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Selfie-taking tourists shatter priceless Hercules statue
New York Post ^ | May 4, 2015 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 05/04/2015 2:33:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Hercules has been crushed — because of a selfie!

A couple of tourists are in hot water after climbing onto a priceless marble statue of the mythical Greek hero in the northern city of Cremona, Italy, the Daily Mail reported.

The miscreants put too much weight on the statue at the Loggia dei Militi palace during their boneheaded bid to snap a photo of themselves — shattering the crown of the Statue of the Two Hercules.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cremona; godsgravesglyphs; hercules; idiots; italy; napl
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To: mdmathis6

Like you, I have no idea what God is going to do - but I do not pretend that I might.


21 posted on 05/04/2015 4:06:13 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m going to be so glad when the selfie fad ends. I just hope it takes Twitter with it.


22 posted on 05/04/2015 4:06:59 PM PDT by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: All

Nothing made by man is going to remain:

But the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly, like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,…


23 posted on 05/04/2015 4:14:16 PM PDT by QuisCustodiet1776 (Live free or die.)
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To: nickcarraway
The Griswolds strike again.


24 posted on 05/04/2015 4:15:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: WayneS

He won’t allow images of false Gods to exist....many scriptural references including the 10 commandments indicate this! So I by faith believe God can not be false to his word and his glory! So I won’t “pretend”, I’ll declare by faith that all false Gods and images and statues of such will be cast down. God will send the image of the Beast to the Lake of Fire, Revelation declares this! The only image God will allow is the image of his son Jesus Christ shining out from the hearts of his children! Vanities that enflame the lusts of the flesh, the lust of eyes and the pride of life will also be done away with!


25 posted on 05/04/2015 4:16:01 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (If Hitler, Nazi, OR...McCarthy are mentioned in an argument, then the argument is over!)
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To: Red Badger
One too many idiot horses' asses..
26 posted on 05/04/2015 4:24:36 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: mdmathis6

“He won’t allow images if false Gods to exist.”

You are seriously misquoting the Ten Commandments.

God tells us not to make graven images. He does NOT say He will stop us from making them. We follow the Commandment of our own free will.


27 posted on 05/04/2015 4:31:00 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: WayneS

No kidding.

I yelled at some teenagers in the Air and Space Museum once as they were scratching paint off the nose of Flak Bait (B-26 Marauder and the high-mission bomber in the ETO). I don’t think they’d ever been reprimanded before.

One of the “adults” with them (I won’t use the word “parent”) was over looking at the P-51, turned around and started coming towards me with a glare on his face. Luckily a docent popped up and said “thank you” to me. Certainly defused what was going to be a tense confrontation.

I’ve found out over the years that I’m not alone in yelling at kids for doing that. Thankfully she’s out a Dulles being restored (sympathetic preservation, actually) but the damage a few decades worth of kids did to her is going to be hard to repair.


28 posted on 05/04/2015 4:42:19 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: nickcarraway; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...

[Thanks to Gefn for the ping!]



29 posted on 05/04/2015 5:17:48 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Demonicide" - http://youtu.be/FgUWow7WT2Y | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Throw them to the cats in the Colosseum!

First rub therm with catnip.

30 posted on 05/04/2015 5:31:28 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

...and tuna!


31 posted on 05/04/2015 5:33:41 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Demonicide" - http://youtu.be/FgUWow7WT2Y | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: mdmathis6

Yes. All idols will be destroyed. There’s much to be learned from the Prophets, Joshua through Malachi.


32 posted on 05/04/2015 5:45:02 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: mdmathis6

Why wouldn’t Michaelangelo’s David exist? He’s not a god.


33 posted on 05/04/2015 5:45:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Awwww!


34 posted on 05/04/2015 5:46:25 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Resolute Conservative

LOL!


35 posted on 05/04/2015 5:46:40 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: WayneS

One of the Ten Commandments offers a clue.


36 posted on 05/04/2015 5:48:30 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: nickcarraway
The Rock is not pleased.


37 posted on 05/04/2015 5:50:10 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Not a great movie but he sure is nice to look at.


38 posted on 05/04/2015 5:52:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: nickcarraway

The world’s current state of vanity makes the court of Louis 14th look Mother Theresa’s nunnery.


39 posted on 05/04/2015 5:59:03 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Calvin Locke
And lots of skill.

Damage and Restoration to Michelangelo's Pieta

Michelangelo's David Is Damaged

40 posted on 05/04/2015 6:12:58 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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