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| Barkley Forum | 4 | Peninsula RM | Samantha McLoughlin |
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| Barkley Forum | 5 | St Agnes EH | Luke Bagdon |
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| Barkley Forum | Octas | Strath Haven AM | Ari Davidson, Gordon Krauss, David Dosch |
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| Cal | 2 | Canyon Crest AK | Ari Davidson |
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| Cal | 3 | Little Rock Central MG | Claudia Ribera |
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| Cal | 5 | Westwood SP | Saketh Kotapati |
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| College Prep | 1 | Marlborough LF | Asher Towner |
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| College Prep | 3 | Hamilton AL | April Ma |
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| College Prep | 6 | Archbishop Mitty AA | Alex Baez |
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| Glenbrooks | 1 | Basis Peoria PY | Jared Croitoru |
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| Glenbrooks | 3 | Harvard Westlake CR | Lena Mizrahi |
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| Glenbrooks | 6 | Marlborough JH | Patrick Fox |
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| Glenbrooks | 7 | Strake Jesuit MS | Gordon Krauss |
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| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Dwight Englewood EK | Leah Clark Villanueva |
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| Harvard Westlake | 4 | Stockdale GS | Ari Davidson |
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| Harvard Westlake | 6 | Harvard Westlake MT | Vanessa Nguyen |
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| Heart of Texas | 1 | Marlborough JK | David Dosch |
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| Heart of Texas | 4 | Tays KM | Jonathan Hsu |
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| Heart of Texas | 6 | Harvard Westlake KD | Danielle Dosch |
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| Heart of Texas | Doubles | Southlake Carroll EP | Danielle Dosch, David Dosch, Anabelle Long |
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| Heart of Texas | Octas | Harvard Westlake IC | Gerard Grigsby, Annabelle Long, Colton Gilbert |
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| Heart of Texas | Quarters | Homestead SL | Ari Davidson, Colton Gilbert, Jonathan Hsu |
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| Jack Howe | 1 | Perry JA | Lukas Krause |
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| Jack Howe | 3 | Peninsula EL | Jan Wimmer |
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| Jack Howe | 6 | Archbishop Mitty AA | Saketh Kotapati |
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| Mid America Cup | 1 | Princeton JG | Faizaan Dossani |
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| Mid America Cup | 3 | Strath Haven AM | Cyrus Jackson |
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| Mid America Cup | 5 | Mission San Jose SB | Spencer Orlowski |
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| Nano Nagle | 2 | Sequoia AS | Amy Nyberg |
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| Nano Nagle | 4 | Mission San Jose SR | Lukas Krause |
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| Nano Nagle | 5 | Irvington SD | Samantha McLoughlin |
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| Palm | 6 | Lexington JB | Chris Castillo |
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| Palm | Doubles | St Agnes EH | Ben Cortez, Gordon Krauss, Holden Bukowsky |
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| Palm | Octas | Northland Christian LB | Jacob Nails, Parker Hopkins, Gordon Krauss |
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| Palm Classic | 2 | Ayala AM | Aashir Sanjrani |
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| Palm Classic | 4 | West Ranch SV | Lauren Woodall |
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| Tournament | Round | Report |
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| Barkley Forum | 4 | Opponent: Peninsula RM | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1AC - Whole Res |
| Barkley Forum | 5 | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Luke Bagdon 1AC - Megaconstellations |
| Barkley Forum | Octas | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Ari Davidson, Gordon Krauss, David Dosch 1AC - LEO w Lunar Heritage |
| Cal | 2 | Opponent: Canyon Crest AK | Judge: Ari Davidson 1AC - Mining |
| Cal | 3 | Opponent: Little Rock Central MG | Judge: Claudia Ribera 1AC - Alienation |
| Cal | 5 | Opponent: Westwood SP | Judge: Saketh Kotapati 1AC-India |
| College Prep | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough LF | Judge: Asher Towner 1AC - NEW Global Commons |
| College Prep | 3 | Opponent: Hamilton AL | Judge: April Ma 1AC - Techno-O |
| College Prep | 6 | Opponent: Archbishop Mitty AA | Judge: Alex Baez 1AC- PTD |
| Glenbrooks | 1 | Opponent: Basis Peoria PY | Judge: Jared Croitoru 1AC - WHERES THE PLAN |
| Glenbrooks | 3 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake CR | Judge: Lena Mizrahi 1AC - US |
| Glenbrooks | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough JH | Judge: Patrick Fox 1AC - US Prison Workers |
