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| Colleyville | 2 | Opponent: Marcus MO | Judge: David Dosch 1 ac - util resource wars et biodiversity |
| Durham | 1 | Opponent: Charlotte Latin ELi | Judge: Gheorghe Cojocariu 1 AC - Structural Violence developing nations environment |
| Sunvite | 1 | Opponent: Lexington MS | Judge: Henry Eberhart 1AC Round Reports US-China |
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Advocacy KTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harker AR | Judge: Andrew Wixson Link The aff read a 6-minute speech where they positioned themselves as the solvency advocate – they read the advocacy text by itself. This is NOT just a link of omission – it’s a norm that if you advocate for something, you read an author who supports that position. B. Impacts
2. Aronson Second, white saviorism DA: your framing positions YOU as the person who can stop cultural domination is a form of whiteness even if you don’t identify as white – if you aren’t citing authors who make that argument, who the hell died and made you the arbiter of what marginalized people want? Aronson: Aronson, Brittany A. Assistant Professor, Miami University “The White Savior Industrial Complex: A Cultural Studies Analysis of a Teacher Educator, Savior Film, and Future Teachers.” Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2017. CH In 2012, Nigerian-American novelist Turns and outweighs the aff on CYCLICAL HARMS – they CREATE THE CONDITIONS THEY TRY TO SOLVE. Crawford Reject their representations and vote them down – their performance is a reason they should lose – even if you want to evaluate substance, this is still relevant because it DOUBLE-TURNS the substance they read. Reps come before policy. Crawford: Crawford, Neta. Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Boston University “Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention.” Cambridge University Press, September 2009. CH Coherent arguments are unlikely to | 11/20/21 |
China-Threat KTournament: Sunvite | Round: 1 | Opponent: Lexington MS | Judge: Henry Eberhart China threat discourses are grounded in and productive of white supremacy. The fundamental being of American self-identity requires the specter of the Chinese otherTurner 2013 ~Oliver, Research Associate at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, "'Threatening' China and US security: the international politics of identity," Review of International Studies 39.4, GDI-ATN~ Historical and ideological understandings of China determine US "threat" assessments – policies manufacture and enable these representationsTurner 2013 ~Oliver, Research Associate at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, "'Threatening' China and US security: the international politics of identity," Review of International Studies 39.4, GDI-ATN~ Double Bind—-Either the "China Threat" is real and they pose a threat to other countries OR Threat Discourse doesn't Turn China Violent and their Rise Will Be PeacefulShannon Tiezzi 14, Her main focus is on China, and she writes on China's foreign relations, domestic politics, and economy. Shannon previously served as a research associate at the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, where she hosted the weekly television show China Forum. She received her A.M. from Harvard University and her B.A. from The College of William and Mary, June 03, 2014, "Beijing's China Threat' Theory", http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/beijings-china-threat-theory/ The aff just leads to securitizing the US, Japan, and India as threats—-makes the impact inevitableWilliam Callahan 05, Chair Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester, October 7 2005, How to understand China: the dangers and opportunities of being a rising power, Review of International Studies, Volume 31, Issue 4, pg 701-714 | 1/7/22 |
ContactTournament: My house | Round: 1 | Opponent: you | Judge: my cats | 11/20/21 |
JANFEB - Afro Futurism PICTournament: Blake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Minnetonka AJ | Judge: Jonathan Hsu OFF 2 - PICKeeling 2019 (Kara Keeling "Queer Times, Black Futures, "It's after the End of the World (Don't You Know That Yet?)": Afrofuturism and Transindividuation, NYU Press, https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv12fw90q.6)==== | 12/19/21 |
