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First the WaPo's Robin Givhan talks about HRC's cleavage last week, prompting Ms. magazine to write a letter and then Breasts not Bombs throw a surprise protest at the HRC campaign headquarters last night in San Fran. Someone just told us: "I don't know if it was harder for Hillary to stare at those boobs or these boobs." While a Dem Senate aide just said: "Why do all the hot naked protestors just do stuff for PETA?" The good news and the bad news interlink: These protestors wouldn't exactly sway your vote. (Be warned: There are uncovered areas of people...

The Breasts Not Bombs members had been warned to keep their shirts on at the Capitol demonstration against governor's initiatives. By Evan Halper, Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO — Police arrested two members of an organization called Breasts Not Bombs after they removed their tops during a protest on the steps of the state Capitol on Monday afternoon. The women, who were protesting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot measures for today's special election, took off their shirts despite warnings from the California Highway Patrol last week that doing so would lead to their arrests — and possibly their inclusion on the state's...

Breasts Not Bombs told nudity not part of free-speech rights. Sacramento -- A federal judge denied on Friday a request from a group of Mendocino women who wanted to protest topless on the grounds of the state Capitol. U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell said the group made no compelling argument that showing their breasts constitutes free speech. "Being topless is not inherently expressive" speech, Burrell said. The group, Breasts Not Bombs, had scheduled a protest for noon Monday. The California Highway Patrol threatened to arrest anyone who went topless. Sherry Glaser, a leader of the group, said the protest may...

A dozen anti-war activists from Mendocino County took their tops off at high noon in San Francisco's Union Square shopping district Thursday, using what they said was their best weapon to get the public's attention. ... Members of the Breasts Not Bombs contingent, which included seven women, three men and two young girls, said the war in Iraq is indecent, not their nakedness. After more than two years of opposition to the war, protesters are having a hard time grabbing headlines, said Sheba Love, size 40D...."Hey! Explain this to me!" said an agog visitor from Florida, approaching San Francisco police...