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| DATE | 2017-02-12 |
| FROM | ruben
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] anyone know what is this
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvquELNbHsE#t=200.224285
On 09/02/17 21:39, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com):
>
>> http://images.mrbrklyn.com/2016_london/tate_mod_british_museum/.cache/2272x1514-IMG_8870.JPG
> Ah, the Babylonian Captivity - not just for popes, any more.[1]
>
> What we see there is from the reign of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon -- a
> man reputed to have had dreams needing interpretation. Who do you
> suppose might tell him the meaning of a huge tree being cut down?
> Anyone? Anyone? Young Belteshazzar with the funny accent?
>
> (Cue chorus from Nabucco.)
>
>
> [1] This would be a joke about the other, more metaphorical captivity,
> which of course was not the subject of any Chaldean image.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy
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