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Eisenhower was the quintessential main-street mid-century Republican. Back when Republican meant pro-business, but not big business trampling small business. When the enemy was Godless Communism, not the "Democrat Party" and when even Republicans could admit that sometimes government could be part of the solution and not be the problem. It was his administration, in fact that blessed the nation with the Interstate Highway system, and although a prime motivator for that was military, like the Internet, it's civilian utility has made it an essential part of modern life and commerce.

If the Republican Party were to promote people like Eisenhower today, the nation wouldn't be looking at an election where you have to decide whether Trump is more frightening or Hilary is more corrupt. We might actually have someone worth voting for instead of against.

another tragedy, the result of Godless Harry Potter pandering to Satanic Witchcraft.

Angry that "real America" is not getting the jobs but instead the decadent godless liberal urban areas?

We must vote for trump, to put an end to the SIN AND GODLESSNESS that is destroying our country. Trump will CLEAN this nation from the DEMONS that feast upon our children's SOULS.

Aren't you reaching a bit here. First the user has to download and install the malware and give it the admin password. How in gods name do you manage to read into that as 'rooting' the device. Do you have to serve up that self serving Microsoft propaganda on slashdot. Ars Technica -> Condé Nast->Microsoft-> Ars Technica

This wouldn't have happened if the users were more intelligently designed. WHo the fuck installs something called "Summer Flashlight"?!?

We're all in deep shit unless we get right with God.

https://youtu.be/i_9aTfGgF0c

Wish I had mod points - my hat's off to you sir!

According to TFA, the actual binary name is libgodlikelib.so, which is more apropos, so I'm not sure why they are calling it "godless." I do however agree that the whole fundamental Android security model is not intelligently designed.

Some variants are just the bare bones needed to install a payload which then waits for remote C&C instructions.

+1 Insightful

That was pretty witty.

Ha! I see what you did there.

This wouldn't have happened if Android had been more intelligently designed.

So the program has access to a vast cache of exploits that it uses to root the phone.

And then it does.. what? The summary makes it sound like Godless is just a root tool.

It's okay, our stupid ideas are protected by the DMCA, which the Godless commies haven't swiped yet.

... China is an officially atheist state ...

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... A naive effort using Google translate suggests that the actual translation is something more like "Extend Prestige"

CCP is a godless communist party in China. CCP's history in China compares to China's thousands of years of history is but miniscule

Thus, CCP is not, cannot, and will never be the entire China

Throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history the Chinese worshiped (and still worshiping) their own deity (or deities)

Old habit dies hard

China's spaceship is call "Shen Zhou", translate to English "God's Ship" or "God's Vessel"

Many Chinese weapon systems also have "Shen" in their namesakes, having the meaning of "God" in the name of he product does not mean CCP will automatically interfere

So, please, stop being such a goddamn asswipe

Drink some water, calm down, and chill the fuck out!

That depends on how far back you go. In the earliest days they just called it "the way". As the different sects divided they typically (but not always) identified themselves after whoever founded their sect. It wasn't until the 50's that they all started calling themselves Christian again, at least in the US, which came about because a lot of them felt that their divisions were allowing i.e. Atheists, Unitarians, Jews, other less religious sects, etc, to have their sway into mainstream politics; for example, abolishment of prayer in schools.

You should go back all the way, enough to get a complete and true picture. That's why I noted that you only named post-Lutheran sects, almost as if the prior divisions were unimportant, let alone their points of theological debate. That there were numerous ecumenical councils is a fact though, and there were plenty of other calls for unity and amalgamation among Christians at all sorts of times.

But no, in the 1950s, it was the Communists, the Godless Communists, who were driving most of the fear. Wasn't the only time though, the various Great Awakenings also united various churches and causes. The YMCA is one example. Its mission was to unite Christians and reach out to youth and provide healthy activities, not just be a song. But before that, various congregations were often amalgamated. Or allied against say, the Pope, the Anglicans, the Mormons, and the like.

And the issue of identity, aka naming, is a long standing one, but that goes beyond religion, let alone the Christian Churches.

Which morality allows the corporate surveillance state of the United States? Unending war, no health care for its citizens, mass shootings, war on whistleblowers. Seems almost...godless.

That is the "other" region of morality. There is family, tribe, and other. Demagogues have through time exploited the other zone by exploiting the tribal morality to dehumanize and attack the others.

Which morality allows the corporate surveillance state of the United States? Unending war, no health care for its citizens, mass shootings, war on whistleblowers. Seems almost...godless.

That's offensive Rambo came in kicked ass and saved people not overtake countries.

I hate commies as much as anybody, but have you considered that if Rambo had simply let the Godless Russian Communists wipe out the Innocent Afghans Who Just Wanted To Practice Their Religion in "Rambo III" we'd all be a lot better off?