It's time for Pope Francis to step down‚ as evidenced by the 87-year-old pontiff's last-minute decision to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City this weekend. "Francis had been expected to deliver a homily halfway through the service and a prepared text had...

Boeing CEO and President Dave Calhoun will step down from his position as CEO. “President and CEO Dave Calhoun today announced his decision to step down as CEO at the end of 2024‚ and he will continue to lead Boeing through the year to complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future‚” Boeing said in a statement. “CEO Dave Calhoun confirmed he was leaving the company in a statement‚ along with Stan Deal‚ the CEO and president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Chairman Larry Kellner‚” NBC News reports. The company has faced severe scrutiny since the early January Alaska Airlines incident where a door panel blew out mid-flight. The jetliner manufacturer has experienced numerous incidents throughout 2024. Get woke‚ get fired *BOEING DAVE CALHOUN ANNOUNCES INTENT TO STEP DOWN AS CEO — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 25‚ 2024 BREAKING: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of 2024. pic.twitter.com/PC78biHVHg — The General (@GeneralMCNews) March 25‚ 2024 NBC News reports: The company has been mired in a succession of negative stories since a door panel blew out on a Boeing 737 Max plane flown by Alaska Airlines in January. Despite Boeing announcing a range of measures to improve safety and committing to working with federal investigators‚ some passengers have spoken of feeling nervous climbing on board its aircraft. JUST IN: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of the year‚ the company says. Read more: https://t.co/89ndQPfmBR pic.twitter.com/S9cB8vKpOS — ABC News (@ABC) March 25‚ 2024 Breaking News: Boeing’s CEO‚ David Calhoun‚ will step down at the end of 2024‚ as part of a broader shake-up amid the company’s most significant safety crisis in years. https://t.co/V6uIQ9Vjsh — The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25‚ 2024 Per CNN: The chairman‚ Larry Kellner‚ will not stand for re-election to the board. The board has elected board member Steve Mollenkopf to succeed him. Stan Deal‚ CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes‚ is retiring and Stephanie Pope‚ chief operating officer of that unit‚ is taking his place effective immediately. Boeing has been buffeted by more than five years of problems with its airplanes‚ including two fatal crashes of the 737 Max in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people‚ and most recently a door plug that blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January‚ leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. The problems have led to multiple groundings for safety issues and more than $31 billion in cumulative losses. This story is developing. 

The British government has declared that William Shakespeare’s work is “racist‚ sexist‚ and ableist” and should therefore not be celebrated in schools or theatre’s. According to a taxpayer funded study by the University of Roehampton‚ [...] The post Shakespeare Plays Officially Labelled ‘Hate Speech’ by UK Gov’t appeared first on The People's Voice.

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Russian wannabe-tsar Vladimir Putin continues to insist that the massacre at Crocus City Hall which killed at least 137 (up to 143 depending on the news source) concert-goers is linked to Ukraine. He has instructed Russian and Russia-funded media to play up possible “traces” of “Ukrainian involvement” in the shootings. Four men have been arrested in connection with the mass killing‚ all of them are from Tajikistan‚ Novaya Gazeta Europe reported. The men have made their first appearance in a Russian court‚ with two of them entering guilty pleas. The court named the men as Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev‚ Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda‚ Muhammadsobir Fayzov and Shamsidin Fariduni. All four are citizens of Tajikistan. Further‚ by Friday evening‚ ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack‚ countering Putin’s claims it was related to Ukraine. On Saturday‚ ISIS provided video of the massacre‚ which seemingly could not have been posted unless ISIS obtained video directly from one of the gunmen. U.S. intelligence officials‚ according to the New York Times‚ informed their Russian counterparts in early March that some kind of attack was brewing. The United States collected intelligence in March that Islamic State-Khorasan‚ known as ISIS-K‚ the branch of the group based in Afghanistan‚ had been planning an attack on Moscow‚ according to officials. ISIS members have been active in Russia‚ one U.S. official said. Since 2015 and before‚ ISIS has been active in Tajikistan. One of their senior commanders was previously a member of Tajik special forces and police‚ was trained inside the United States in counterterrorism techniques. He defected to ISIS‚ and had been issuing threats to Russia ever since. I predict that Putin might use this link to try to rope the U.S. into the ISIS conspiracy‚ which has been given little press in Russia–that ISIS-K is an American creation–but is held by many Russians. The Ukraine “traces” arguments will inevitably fall flat‚ regardless of the forced confessions or fake news in the Russian press. That won’t stop Putin from ordering retaliatory strikes against civilian targets in Ukraine‚ as if the links were there‚ even though they’re not. And in response to those attacks‚ Europe will move ever closer to a larger war. On Sunday‚ Poland detected a Russian cruise missile inside its airspace‚ and has demanded an explanation from Russia. These incursions‚ which have happened from time to time during the Ukraine war as Russia launches wave after wave of missile and drone attacks‚ are dangerous since Poland is a NATO country. Even inadvertent escalation of the war into NATO-protected territory can potentially draw all of NATO‚ which now includes Finland and Sweden‚ in addition to (of course) the United States‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany. America’s response to ISIS has been to do whatever is necessary to destroy the group where it is found to operate‚ when those places are within the U.S. military’s area of operations. U.S. forces leveled Mosul to destroy ISIS there; it has become the model for how to deal with “dense urban environment” controlled by a terrorist organization. Israel is using the same strategy dealing with Hamas in Gaza. Russia is not afraid to level cities. But its army is occupied trying to hold and expand its territory in Ukraine‚ at least until Ukraine exhausts its supply of military-age men fit to fight (that could be a few more years)‚ or until western powers stop funneling military aid to Ukraine. Russia has little military capacity to begin leveling cities in Tajikistan‚ which sits between Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Tibet and India. From a political angle‚ I suppose we could say if in 2021 the U.S. had not so disastrously left Afghanistan and allowed the Taliban to take complete control‚ maybe ISIS would not have found so easy a path to Moscow. I think that argument is as tenuous as the ISIS conspiracy theories in Russia‚ or the “traces” of Ukrainian involvement. However‚ watch: someone here will make that claim‚ because when fake news gets loose‚ its hard to put back in its cage. The biggest takeaway here is that Putin failed to stop ISIS from striking at a city near Moscow‚ obtaining automatic weapons‚ and slaughtering 137 or more Russian citizens. This happened right after Putin “won” his election to be president of Russia for (as many years as he lives) another six years. It shows that Putin isn’t as “bad” (in the sense of being tough) as he wants everyone to believe. Follow Steve on Twitter @stevengberman. The First TV contributor network is a place for vibrant thought and ideas. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of The First or The First TV. We want to foster dialogue‚ create conversation‚ and debate ideas. See something you like or don’t like? Reach out to the author or to us at ideas@thefirsttv.com. 

