripps Redding .com blog to call me " Redding's version of Rosie O'Donnell," I've decided to remove my kit gloves and let it rip. So, does everyone else see the resemblance between Tim Hearden's face on Redding .com and this add for Bubba Teeth ? I sure do. Tim Hearden , you're a horses ass in my opinion and you are my least favorite Record Searchlight so called "reporter." In fact, I might start a new blog just about the dumb things you say and write.... Hmmm ... Maybe ... Read Full Story

First Amendment Watch First Amendment protects Calif. woman's 'rude, boorish' blog By The Associated Press Sunday, February 24, 2008 REDDING, Calif. — A local court official has found that a blog that mocks a Northern California newspaper reporter is "rude and boorish" but is allowed under the First Amendment. Christy Lochrie, a reporter for The Record Searchlight in Redding, sought a restraining order against her former friend, Beth Doolittle-Norby. Doolittle-Norby writes a blog called "No Phat Pink Chicks." It pokes fun at Lochrie's reporting, looks and personality. On Feb. 20, Gary Gibson, a Shasta County Superior Court commissioner, rejected Lochrie's request to force Doolittle-Norby ... Read Full Story

Three major meetings will take place in Europe over the next nine days: a meeting of the G-20, a NATO summit and a meeting of the European Union with U.S. President Barack Obama. The week will define the relationship between the United States and Europe and reveal some intra-European relationships. If not a defining moment, the week will certainly be a critical moment in dealing with economic, political and military questions. To be more precise, the meeting will be about U.S.-German relations. Not only is Germany the engine of continental Europe, its policies diverge the most sharply from those of the United States. In ... Read Full Story