Michael Jackson Looks Healthy In This Video Of His Last Concert Rehearsal!

This footage of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal for his "This Is It" tour was shot just two days before he died.He was practicing his moves & looking quite healthy while doing it.This makes the claims that he was sickly & unable to perform look bogus.And it deepens the mystery of how Michael Jackson died even more.

Gen. Odierno Became Agitated By Reporter's Questions During A Press Conference!

Even though U.S. troops are pulling out,some are staying behind to assist Iraqi security forces. Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters during a press conference that "a small number" of troops would remain. He became visibly agitated when reporters kept pressing him for the exact number of U.S. forces who would remain in Iraq.

Here's more from The Washington Times:

"U.S. troop levels hit a peak of more than 160,000 in 2008, are now at just over 130,000, and are likely headed down to 120,000 by December, said Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq. When U.S. combat missions cease in August 2010, he said, the plan is to have a "residual force" of 50,000 troops, with the goal of a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

White House and military officials said the rash of recent attacks - which included the death of four U.S. soldiers just outside Baghdad on Monday night, bringing the total number of U.S. military deaths since 2003 to 4,321 - does not erase the gains they've made and have not yet threatened the stability achieved in Iraq.

"There is not widespread violence here in Iraq," Gen. Odierno said during a press conference. "The problem with June is, over the last 10 days we've had a couple high-profile attacks, so ... that changes it a little bit. But if you compare it back to the dark days of 2006 and '07, there's no comparison."

He said that the attack in Kirkuk, which followed a June 20 bombing in the same area that killed 82 people, bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda in Iraq, an offshoot of the terrorist group that carried out the 9/11 attacks.

Denis McDonough, a top national security adviser to Mr. Obama, said, "As disconcerting as these attacks are, the trend lines are all quite good over the course of the last several years.

"We see the Iraqis stepping up to take charge," he said.

Mr. Obama said he was confident that insurgent, militia and terrorist groups would fail, and added that the transition of U.S. troops was "proof that those who have tried to pull Iraq into the abyss of disunion and civil war are on the wrong side of history."

Gen. Odierno said a "small number of U.S. forces will remain in cities to train, advise, coordinate with Iraqi security forces," but he grew frustrated when reporters tried unsuccessfully to pry a specific number out of him. He later apologized."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the article in its entirety here.

Vicodin & Percocet May Be Eliminated If The FDA Panel Gets Its Way!

I must have a very high tolerance for prescription drugs because Vicodin did nothing to ease the pain from a wisdom tooth extraction that I had.But,apparently,Vicodin has some powerful pain relieving ingredients that combine acetaminophen with other narcotics.

Acetaminophen can cause liver damage & that fact has the FDA(Food and Drug Administration) panel so worried that they want to reduce the amount of acetaminophen in over-the-counter drugs,such as Tylenol.And they want to ban prescription drugs like Vicodin altogether.

Here's more on the FDA panel's recommendations from Freep.com:

"Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions today on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.

The Food and Drug Administration assembled 37 experts to recommend ways to reduce deadly overdoses with acetaminophen, which is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and sends 56,000 people to the emergency room annually. About 200 die each year.

“We’re here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal and this is the one opportunity we have to do something that will have a big impact,” said Dr. Judith Kramer of Duke University Medical Center.

But over-the-counter cold medicines — such as Nyquil and Theraflu — that combine other drugs with acetaminophen can stay on the market, the panel said, rejecting a proposal to take them off store shelves.

The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, though it usually does. The agency gave no indication when it would act on the recommendations.

In a series of votes today, the panel recommended 21-16 to lower the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen from 4 grams, or eight pills of a medication such as Extra Strength Tylenol. They did not specify how much it should be lowered.

The panel also endorsed limiting the maximum single dose of the drug to 650 milligrams. That would be down from the 1,000-milligram dose, or two tablets of Extra Strength Tylenol.

A majority of panelists also said the 1,000-milligram dose should only be available by prescription.

The industry group that represents Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth and other companies defended the current dosing that appears on over-the-counter products."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.