TMB: What will the world look like in 2017?‏ Plus More

What will the world look like in 2017? By Matthew Continetti
Five months ago, you will recall, President Obama was preparing to launch military strikes against Bashar al-Assad. The strikes were averted when the Russians, seizing on a gaffe by Secretary of State John Kerry, proposed a deal in which Assad would give up his WMD if the United States did not bomb.
Pentagon intelligence official says Chinese hypersonic weapon poses major challenge By Bill Gertz
China’s testing of a new ultra-high-speed maneuvering warhead represents a major threat to U.S. military forces, a Pentagon intelligence official said on Thursday.
CAP Selectively Quotes Reports to Bolster Oil Export Ban By Lachlan Markay
Republicans criticized the left wing Center for American Progress at a Thursday Senate hearing for releasing a report that they say misrepresents the findings of studies on crude oil exports.
Environmentalists Defend Pedophilia Advocate By Lachlan Markay
Environmentalists are rallying to the defense of an anti-fracking activist who has advocated pedophilia and incest after a Pennsylvania court barred her from entering any land owned or leased by a local oil company.

Missile, Cyber Threats Endanger Israel By Abraham Rabinovich
JERUSALEM – Some 170,000 rockets and missiles are currently aimed at Israel’s cities from Arab countries in the region, the head of Israeli Military Intelligence, Gen. Aviv Kochavi, said this week.

‘The Act of Killing’ Review   By Sonny Bunch
The Act of Killing is an odd movie. The Oscar-nominated feature documentary is, in part, a look at mass murderers grown old, an examination of their feelings (or lack thereof) regarding the crimes they committed decades previously. It is also a surreal reconstruction of the crimes under consideration, played out by the killers themselves for director Joshua Oppenheimer. Finally, it’s a consideration of the way we choose to remember, and of the power of the moving image to shape the interpretation of history.
Twitter’s Feminists Prove Their Toxicity By Sonny Bunch
You may remember a piece I posted yesterday on an interesting article in the Nation about the ways in which the left’s norms have turned into weapons yielded by feminists against each other in a kind of race to the holier-than-thou bottom.

Running Scared: Senate Democrats flee from Obama By David Rutz
Vulnerable Senate Democrats in several states are running for re-election and away from President Obama in 2014.