Footage of Iranians pulling the so-called “Trump dance” has been exploding online in the wake of Saturday’s deadly strikes — with some hailing the dictator’s killing as “the best day of my life.”
Iran’s supreme leader died after a series of targeted strikes by the United States and Israel.
The celebratory clips captured people dancing and singing along to the “YMCA” as they mimicked the staccato arm movements made famous by Trump at his rallies.
One video of a young woman wearing a crop-top, miniskirt and cowboy boots has racked up millions of views on X.
“I am an Iranian and this is the best day of my life. The dictator, the killer, Ali Khamenei is dead,” another woman wrote as she filmed herself dancing.
A retired US Air Force general was reported missing in New Mexico, with authorities warning that medical concerns have heightened fears for his safety.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, was last seen around 11 a.m. Friday near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said.
Officials said they do not know what McCasland was wearing or in which direction he may have traveled. The sheriff’s office has issued a Silver Alert.
“Due to his medical issues, law enforcement is concerned for his safety,” the sheriff’s office said.
McCasland was a longtime leader at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and previously commanded Kirtland’s Phillips Research Site and Air Force Research Laboratory.
Col. Justin Secrest, commander of the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland, told the Albuquerque Journal that the base is coordinating with local authorities.
1st Lt. Steven McNamara (left) and McCasland cut the cake celebrating 100 years of heritage for the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Heritage Annex.Jim Fisher / United States Air Force
“Due to his medical issues, law enforcement is concerned for his safety,” the sheriff’s office said.Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office
“Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time,” Secrest said.
McCasland was commissioned in 1979 after graduating from the US Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering and held multiple leadership roles in space research, acquisition and operations, including work with the National Reconnaissance Office.
Authorities asked anyone with information about McCasland to text BCSO to 847411 or call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at +1 (505) 468-7070.
And while Americans are mostly taught to brush once in the morning and once at night — for two minutes each time, followed by flossing in the evening — maintaining pearly whites looks a bit different on the other side of the globe.
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In South Korea, a 1980s Korean Dental Association campaign advocated for the “3-3-3 rule,” i.e., cleaning teeth thrice daily, three minutes after eating for a period of three minutes.
The campaign caught on. According to theKorean Herald, brushing in the middle of the day is so common that there are “toothbrushing-friendly” subway stations, cafes and malls. Some highway rest areas have toothbrush vending machines, while some department stores feature built-in mouthwash dispensers in their restrooms.
Do these extra mouth measures pay off, and should Americans adopt the midday brush en masse?
Maybe. One 2017 study found that those who brushed their teeth after lunch had a lower risk of gum disease than those who did not.
But a celebrity dentist says not so fast.
“Although it does have its benefits, I am not totally in love with this method,” Dr. Daniel Naysan, D.D.S., owner and founder of Bedford Dental Group in Beverly Hills, told The Post.
“In one sense, Korean culture makes oral hygiene a daily habit, reduces plaque exposure and encourages thorough brushing, but the exact timing is not necessarily ideal.”
Naysan notes that brushing immediately after meals can be detrimental, as acidic foods and drinks like citrus, soda or wine briefly soften the enamel surface of the teeth.
Dr. Daniel Naysan, D.D.S., owner and founder of Bedford Dental Group in Beverly Hills, says three minutes of brushing is not necessarily better than two.Bedford Dental Group
“Brushing hard during that window can actually wear down the enamel because you are scrubbing a temporarily weakened surface. That’s why dentists in the US recommend waiting 30-60 minutes after eating before brushing your teeth.”
While devotion to oral hygiene is critical, he said three times a day does not beat two, calling the lunchtime cleaning “not necessary.”
Similarly, three minutes of brushing may not be superior to two.
“Two minutes is absolutely enough time if you are brushing properly. Three minutes isn’t harmful, but it’s not automatically better,” said Naysan.
He added that extended, aggressive cleaning with hard-bristled brushes can actually wear down enamel over time — a condition called toothbrush abrasion — causing teeth to appear browner, thinner, and more brittle, especially around the gumline.
Even worse, overly aggressive brushing can irritate the gums to the point that they begin to pull back from the teeth, which is where the phrase “long in the tooth” comes from.
Naysan pointed out that there are a few situations in which three minutes of brushing could be called for: if you have braces, heavy plaque buildup, and/or a high risk of cavities or gum disease.
Ultimately, he stresses the need for an effective electric toothbrush, daily flossing, and twice-a-year cleanings.
As a nation, though, the US seems more inclined to skimp on scrubbing: Surveys show the average American forgets to brush their teeth five times per week, and when we do manage to make it to the sink, we only average 37 seconds — well below Naysan’s professional recommendation of a full two minutes.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s big push to rein in an explosive Medicaid program is proving a giveaway — at taxpayers’ expense, natch — to one of New York’s most insatiable unions, 1199 SEIU.
It’s technically not one of the public-sector unions that wield enormous political power in blue states, since 1199 members mainly work for private-sector hospitals, but the huge amount of government spending on health care (especially in New York) leaves 1199 Service Employees International Union behaving much the same way.
And 1199 is about to grow its ranks massively thanks to a hare-brained 2024 “reform”Hochul pushed throughin the name of fighting fraud in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, under which the state pays family members of disabled Medicaid recipients to provide home care.
New York’s public-sector unions wield enormous power and enjoy lucrative funding, yet it’s nothing compared to what one is about to get.REUTERS
After we and others flagged how loose eligibility rules and other issues had led to a 1,200% spike in CDPAP enrollment, soaring fraud and outlays of $11 billion, the gov used public outrage to pass a reform that she vowed would rein in the program.
Yet her “solution” was simply to hire a single company, Public Partnerships, to centralize payments to these aides — which now lets them legally count as PPL employees, and so qualified to unionize.
Or, more accurately, betargeted for unionization by 1199.
On Wednesday, the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond publicized a letter notifying “home health aides” they’ll soon be able “to decide whether to form a union and join 1199SEIU.”
“A campaign by 1199 SEIU to organize roughly a quarter-million home health aides,” Hammond warns, “has begun in earnest.”
The new members could swell the union’s already 450,000-strong rank and file by more than 50% — ballooning not just its membership rolls, but its political influence and dues revenue.
And with all that new power and money, this behemoth — which already spends millions on political campaigns each year — will have Albany even more at its beck and call.
When the union demands higher wages and better benefits for its members, lawmakers will jump and ask,How much?
And overwhelmingly at taxpayer expense.
Ditto for all the politically progressive issues the union backs that have nothing to do with health care workers’ compensation.
The biggest obscenity, of course, is how Hochul’s effort to (supposedly) prevent fraud morphed into this massive gift to 1199.
Today’s CoTD from DB's Jim Reid shows the daily price of oil back to 1990. When he published the report, oil (+8.4%) was tracking to be the 38th biggest daily gain over this 36-year period. The graph annotates the clusters where we have seen larger moves.
So even though it’s a big move, to get into the top 20, 10 and 5 it would need to be up +9.6%, +13.6% and +13.9% respectively.
There were huge moves around the GFC and Covid-19 turmoil, whilst the Gulf War in 1990-91 also saw several double-digit gains.
Incidentally, since Jim published his chart of the day, oil has sold off more, and at last check it was up just 5.7% on the day, erasing its kneejerk spike by more than half.
Going forward, Reid says that much will depend on the Strait of Hormuz.
It seems it’s not officially closed but passage through it would be hazardous at the moment with self-imposed restrictions from virtually all that normally travel through it.
