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1. about 16 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   It really happened. The following is a quote from the Wikipedia page about an Italian painter named Daniele Da Volterra:

   __"Daniele is infamous for having covered over, with vestments and fig-leaves, many of the genitals and backsides in Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel. This work was begun in 1565, shortly after the Council of Trent had condemned nudity in religious art. It earned Daniele the nickname “Il Braghettone” (“the breeches-maker”).

   He also chiseled away a part of the fresco and repainted the larger part of Saint Catherine and the entire figure of Saint Blaise behind her. This was done because in the original version Blaise had appeared to look at Catherine’s naked behind, and because to some observers the position of their bodies suggested sexual intercourse.

   The loincloths and draperies in the lower half of the fresco, however, were not painted by Daniele. His work on the Last Judgment was interrupted at the end of 1565 by the death of Pope Pius IV, after which the scaffolding he used had to be removed quickly because the chapel was needed for the election of a new pope."__

2. about 16 hours ago on The Born Loser

   Time to replace the blades.

3. 1 day ago on Clay Jones

   Pure ignorance. Michelangelo’ s David is art, not porn. A few centuries ago a pope commissioned an artist named Daniele da Volterra to cover the nudity of the Sistine Chapel and for this reason, the painter was nicknamed “il Braghettone”, an untranslatable term but which literally means “large breeches”, even though he had covered the parts with veils.

4. 1 day ago on Outland

   Maybe Clinton thinks he is an intern.

5. 1 day ago on The Born Loser

   Maybe he doesn’t answer because he’s too focused on his job.

6. 3 days ago on The Born Loser

   What delightful thought.

7. 4 days ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   Wasn’t he a butt’s dog sniffing dog?

8. 4 days ago on The Born Loser

   Rosalyn from “Calvin and Hobbes” would have been cheaper.

9. 5 days ago on The Born Loser

   A.I. damages.

10. 6 days ago on The Born Loser

    Cats are cute anarchists.