Former Librarian of Congress James Billington dead at 89

Billington's family, including wife Marjorie, confirmed he died Tuesday due to complications from pneumonia.

Billington served as librarian of Congress from 1987 to 2015 after he was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan. He had previously been a history professor at Harvard and Princeton universities.

Billington's achievements include doubling the size of the library's traditional analog collections, acquiring the only copy of the 1507 Waldseemuller world map, obtaining Marquis de Lafayette’s papers, and reconstructing former President Thomas Jefferson’s original library.

His tenure, however, was not without controversy. When he retired, effective Jan. 1, 2016, his leadership had been investigated a number of times by government watchdogs over complaints regarding several managerial and technological failures.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-librarian-of-congress-james-billington-dead-at-89

The controversies caught my eye so moar digging ensued leading to….(cont)

>>3990435

(cont)…MOAR information about the role of Librarian of Congress - hint, Obama wanted him gone and put in one of his own.

The Librarian is in charge of overseeing the Library of Congress, managing congressional relations, appointing staff—including the Poet Laureate—and supervising administrative work related to budgetary concerns, legal services, communications, and events.

The Librarian of Congress has broad responsibilities around copyright, extending to electronic resources and fair use provisions outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Librarian determines whether particular works are subject to DMCA prohibitions regarding technological access protection.

From its creation until 2015, the post of the Librarian was not subject to term limits and allowed incumbents to maintain a lifetime appointment once confirmed. Most Librarians of Congress have served until death or retirement. There were only 13 Librarians of Congress in the more than two centuries from 1802 to 2015, and the Library "enjoyed a continuity of atmosphere and of policy that is rare in national institutions.

In 2015, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed into law the "Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015" which put a 10-year term limit on the position with an option for reappointment. The legislation was seen as a critique of Librarian James H. Billington's unwillingness to hire a permanent Chief Information Officer to effectively manage and update the Library's Information Technology.

On July 13, 2016, the US Senate confirmed Carla Hayden as the librarian by a vote of 74–18 and she was sworn in on September 14, 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress

>>3990414

Benji?

>>3990510

Did you read what Obama did and why?

China Paying for Trump Tariffs – Not U.S.

Free trade economists’ claims for months that the United States would be crippled by President Trump’s tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese products have been debunked by new research that shows it is China paying for the tariffs, not the U.S.

The free trade apparatus of Wall Street, Washington, DC, and the big business lobby repeatedly claimed over the course of the last year that Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods would hurt the U.S. and American consumers.

Research by EconPol Europe reveals that the vast majority, 20.5 percent of the 25 percent tariff is being paid by China while only 4.5 percent is being paid by the U.S.

The research notes that the tariffs will have the intended economic nationalist impact that Trump — and his loyal advisers Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro — were hoping for in that they will reduce the U.S.-China trade deficit by 17 percent and cut down the number of Chinese imports in the U.S.

The findings are a direct contradiction of the free trade brain trust. For example, Forbes claimed in September that Trump’s tariffs on China would hurt the U.S. more than China.

Likewise, the Associated Press in July highlighted “experts” who said Trump’s tariffs would hurt American workers and the U.S. rather than China.

Likewise, the governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney claimed in June that the tariffs on China would hurt the U.S. going as far as to say a trade war with China would reduce U.S. GDP.

Free trader Dan Hutcheson of VLSI Research Inc. told MarketWatch last month that Trump’s tariffs would hurt U.S. tech conglomerates’ billion dollar profits.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/21/free-trade-economists-fail-china-paying-trump-tariffs-not-u-s/

>3990802 (Bot post)

>It said "Squanto lied "

ok, that was pretty funny

>>3990793

It's merely a flesh wound

>>3990888

Not to mention the fires, mass shootings, election fraud, fake wars,

and on

and on

and on.

>>3990927

>While the cause of the Camp Fire is still under investigation, if the Utility’s equipment is determined to be the cause, the Utility could be subject to significant liability in excess of insurance coverage that would be expected to have a material impact on PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, and cash flows.

So the CA taxpayer is on the hook thanks to Jerry Brown.

HOWEVER, this is all null and void if there is found to be intentional CRIMINAL liability.

Q, please tell us you've got the best non-comped investigators on this.