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2010-06-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Flotilla Aid' to Gaza Includes Expired Medicines, Old Equipment

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Posted by Goober Crealet3411 2010-06-01 11:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The "humanitarian" aid is never that. It is to give Israel a black eye or to smuggle weapons to Gaza.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-06-01 11:49|| 2010-06-01 11:49|| Front Page Top

#2 "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."

Alas, Israel seems beset by "some" of the people. If their neighbors aren't careful, they'll change, and if they are careful, they'll change. Not all change is the same.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-06-01 12:22|| 2010-06-01 12:22|| Front Page Top

#3 A serious humanitarian ship with one chance to take supplies could have had 5x the number folding wheelchairs instead of mini golf carts. Unless of course the tortada organizers are just poser provacaters..

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-06-01 12:40|| 2010-06-01 12:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't be ffoled by the expired meds claim. This is counter propaganda. The dates on the packages are expired but when checked on line the meds life is extended. This is common in humanitarian aid.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-06-01 13:09|| 2010-06-01 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 It's always a year after you buy it. That way you are encouraged to toss it and buy more next time you need it.

Posted by gorb 2010-06-01 13:41|| 2010-06-01 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 But is ALL medicine REALLY bad , or are the pharmaceutical companies using this to increase sales?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-06-01 14:44|| 2010-06-01 14:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Probably a little marketing and more than a little CYA. Drugs are rarely properly stored.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-06-01 15:08|| 2010-06-01 15:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Most meds lose potency over time making dosage problematic. A few become dangerous, like doxycycline.

Obviously the drug companies build in a margin of error for the expiry. Not least because it lessens the chances of being sued.

I believe donating expired meds for use in the third world is a common practice.

Posted by phil_b 2010-06-01 15:09|| 2010-06-01 15:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Must be a few thousand kilos of plastique on that ship somewhere. Please keep looking.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-01 15:15|| 2010-06-01 15:15|| Front Page Top

#10 why they need meds. I thought EVERYTHING was allahs will

Posted by chris 2010-06-01 20:01|| 2010-06-01 20:01|| Front Page Top

#11 "It is to give Israel a black eye or AND to smuggle weapons to Gaza."

FTFY, Darth.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-01 21:15|| 2010-06-01 21:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Again, PALEOS PROB > Among other, are deemed by their fellow regional Muslims as merely ISLAMIZED CANAANITES = HEBREWS/JEWS WHOM ARE ETHNICALLY OR GENETICALLY RELATED TO ISRAELI JEWS SAVE FOR BEING MUSLIM [conquest or conversion].

The popular Muslim belief of COMMON "UMMAH" for the Paleos is MORE [silent]MYTH/FALLACY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-06-01 21:54|| 2010-06-01 21:54|| Front Page Top

#13 phil_b is correct about the drugs and that extends also to the equipment. Every several years hospitals will completely switch a lot of equipment in order to meet new standards and keep up with new technologies. The equipment is only a few years old, but believe me, it takes a beating in just one year and will look 20 years old.
Hospitals then send it overseas and write it off as donations to charity.
I've gathered the materials for a humanitarian crate or two in my time. Not everything requested/packed always makes sense - but don't ask me why the power chairs instead of manual ones...I wouldn't have done it, but I know many who would have.

Posted by sjb 2010-06-01 23:15|| 2010-06-01 23:15|| Front Page Top

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