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I'm predicting one of the capabilities will be a small team of about 6 men that can be launched by SpaceX via rocket and a DragonX type of capsule to anywhere on earth in 60 minutes.

Ah good to see there have been some steps to counter this.

On my personal facebook page I sometimes put up a photo of me in uniform. When I do this, once in a while I will get a friend request from either a really hot girl (who would never talk to me in real life), who only has a few Arab friends, or someone with an Arab name with/without a profile...

Got it, all good points on your end. I guess the question is what kind of training could be added to the police arsenal that would help them be more effective if they are expected to respond?

All commendable acts. However, are they properly trained for it? Is it too much to expect with the training they are given? What if they were alone, and had to go in by themselves? It's a lot harder to act in that situation.

I'm not sure it's bad training, but simply expecting too much. Police officers are trained for dealing with the public, not urban combat (rightfully so). I mean this more in the psychological front than tactical, in that the Police are not the Army. They are not trained with the concept of...

They say they can't afford it, but does anyone know an accurate number of what VAC is actually asking for? (Total cost, not just how much each service member might get in hand) Hard to assess the validity of Treudeu's statement otherwise.

No one here is going to be able to answer that. When are more fully evaluated by a psychiatrist they may be able to give you their opinion. However, all decisions are made at VAC and no one will know until then. It will likely be many months before you get to that point. My rule of thumb is 6...

Heard from a friend here that a group of people went into a parkade and had no cell phone reception. The cleaning woman apparently led them in a prayer. ha. It's comedy gold.

What is your general location? If you are outside Hawaii that is pretty odd.

This is also assuming you have time to make it to your bunker.

Lots of factors coming into play there.  These systems go into the ocean, downhill for the most part. Pressure changes would be very strong but short lived so I don't think the pressure difference would last long enough to pull all the water up. It beats standing in the middle of the road or the...

One of the responses I've seen in the news here is a guy who popped open a man hole cover and put his kids down below. In a real situation that would likely be a really good spot in a pinch. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5266571/How-Hawaii-gripped-panic-false-missile-warning.html

Oh man! That's no joke! I happen to be in the area and got to watch the action unfold. The message went out to anyone with a smart phone in Hawaii. They took over 30 minutes to send out a message saying false alarm. There were two kinds of reactions I'm seeing, mostly via after action...

I'm also seeing large increase in wait times for response, even in the expatriates department, which is normally must faster than average. (Less people to deal with, I assume)  Too much internal bureaucracy processing files is likely the main cause.

I've been using a 3D printer for various projects for a couple of years now. (M3D printer is pretty good bang for its buck) Overall, the technology is good but is still cumbersome. Learning to 3D cad is not hard (Solidworks), but it takes time to get the hang of it. It can take a lot of work to...

My memory foam mattress works like that too, right?

That's extremely disheartening to hear. Do you mean that they will simply dismiss someone as being a 'faker'? (For whatever BS reason they can come up with)

Thanks for the replies, some good videos here!

I thought this was a good read. Looks like the list of Walts could be updated to include some Canadians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_imposter It also has this warning that I think is quite valid: