re <<Your postings are always full of questions marks have you noticed that?>>
... noooooo ?! reaaaaally ?! i wonder why that is?
re <<In short the politicians are concerned about the ability to distribute malware>>
... so they must also be bothered by facebook, google, ... and yet such same are either part of the military industrial complex or w/i nexus thereof, which means they must be only concerned about such same they do not control, i guess.
Re <<Remember that China exploded a satellite and put debris in orbit?>>
... yes, i do, and i suppose the event brought more balance to the world, as does hypersonic this, quantum that, stealth something else, etc and so forth. all good.
Re <<That was akin to that 12 year-old that needs to have his ass kicked to start become a man>>
... think you are mixed up. the explosion was in truth an announcement for people such as yourself. others got the message. indubitably went over your head. am not surprised.
Re <<You have core of your networks as Huawei or ZTE>>
... ATT? GOOG? CSCO? etc etc etc ... same idea?
Re <<Therefore politicos' concerns>>
... am somewhat surprised that you bothered to answer rhetorical question. you must be really challenged. better to sip more jack and ponder below question ...
what's up? brazil about to go autonomous trucking? if so, am guessing most efficacious way forward would be to buy china-sourced equipment w/ embedded nxp parts courtesy of qcom, beholden to the sovereign and enabled by alipay facilitated by tencent
reuters.com
Brazil's truckers protest drags on despite dispatch of military
Flavia Bohone
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A truckers protest over diesel prices in Brazil that is hurting supplies of fuel, food and medicines continued for the sixth day on Saturday despite President Michel Temer ordering the military to clear blocked roads the day before.
Truckers attend a protest against high diesel fuel prices at BR-116 Regis Bittencourt highway in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 26, 2018. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto
Major cities have declared a state of emergency as gas stations and airports ran out of fuel, supermarket shelves went bare and hospitals said they were running out of supplies. Public transport and trash collection were reduced or halted across the country and prices for some food items jumped.
The government said there were fewer blockades on major highways across the country on Saturday compared to Friday. However, the main entity representing truckers, ABCAM, said they have not changed their main argument that they will call off protests only when federal taxes over diesel are scrapped.
Later on Saturday, federal forces and police appeared to be gaining an edge on clearing some roads. They were escorting convoys with fuel and other products in some areas in the country, including the airport in the capital Brasilia.
Negotiators for several trucker groups initially agreed on Thursday to suspend the protests as the government promised to subsidize and stabilize diesel prices, which may cost 5 billion reais ($1.4 billion) this year.
But truckers say they want a definitive solution, that they will end the protest only when a decision to eliminate federal diesel taxes is published in the official gazette.
Local TV showed footage overnight of federal forces being deployed to some critical areas to help police remove trucks from highways. There were no reports of violence, but main roads remained blocked in the morning.
Truckers attend a protest against high diesel fuel prices at BR-116 Regis Bittencourt highway in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 26, 2018. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto
Some business sectors that depend on daily supplies were suffering.
Lack of animal feed may cause the deaths of one billion birds and 20 million hogs, Brazilian meat group ABPA said, adding that more than 150 poultry and pork processing plants had indefinitely suspended production.
Brazil’s sugar industry, the world’s largest, is slowly halting cane harvest operations as machines ran out of fuel.
Blockades continue to prevent trucks from entering the port of Santos, Latin America’s largest, and oilseeds crushing group Abiove said soy exports would halt on Saturday if truckers did not allow access to major ports.
Auto production, which contributes about a quarter of Brazil’s industrial output, ground to a halt on Friday.
Authorities said even after roads are completely cleared, it would still take several days to normalize supplies.
Reporting by Flavia Bohone and Marcelo Teixeira; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Susan Thomas |
