top, it is the battle of france and it is france s battle. and below, for the civilian population the joy of liberation was often accompanied by the anguish of loved ones lost or homes destroyed. they bore their suffering with fortitude. when you saw the french air force doing that fly past last night with the smoke blowing behind, red, white and blue, frank stricker, of course, there was a ceremony down below with the veterans on the top of the clip. the french tricolour. thank you for continuing to visit to make this day very special. he said the people of arromanches and normally will never forget. we will have more from the memorial after the news, travel and weather where you are. this good morning from bbc london. i m alison earle.
In April 1966, with the economy running hot and workers in short supply, California gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan did not mince words about the wisdom of providing government money to the unemployed or about the character of recipients.
“Unemployment insurance,” Reagan is reported to have told a Republican dinner crowd, “is a prepaid vacation for freeloaders.”
Whether Reagan actually meant those words is questionable, but a half-century later they still echo albeit less harshly in the debate over possible reasons for the recent gap between available jobs and workers willing to fill them. Suspicions remain that among the nation’s unemployed are slackers exploiting the pandemic-related benefits flowing from Washington and state governments.
BILLINGS - A Billings man accused of knowingly receiving and approving of sexually explicit videos from a minor on Wednesday admitted to receiving child pornography, Acting U.S Attorney Leif Johnson said.
Brandon Frank Stricker, 47, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. Stricker faces a minimum mandatory five to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and five years to life of supervised release. Under the terms of a plea agreement, if accepted by the court, Stricker will be sentenced to between seven years and 20 years in prison.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan presided. Stricker was released pending sentencing, which was set for June 16 before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen.