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Winter Daydreams, symphony #1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

From Wikipedia:

Tchaikovsky wrote his Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Winter Daydreams (or Winter Dreams) Op. 13, in 1866, just after he accepted a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory: it is the composer’s earliest notable work. The composer’s brother, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, asserted that the symphony’s creation from beginning to end cost his sibling more labor than any other works and even involved considerable suffering. Even so, he remained fond of it throughout his life. Tchaikovsky wrote to his patroness Nadezhda von Meck in 1883 that he believed, “although it is in many ways very immature,” he still knows that “yet fundamentally it has more substance and is better than any of my other more mature works.”

Enjoy, Jack

Better not cry. Gonna find out who’s naughty and why!

Attribution: Release the Naughty List by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Google AI (Gemini Pro) Answers: Yes, the International Criminal Court (ICC) can indict citizens of non-member nations like the United States. The primary mechanism is territorial jurisdiction. Under the Rome Statute, if a war crime is committed on the territory (or vessel) of an ICC member state, the Court claims jurisdiction regardless of the perpetrator’s nationality.

This legal principle is exactly how the ICC issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Russia and Israel not being members; the crimes allegedly occurred in member territories (Ukraine and Palestine).

If the boat in question was flagged to an ICC member state (like Mexico or many Caribbean nations), or can be linked to a member state under alternative legal theories, the Court could legally indict the U.S. personnel involved. However, the U.S. passed the “Hague Invasion Act” in 2002, which prohibits cooperation with the ICC and authorizes the President to use military force to liberate any American detained by the court, making an actual trial virtually impossible”.

Can the ICC conduct a trial without the presence of the defendant?

No, but they can hold a “confirmation of charges” hearing in absentia. A recent ruling allows prosecutors to publicly air evidence and testimony to judges without the defendant. This validates the case and creates a permanent record of the allegations, leaving the accused a fugitive, even though a final verdict requires custody.

Doodling, drowsiness and a misspelled nameplate mark latest Trump Cabinet meeting | AP News

Attribution: Sleepy Trump blames Sleepy Joe Biden by Michael de Adder, CagleCartoons.com

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