JANFEB - BizConTournament: Colleyville | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marcus MO | Judge: David Dosch Contention 2: BizConCurrent business sentiment promises a slow and steady recovery.Dr. Mark Zandi 11/15, PhD from UPenn, economist, and director of economic research at Moody's Analytics, 11/15/21, "Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence," https://www.economy.com/economicview/indicator/usa_dsbc/5C438EAA-8AA1-484E-8931-62208FCACE22, cc ====Consistent space regulations are key to business confidence ==== Business confidence is tied to economic growthSarah Chaney Cambon 21, Reporter on The Wall Street Journal's Economics Team, BA in Business Journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, "Capital-Spending Surge Further Lifts Economic Recovery", Wall Street Journal, 6/27/2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/capital-spending-surge-further-lifts-economic-recovery-11624798800 Decline cascades—-nuclear warDr. Mathew Maavak 21, PhD in Risk Foresight from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, External Researcher (PLATBIDAFO) at the Kazimieras Simonavicius University, Expert and Regular Commentator on Risk-Related Geostrategic Issues at the Russian International Affairs Council, "Horizon 2030: Will Emerging Risks Unravel Our Global Systems?", Salus Journal – The Australian Journal for Law Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Professionals, Volume 9, Number 1, p. 2-8 | 2/5/22 |
JANFEB - PTDTournament: Colleyville | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marcus MO | Judge: David Dosch Contention 3: PTD CPStates ought to establish or expand an international public trust obligation towards celestial protection.Counterplan solves global space sustainability.Babcock '19 — Hope M. Babcock, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, B.A., Smith College, L.L.B., Yale University; (2019; "ARTICLE: THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE, OUTER SPACE, AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS: TIME TO CALL HOME ET"; University of Michigan Libraries, Nexis Uni; Syracuse University Law Review, Vol. 69; LFS—JCM) But, as its principal terrestrial use has been to protect trust resources from development, the doctrine needs some modification to encourage development of celestial resources. Hence, this Article suggests that modifying the PTD to allow the application of private property management tools, like tradable development rights, will not only allow development, but also will assure that when it happens, it will not be just profitable for a few, but will also be sustainable and equitable | 2/5/22 |
JANFEB - StockTournament: Durham | Round: 1 | Opponent: Charlotte Latin ELi | Judge: Gheorghe Cojocariu NEGFramingI negate: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjustI value justice because the word "unjust" in the resolution implies an obligation of justice.The standard is maximizing expected well being. Prefer this for 3 reasonsUtilitarianism and Justice are linked greater than any other frameworkMill 63 (John Stewart Mill 1863 On the Connection Between Justice and Utility https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill5.htm)
Utilitarianism is the only moral system available to policymakers.Goodin 95' Robert E. Goodin 95 professor of government at the University of Essex, and professor of philosophy and social and political theory at Australian National University, "Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy", Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy, May 1995 HSLASC Because public policy makers act on behalf of a collective body they must look at util first.Woller 97' Gary, Brigham Young University, "A Forum On The Role of Environmental Ethics in Restructuring Environmental Policy and Law for the Next Century", Policy Currents, 1997 HSLASC
Contention 1: InnovationInnovation high now but the affirmative ruins itRaghavan 21~Seetha Raghavan, Seetha Raghavan is a professor in UCF's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 8-4-2021, "The Impact of Innovation in the New Era of Space Exploration," University of Central Florida News | UCF Today, https://www.ucf.edu/news/the-impact-of-innovation-in-the-new-era-of-space-exploration/~~/ISEE Commercial space innovation is the only way for long term tech issues.Charles Beames 18, Chairman of the SmallSat Alliance, Executive Chairman of York Space Systems, former Principal Director of Space and Intelligence in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD(ATandL)), Col. (ret.) in the USAF where he served 23 years in space and intelligence leadership positions around the world, 8/8/18, "Op-ed | SmallSat Alliance is on a path toward a new space horizon," https://spacenews.com/op-ed-smallsat-alliance-is-on-a-path-toward-a-new-space-horizon/ That's key to getting off the rockMallick and Rajagopalan, 19 (Senjuti Mallick is pursuing an L.L.M. in International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Graduate of ILS Law College and Rajeswari Rajagopalan is a Distinguished Fellow and Head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation, Technical Adviser to the UN Group of Governmental Experts on the Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space, former Research Officer at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses and Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Politics at National Chung Hsing University, 1-24-2019, accessed on 10-17-2021, Observer Research Foundation, " If space is 'the province of mankind', who owns its resources ", https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ORF_Occasional_Paper_182_Space_Mining.pdf, HBisevac) Colonization solves inevitable extinction.Kovic '19 ~Marko; March 2019; co-founder president of the Zurich Institute of Public Affairs Research; "The future of energy," https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/aswz9/download~~ Contention 2: MiningThe private sector is essential for asteroid mining – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX's success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ Asteroid mining can happen with private sector innovation and is key to solve a laundry list of impacts—climate change, economic decline and asteroid collisions. Taylor 19Chris Taylor ~journalist~, 19 - ("How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires," Mashable, 2019, accessed 12-13-2021, https://mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy)//ML Warming causes extinction.Bill McKibben 19, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; holds honorary degrees from 18 colleges and universities; Foreign Policy named him to their inaugural list of the world's 100 most important global thinkers. "This Is How Human Extinction Could Play Out." Rolling Stone. 4-9-2019. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bill-mckibben-falter-climate-change-817310/ | 1/14/22 |
JANFEB Celestial InnovationTournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eden Prairie | Judge: Jacob Nails | 12/18/21 |
JANFEB SecurityTournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eden Prairie | Judge: Jacob Nails | 12/18/21 |
NOVDEC - BizCon DATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: James Logan KL | Judge: Leah Villanueva Mutikani 21 (Lucia Mutikani, Economics correspondent @ Reuters, “U.S. corporate profits soar in second quarter; economic growth raised”, August 26, 21, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/business/us-second-quarter-economic-growth-revised-slightly-higher-weekly-jobless-claims-2021-08-26/)//babcii The level of GDP is The affirmative crushes business confidence, especially in vulnerable economies. Tenza 20Mlungisi Tenza LLB LLM LLD Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal 2020 "The effects of violent strikes on the economy of a developing country: a case of South Africa," No Publication, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttextandpid=S1682-58532020000300004/ISEE These strikes are not only Business confidence is tied to economic growth Sarah Chaney Cambon 21, Reporter on The Wall Street Journal's Economics Team, BA in Business Journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, “Capital-Spending Surge Further Lifts Economic Recovery”, Wall Street Journal, 6/27/2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/capital-spending-surge-further-lifts-economic-recovery-11624798800 Business investment is emerging as Decline cascades into nuclear war Dr. Mathew Maavak 21, PhD in Risk Foresight from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, External Researcher (PLATBIDAFO) at the Kazimieras Simonavicius University, Expert and Regular Commentator on Risk-Related Geostrategic Issues at the Russian International Affairs Council, “Horizon 2030: Will Emerging Risks Unravel Our Global Systems?”, Salus Journal – The Australian Journal for Law Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Professionals, Volume 9, Number 1, p. 2-8 Various scholars and institutions regard | 11/20/21 |
NOVDEC - Conditions Good DATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: James Logan KL | Judge: Leah Villanueva Fabbrini 2012 Federico Fabbrini (PhD Researcher in the Law Department at the European University Institute) “Europe in Need of a New Deal: On Federalism, Free Market, and the Right to Strike.” Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 43, 2012. JDN. https://www.iuscommune.eu/html/activities/2012/2012-11-29/workshop5_Fabbrini.pdf The right to strike can be limited to ensure that essential services continue. Malebye 14 Cynthia Dithato Malebye (Department of Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria). “The Right to Strike in Respect of Employment Relationships and Collective Bargaining.” Dissertation. University of Pretoria, April 2014. JDN. https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/43163/Malebye_Right_2014.pdf?sequence=1 | 11/20/21 |
SEPOCT - Retaliation DATournament: Holy Cross | Round: 2 | Opponent: L C Anderson AS | Judge: David Herrera Reducing IP protections in the WTO triggers US to go wild and retaliate using 301. Even the aftermath is just a return to the US bullying LDCs into submission. | 11/20/21 |
SEPOCT - Synthetic Bio DATournament: Holy Cross | Round: 2 | Opponent: L C Anderson AS | Judge: David Herrera When we asked IP law restriction bombs innovation; chills RandD and patent stability. Innovation optimizes synthetic biology-~--extinction. | 11/20/21 |
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