The High Weirdness Project: 2009-07-18

US Army decides its troops can smoke in war zones: [1]
Amazon.com erases George Orwell books from Kindle: [2]
China bans the sale of "virtual currency," i.e. using real money to pay for online gaming money: [3]
US military trains the Afghan army to launch a faith-based attack on the Taliban: [4]
The Department of Pre-Crime becomes reality (soon): [5]
Connecticut Department of Children and Families removes links to gay-friendly churches from its Web site: [6]
They're going overboard with the Michael Jackson tributes, but a sculpture in butter isn't going to be one of them: [7]
Georgia Web site ticks off gays (which is obviously exactly what it wanted) by hosting an online game called "Hunt The Homo:" [8]
Musicians ask Obama to ban music torture: [9]
Aussie porn show "Boobs On Bikes" will feature the world's biggest breasts: [10]
Ten really crappy ways to die: [11]
UK squatters take over an empty city centre bingo hall which was recently closed down: [12]
Greek anti-immigrant and "anarchist" repression: [13]
US personnel help China "interrogate" Muslim (Uighur) terror suspects: [14]
I'm sure you've seen those Facebook ads using your friends – or your spouse – to sell hot single girls to you: [15]
Angola police rescue 29 children from witchcraft sect: [16]
Bible-thumping group TheCall declares war – "First the abortionists, then the homosexuals:" [17]
The Vatican wakes up to the wisdom of Oscar Wilde: [18]
Amazingly, some of those dangerous Internet perverts aren't drooling 45-year-old men: [19]
Hey, what if we had a gay religion? [20]
Man beats girlfriend with 18-pound crucifix: [21]
A look at Camp Quest, the summer camp for atheist kids: [22]
How to prove Those Other Religions are false: [23]
Brazilian government's Web site for jobless workers makes its users type passwords like "bum" and "shameless:" [24]
A spirited defense of Sci-Fi Channel changing its name to "Syfy:" [25] (Y don't know, Y styll thynk yt's sylly…)
Remember those secret BDSM drawings from Superman artist Joe Shuster? Guess what, they're going to make a movie about it: [26]