A little long, but very interesting read if you are the type that is curious about the behind the scenes stuff.
To save you a little time, just start reading from the ‘Thursday, June 10’ section.
Also, when performing a Google image search for “Reagan grave,” I actually came across pictures of some idiot dancing on Reagan’s grave and urinating on Nixon’s grave. Even if you dislike them or disagree with their policies, some things are just uncalled for.
Some examples:
– Don’t worry, your dad didn’t know what he was doing, either.
– Your child, at birth, already has a deeply complicated relationship with his mother, and, for the first year, you are only a curiosity.
– The first time you change your son’s diaper and he pees all over you is not an accident. It’s foreshadowing.
– Beware your child’s uncles, who will teach your kid dirty words, introduce him to liquor, and give him gifts of drums, archery sets, and possibly matches.- They never really outgrow the claw.
The government will this week close a chapter in Britain’s wartime history by completing the repayment of a loan taken out with America more than 60 years ago, just after the second world war. Treasury officials said the repayment of the US war loan taken out under a 1945 agreement would be completed by December 31.
The loan dates back to September 1945. From 1941, Britain and other allied nations had received large quantities of equipment and supplies under Franklin Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease programme.
Britain received about $30 billion of goods — just over £7 billion at the prevailing exchange rate — during the war years, in effect gifts from America. But in September 1945 the US abruptly announced an end to the Lend-Lease programme, despite the need for large-scale reconstruction and with Britain on its knees economically.
Goods already in Britain or in transit were sold to the UK government at heavily discounted prices — one-tenth of their value — the amount paid being in the form of a loan.
The amount, together with a line of credit, was $4.34 billion with a 2% interest rate, originally intended to be paid back over 50 years beginning in 1950.