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A Kentucky man who hacked into an online account for followers of a Ohio high school’s football team to expose the gang rape of a teenage girl has pleaded guilty to charges associated with the hack. Deric Lostutter, 29  pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this week to one count of conspiracy and one count of making false statements to law enforcement agents after hacking into a site for fans of the Steubenville High School football team, according to court records. He is facing a longer term than the rapists.

Submitted by Brittany Hunter via The Mises Institute,

Cheering for the home team can unify communities divided by politics, economics, and personal differences. However, this unification can come at a high cost, one that will inevitably fall to the taxpayer. While it is typical for professional athletic associations to use tax dollars to pay for their stadiums, arenas, or other venues of choice, public subsidies are not the only means to this end, nor are they the most efficient.

A professional Iranian footballer has been banned from domestic competition for six months after wearing bright yellow SpongeBob trousers in public. The morality committee of Iran’s football association suspended Sosha Makani after seeing a picture of him wearing what appears to be a pair of SpongeBob SquarePants on social media.  Vice Sports reports: The federation’s morality committee was responsible for handing down the ban, after deeming Sosha Makani’s trousers inappropriate.

At this point it is just funny really...

What do bonds know?

It seems the doves are winning - because the economy is dismal...

Or is the world now betting on the next round of QE? Buying bonds, buying stocks, buying gold, and selling USDollars?

You knew this was going to happen one day:

High school girls in Alaska are crying foul after a male sprinter took home all-state honors in girls’ track and field. According to local reports, it was the first time in Alaskan history that a male athlete competed in the girls’ state championships.

Haines senior Nattaphon Wangyot–who self-identifies as a girl–advanced to the state finals in the 100-meter and 200-meter events. He won fifth place in the 100-meter dash and third place in the 200-meter. In both events, he competed against girls as young as ninth grade