April 6, 2016

Daily : Wednesday, April 6

RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 — Republican Delegate Count

2016 — Republican Delegate Count

GOP RACE: Trump Needs 56% of Remaining Delegates, Cruz Needs 81% – An Impossibility – The Gateway Pundit

Donald Trump now needs to win 56% of the remaining to win the nomination outright

Priebus: ‘The party is choosing a nominee’ | Washington Examiner

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus cautioned supporters of Donald Trump who vocally disapprove of the GOP’s delegate allocation and selection process.

RNC Chairman Priebus: Our Nominee Will Be One of Three Who’s Running – Maybe Kasich (VIDEO) – The Gateway Pundit

Priebus: I’m saying it’s going to be one of the three people running.

Country music legend Merle Haggard dies – CNN.com

, the grizzled country music legend whose songs, such as “Okie from Muskogee” and “Fightin’ Side of Me,” made him a voice for the workingman and the outsider, has died. He was 79.

Dominican Friar Confused for KKK Member at Indiana University – Christine Rousselle

Students Call for Police to Censor Classmates’ Political Messages

Last Thursday afternoon a number of anonymous chalk messages appeared on campus. But because these chalk messages read “#Stop Islam” and “Trump 2016,” these innocuous messages elicited 911 calls and apology from the president of the university. Apparently such statements constitute “hate speech.”

Feds Give University of Michigan $500,000 to Watch for Male Students Committing Microaggressions – Hit & Run : Reason.com

The University of is conducting a study on male engineering students to determine whether their unconscious biases——are driving women out of the field. The study is funded via the National Science Foundation, which means taxpayers coughed up more than $500,000 for it.

Malkin: Requiem for a VA Victim | Truth Revolt

If a loyal veteran burns himself to the ground in a forest of government bureaucrats, will anybody hear him?

This 9-Year-Old Journalist Just Schooled Her Critics – Christine Rousselle

Hilde Kate Lysiak, a 9-year-old from Selinsgrove, PA, is the writer, editor, and publisher of the Orange Street News, a paper covering events in her hometown of just over 5,000.

TSA paid $1.4 million for Randomizer app that chooses left or right | Apps and Software | Geek.com

And if you think paying over $336,000 for an like this is ridiculous, well, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

WATCH: Man Builds TSA’s “$1.4 Million App” in 10 Minutes – Christine Rousselle

On Monday, it was revealed that the had paid $1.4 million for an app that points an arrow either to the left or to the right. Chris Pacia, a programmer, posted a video on YouTube showing how it’s possible to code an identical app in 10 minutes for about $10 worth of labor.

FBI stays mum on whether data on terrorist’s iPhone is useful – CNET

What’s inside Syed Farook’s remains a mystery, at least for those of us not in the ‘s crime labs.

Hundreds of requests to unlock phones flood FBI

Requests involving more than 500 such devices streamed into the bureau’s Computer Analysis Response Team and the agency’s Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory programs during a four-month period beginning last October, two months before agents seized Farook’s device in the aftermath of the mass shooting that left 14 dead, according to the FBI.

Social Justice Warriors: Gap Ad Is Racist | The Daily Caller

GapKids has apologized profusely and vowed to change an advertisement for its Ellen DeGeneres-branded kids clothing line after a small but vocal group of critics stormed social media to condemn an image showing a tall white girl resting her arm atop a shorter black girl’s head.

Gap Sorry for ‘Racially Insensitive’ Kids Pose in Ad Photo

Other people are speaking out in defense of the photo. It turns out the two girls in the photo are sisters — daughters of actress Brooke Smith — and that Gap previously published a non-controversial ad with the same pose — except with the races reversed.

GOPUSA – Preschooler expelled when parents object to ‘gender’ ed.

A four-year-old student was kicked out of a Colorado preschool after her parents questioned the administration’s controversial curriculum that openly promotes homosexual behavior and transgenderism in the classroom.

Get compensated for your travel struggles – Business Insider

If you’ve ever tried to navigate the red tape of airline complaints (say, tried to get reimbursement for lost luggage) then you know how excruciating and hopeless that process can be. But what if you could hire someone else to fight your good fight… for free? That’s the promise behind Service, a new app that deals with — you guessed it! — your customer service battles.

Former Reps. Courser, Gamrat may sue Michigan House for lost wages, damage to reputations | MLive.com

Former Rep. Todd Courser was forced to resign and former Rep. Cindy Gamrat was expelled unconstitutionally, according to a notice of intent the duo’s attorneys filed with the Court of Claims last month.

Need a Mom? You Can Rent One! | LifeZette

For $40 an hour (plus expenses), she will be a mom without the judgment, collar straightening, or nagging a real mom might engage in. But she will offer to do any number of mom-like things, such as cooking, sewing on a button, or just listening as a client works through an issue.

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