This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliteratetheir own understanding of their history.” George Orwell Mar. 25-31‚ 2024 March 25 1851 – Yosemite Valley is discovered in California. Yosemite became a national park in 1890. Naturalist John Muir helped drew its boundaries in 1889 and […] The post This Week in History: Mar. 25-31‚ 2024 appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Former President Donald Trump’s legal battles are piling up on Monday‚ with the former president appearing in court for the hush money case involving porn actress Stormy Daniels on the same day as the bond deadline in his $454 million New York civil business fraud judgment. Trump is expected to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday and request another delay in the case against him‚ where he is charged with falsifying business records while covering up an affair with Daniels‚ The New York Times reported. In March‚ the judge overseeing the hush money case — which would’ve begun on Monday — moved the trial start date to April 15 after Trump’s attorneys argued that they needed more time to review a new dump of 100‚000 pages of material that could be used as evidence in the case. The hush money case‚ brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president‚ was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. The former president pleaded not guilty last year to all 34 charges of falsifying business records leveled against him by Bragg. Meanwhile‚ if Trump and his legal team are going to stop New York Attorney General Letitia James from potentially seizing Trump’s assets‚ they must also post bond Monday in the New York civil business fraud judgment leveled against him by Judge Arthur Engoron. The judge ruled in agreement with James last month after the attorney general brought civil charges against Trump‚ alleging the former president inflated his net worth and misled investors. In his judgment‚ Engoron ordered Trump to pay $350 million‚ which increased to $454 million‚ including interest‚ and also ordered Trump’s co-defendants to pay $10 million. James had been abiding by a 30-day grace period following the judgment in the case‚ but as of Monday‚ the Democratic attorney general can seek to collect on Trump‚ The Wall Street Journal reported. Trump blasted the cases brought against him‚ posting on Truth Social on Monday morning‚ “These are Rigged cases‚ all coordinated by the White House and DOJ for purposes of Election Interference.” “THE NUMBER ENGORON SET IS FRAUDULENT. It should be ZERO‚ I DID NOTHING WRONG!” the former president added. “The D.A. Case‚ that I am going to today‚ should be dismissed. No crime. Our Country is CORRUPT!” In a follow-up post‚ the leading 2024 presidential candidate added‚ “Crooked Pols!!! There should be no FINE. Did nothing wrong! Why should I be forced to sell my ‘babies’ because a CORRUPT NEW YORK JUDGE &; A.G. SET A FAKE AND RIDICULOUS NUMBER[?] ‘TAKE HIS CASH SO THAT HE CAN’T USE IT TO DEFEAT HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT‚ CROOKED JOE BIDEN.’ ELECTION INTERFERENCE‚ ALL HEADED UP BY THE WHITE HOUSE – THIS INCLUDES FANI AND THE CORRUPT MANHATTAN D.A. BRAGG ADMITTED THERE WAS NO CRIME‚ WAS MORTIFIED BY WHAT MARK POMERANCE DID – AND HE SHOULD BE. WITCH HUNT!” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Last week‚ Trump’s lawyers requested a stay on the civil fraud judgment‚ which they said securing the bond for would be “a practical impossibility‚” but a New York appeals court rejected the request. Later in the week‚ Trump posted on Truth Social‚ saying that “through hard work‚ talent‚ and luck‚” he had nearly $500 million cash on hand and “intended to use” the money for his 2024 presidential campaign.