Iowahawk has the scoop for those on the home front: look out for people doing things:

“We ask the public to report any behaviors by various people that may or may not be of a suspicious nature,” said Lt. Clive Jameson of the Metropolitan Police Service. “We further ask the public to be especially vigilant for activities of broad stratas of people who may be from countries of some sort, especially those within the eastern and/or western hemisphere.”

The elevated alert levels come on the heels of a week when London and Glasgow narrowly escaped potential events that intelligence experts say may have been related to diverse groups of people doing things. Initially police had specifically asked the public for information relating to doctors driving automobiles, but that initial warning brought angry denunciations from the British Medical Association and the UK Automobile Association.

We further ask the public to be especially vigilant for activities of broad stratas of people who may be from countries of some sort, especially those within the eastern and/or western hemisphere

Eastern and/or Western? Gee, that narrows it down. Wouldn't want any kind of profiling here, now would we?

Ummmm...Mac?

It's Iowahawk.

It's a joke.

A sad joke, considering how close to the truth it is, but a joke, nonetheless.

I just drove up to New Jersey/New York from the DC area for a party on the 4th. All over the place I saw signs "Report Suspicious Activity." Don't people realize that gives people with various mental problems -- especially things like paranoia and obsessive compulsive personality disorder -- a green light to complain about things they don't like and/or understand?

I suspect the authorities get far more false positives than valuable information from this kind of thing.

Ummmm...Mac?
It's Iowahawk.
It's a joke.

I know.