When the CM-302 is used, I really hope it fails. The last thing we need is China suddenly getting militarily confident.

Picking up some new hardware.

Excellent analysis from the day, showing the diminution of the role of SecNav in the chain of command. Thanks for sharing this.

May 5, 1951 NYT The General Board was originally established in 1900 after the Secretary of the Navy had felt the need during the Spanish-American War for strategic advice. Admiral George Dewey was chairman of the board for its first seventeen years. www.nytimes.com/1951/05/05/a...

May 5, 1976 NYT Barbara Walters, the host of NBC‐TV's “Today” show, will make her last live broadcast on the program June 3. Miss Walters was recently hired away by ABC‐TV for $5 million to become the first permanent anchorwoman on a network evening newscast. www.nytimes.com/1976/05/05/a...

Cool. I loved working in the darkroom. 📷🎞

I was surprised to have my first tarantula encounter on the trail this morning. Usually they aren't out until September-October. It was crawling over a very rocky trail. #EastCoastKin #ECK #Hiking #Tarantula #Spider #WestCoastKin #RockinTuesday

May 5, 1941 #WWII TIME Republic Aircraft put the finishing flicks to its new P-47, powered with a 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney engine. Republic designers declared the new P-47 would top 400 mph, would have a fighting altitude of 40,000 ft. Apparently the Air Corps was convinced. time.com/archive/6786...

We got it all! I 🌞☃️🏄‍♀️🏂

While Williams may be less known today, if you were around in the 1970s, you knew him. He was well known for his recordings, The Andy Williams Show, “Moon River,” and his Christmas songs and TV specials. He also hosted the Grammy’s that year and in fact every year between 1971 and 1977.

#WWII Sergeant Samuel Boylston served with the 13th Air Force, Army Air Force and was eventually stationed in the Pacific Theater, and spent time in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. In his off hours Boylston would draw or paint watercolors depicting the sights around him. #Philately

Previously a Civil War Confederate Territory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confede...

Crystal Bay received over an inch of rain and several inches of snow yesterday, which melted. Here's the view from Diamond Peak Snowflake Lodge this morning. The lake is shrouded in clouds. #NVwx #CAwx #WX

In this morning’s Russian newspapers: Moscow warns Kyiv not to target the Red Square parade; problems with Russian bonds, with “almost 25% of the bond market at risk of default”; and what a newspaper joke section is saying about the state of the Russian economy. #ReadingRussia

It was also snowing.

May 4, 1951 NYT A memorial day for the 6,000,000 Jews exterminated by the Nazis during #WWII was observed here today. A religious service was held on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the “Cave of Disaster” before urns containing ashes scraped from death camp furnaces. www.nytimes.com/1951/05/04/a...

May 4, 1951 NYT Before long you will be able to make a transcontinental telephone call merely by dialing the desired number. The nation-wide Bell System announced plans yesterday for the installation of equipment required in coast-to-coast dialing. www.nytimes.com/1951/05/04/a...

There are some fascinating connections between Star Wars in Northern California. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou Read more: https://www.activenorcal.com/the-rich-history-of-star-wars-in-northern-california/

In 2006, Harold Agnew posed beside a famous photo taken of him on Tinian Island in 1945. In the 1945 photo, Agnew carries the plutonium core of the Fat Man bomb. Source: LANL cdn.lanl.gov/files/nss-fu...

Right now, I'm contemplating retirement,” said George Lucas. A polite laugh seemed the best answer. With the dazzling success of “American Graffiti,” his comic and touching portrait of 50's teenagers, still fresh in everyone's mind, and in the middle of shooting “Star Wars” #TCMparty

#ComingUpOnTCM AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul LeMat Dir.: George Lucas 5:00 PM PT A group of teenagers spend one final night cruising before going on to the adult lives. 1h 49m | Comedy-Drama | TV-MA #TCM #TCMParty

May 4, 1976 NYT “We're on the doorstep of a brand‐new thing,” said Sol Libes, a festival organizer. “Until a year or so ago, there weren't more than a hundred or so people who had computers in their homes, Now we estimate there are around 5,000. And it's growing.” www.nytimes.com/1976/05/04/a...

1976 NYT Once upon a future time, in another galaxy, a young Luke Skywalker (played by @markhamillofficial.bsky.social ) shares a desert planet with two amiable robots and Alec Guinness, as Kenobi, a benevolent blend of the Wizard Merlin and a Samauri warrior. www.nytimes.com/1976/09/12/a...

And so it begins...

The straw came in the form of a US led invasion of Cambodia, a country neighboring Vietnam. This escalation signaled an “enough is enough” reaction from the majority of the American people, who prior to this time had either supported the War, or were on the fence about it.

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

Dad spoke about the dust reaching his home in Pennsylvania. The cloud was estimated to be several thousands of feet deep, and if it could have been weighed, scientists estimated that it was as much as 300,000,000 tons. www.pressconnects.com/story/news/c...

Just got this text from my Moscow mobile operator: “During preparations for & the holding of holiday events May 5-9 temporary restrictions to mobile internet & text messaging are possible in Moscow & Moscow region. This may cause difficulties with cashless payments, use of ATMs & GPS services.”

May 3, 1951 NYT "The Thing" is quite a show. Not since Dr Frankenstein wrought his monster has the screen had such a good time dabbling in scientific-fiction. The thing itself is played by James Arness and we guess he gives an out-of-this-world performance. #TCMparty www.nytimes.com/1951/05/03/a...

May 3, 1976 NYT The statesmen of the world who have had trouble finding the right formula for international brotherhood might wish to try a combination of sailors, ships, the sea and Scotch whisky. The entire fleet will sail into New York Harbor on July 4. www.nytimes.com/1976/05/03/a...

I took an epic roadtrip with a high school friend down 99 to Los Angeles's forty years ago. Some legendary miles! 😎 American Graffiti (1973) is deeply rooted in Modesto, California’s early 1960s cruising scene, heavily featuring the culture surrounding US Route 99. youtu.be/xad3wbuCe8c?...

The lodge was also saved from the Kelly Fire three years ago. rv-times.com/2023/08/17/f...

Mom called Patrick Creek Lodge her Honeymoon spot. She didn't get one during the War. The first lodge was built in the late 1800’s and called Patrick Creek Stage Station. The present lodge was built in 1926 and became a popular stopping place for travelers. www.patrickcreekhistoriclodge.com

There's Route 66 but there was also US 99. It starts at the house where I grew up in the North and ends where I was born in the South. You've probably seen it in old Hollywood movies and TV shows. The auxiliary from Grants Pass to Crescent City is one of the most beautiful drives in the world.

"A wall of dust." Maybe that's what's causing the earthquakes.

Meet the 98-year-old man from Seligman AZ who saved Route 66. #Route66 youtu.be/Jhu-lV6JnqE?...

May 3, 1976 TIME One mystery has proved as snoop-resistant as it is tantalizing: the identity of “Deep Throat”. The movie and the Woodward and Bernstein book, have revived the search for the tattler-patriot who served the Nixon Administration while helping to bring it down. time.com/archive/6847...

May 3, 1976 TIME By George and all his kin, it will be a royal Bicentennial. In fond, forgiving tribute to the nation that rejected monarchy 200 years ago, nine of Europe’s ten reigning families will visit the US by year’s end. One of the biggest convergences of royalty. time.com/archive/6847...

#WWII Speculation swirled as to why the Kremlin would break with its long-standing tradition. Some suggested the move was due to the risk of Ukrainian drones striking the capital, while others said it might reflect “battlefield pressures” on Russia’s military. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/30/w...

Wishing everyone 1💚 with The Wailers last night from the Crystal Bay Club at the lake. Great night, great crowd!

Each fighter group was directed to hold a shoot-off and pick the three highest-scoring pilots to represent them in the first-ever contest, nicknamed Top Gun. Their competitors flew more-advanced P-51 Mustangs and F-82 Twin Mustangs against the Tuskegee’s P-47s. www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-ai...

May 2, 1976 NYT The goal of The Times was to measure in this Bicentennial year the level of historical knowledge of an important segment of the population: the college freshman who may be the future national leaders. www.nytimes.com/1976/05/02/a...

Where Edwards AFB tests jets. "One of the features we fly over and survey is the Jedi Transition,". "It is a short cut route through the Sidewinder. We call it the Jedi Transition as a reference to 'Star Wars' because it is this narrow slot that we fly over" www.edwards.af.mil/News/AFMC-Ne...

May 2, 1951 Dr Mossadegh's attitude in the East- West conflict is one of “plague on both your houses.” He is violently anti-foreign and has based his campaign against the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company largely on an appeal to the anti-British sentiments of his countrymen. www.nytimes.com/1951/05/02/a...

They hit the road for their honeymoon from Chicago to Santa Monica in their 1959 Cadillac convertible, with the top down every inch of the way, Ed said. "But this time, let's do it in a 100-year-old, what's called an orphan car," Ed said. "It's a 1926 Hupmobile." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

#Hoorn North #Holland last Thursday. A beautiful town.

#BlueskyArtShow #ShadowPlay Brocken Spectre of my shadow combined with the morning sun's low angle and fog. #ECK #BrockenSpectre #Rainbow #SelfieShadow