Posted on 09/12/2015 5:33:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Police departments in the United States are reported to have bought a foul-smelling liquid developed in Israel to repel protesters. What is "skunk" and how is it used, asks Yolande Knell.
It is a truly putrid stench. Palestinians who have been sprayed describe it as "worse than raw sewage" and "like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey".
Invented by Israeli firm Odortec, skunk water was first used by the Israeli military against demonstrators in the occupied West Bank in 2008. Since then armoured vehicles equipped with water cannon spraying jets of the stinky liquid have become a regular sight.
Although it may induce a gagging reflex, the company says skunk is made "100% food-grade ingredients" and is "100% eco-friendly - harmless to both nature and people".
The secret recipe includes yeast, baking powder and water, which sounds innocent enough. But the scent can linger on skin and in the environment for days, sometimes longer.
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Our president smells just like it lately .
Need to spray it on the Capitol Building every day.
If it will repel Arabs it must be positively lethal to Westerners.
From what I hear Pali’s smell like in the first place, this stuff must be “super skunk”!!!!
Which, if it was due to the death of the RATs, would be a tolerable, nay, refreshing aroma.
Smells like a Democrat bride..........
For many of the Occupy Wall Street crowd-types “skunk water” would improve their odor.
Would have come in handy in Ferguson and Baltimore!
“describe it as “worse than raw sewage” and “like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey”.”
In other words it smells like an arab.
I suspect it is likely butyric acid, a food/flavor additive derived from butter. Awfully attention grabbing, that.
Green “Peace” uses it (butyric acid) inside projectiles launched onto whaling ships.
The question is, is it Kosher?
Toss in some outdated, skunky IPA and you’re good to go.
True!
you beat me to it, as Obama uses it as his cologne or is it his toilet water!
It’s Moochelle’s bathwater.
Perhaps more important, if dealing with Palestinians, is it ‘halal’? Let’s hope not, and get the word out to them.
Spray the UN to remind them all of home.
Sounds like stale beer.
How accommodating to so-called palestinians.
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