| Glenbrooks | 7 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit MS | Judge: Gordon Krauss 1AC - US Courts |
| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Opponent: Dwight Englewood EK | Judge: Leah Clark Villanueva 1AC - Mining |
| Harvard Westlake | 4 | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Ari Davidson 1AC - Pomo |
| Harvard Westlake | 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake MT | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen 1AC - Cap |
| Heart of Texas | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough JK | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - Covid |
| Heart of Texas | 4 | Opponent: Tays KM | Judge: Jonathan Hsu 1AC - Covid |
| Heart of Texas | 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake KD | Judge: Danielle Dosch 1AC - Covid |
| Heart of Texas | Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll EP | Judge: Danielle Dosch, David Dosch, Anabelle Long 1AC - Cannabis |
| Heart of Texas | Octas | Opponent: Harvard Westlake IC | Judge: Gerard Grigsby, Annabelle Long, Colton Gilbert 1AC - Covid |
| Heart of Texas | Quarters | Opponent: Homestead SL | Judge: Ari Davidson, Colton Gilbert, Jonathan Hsu 1AC - Hapticality |
| Jack Howe | 1 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: Lukas Krause 1AC - Zoom |
| Jack Howe | 3 | Opponent: Peninsula EL | Judge: Jan Wimmer 1AC - Covid |
| Jack Howe | 6 | Opponent: Archbishop Mitty AA | Judge: Saketh Kotapati 1AC - Data Exlcusivity |
| Mid America Cup | 1 | Opponent: Princeton JG | Judge: Faizaan Dossani 1AC - Disability |
| Mid America Cup | 3 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Cyrus Jackson 1AC - Covid |
| Mid America Cup | 5 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SB | Judge: Spencer Orlowski 1AC - Preciado |
| Nano Nagle | 2 | Opponent: Sequoia AS | Judge: Amy Nyberg 1AC- Jordan |
| Nano Nagle | 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Lukas Krause 1AC - Virtue Ethics |
| Nano Nagle | 5 | Opponent: Irvington SD | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1AC - Whole res |
| Palm | 6 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Chris Castillo 1AC - China Kant |
| Palm | Doubles | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Ben Cortez, Gordon Krauss, Holden Bukowsky 1AC - LEO |
| Palm | Octas | Opponent: Northland Christian LB | Judge: Jacob Nails, Parker Hopkins, Gordon Krauss 1AC - China |
| Palm Classic | 2 | Opponent: Ayala AM | Judge: Aashir Sanjrani 1AC - Lunar Heritage |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Opponent: West Ranch SV | Judge: Lauren Woodall 1AC - PTD |
| turbografx16 | Quads | Opponent: Contact | Judge: Contact contact |
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0 - ContactTournament: turbografx16 | Round: Quads | Opponent: Contact | Judge: Contact | 3/5/22 |
GEN - K - Curry and CurryTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Lukas Krause Academic philosophy is anti-Black – the 1AC’s abstraction from the material consequences of racialized violence absolves white philosophers of their contributions to America’s apathy towards racismTommy J. Curry and Curry 18 ~Tommy, PhD, Prof. of Philosophy @ TAMU, Gwenetta, PhD, Ass. Prof. of Gender and Race Studies @ Alabama~, "On the Perils of Race Neutrality and Anti-Blackness: Philosophy as an Irreconcilable Obstacle to (Black) Thought," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 77, Nos. 3-4 (May-September 2018). DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12244 AND and build strategies against the present problems of racism in philosophy before us. Even if they win that their theory is theoretically ideal, it is practically impossible because racialized bodies are marked by their skin color – the psychological construction of Black as inferior makes their impacts inevitableTommy J. Curry and Curry 18 ~Tommy, PhD, Prof. of Philosophy @ TAMU, Gwenetta, PhD, Ass. Prof. of Gender and Race Studies @ Alabama~, "On the Perils of Race Neutrality and Anti-Blackness: Philosophy as an Irreconcilable Obstacle to (Black) Thought," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 77, Nos. 3-4 (May-September 2018). DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12244 AND or friends who live within their social environment. Academic philosophy operates similarly. Racism deems Black life disposable and demands racialized violence – we’re not an ad-hom that criticizes the positionality or personal views of their authors – their philosophy is actively used as an expression of white supremacyTommy J. Curry and Curry 18 ~Tommy, PhD, Prof. of Philosophy @ TAMU, Gwenetta, PhD, Ass. Prof. of Gender and Race Studies @ Alabama~, "On the Perils of Race Neutrality and Anti-Blackness: Philosophy as an Irreconcilable Obstacle to (Black) Thought," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 77, Nos. 3-4 (May-September 2018). DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12244 AND that Black philosophers and graduate students share with whites become more worthwhile topics. This turns the aff – America is organized around the subjugation and death of non-white people – discriminatory applications of their policy are inevitable absent a recognition of racialization in the law – their colorblindness is mutually exclusive with the necessary upheaval of the racial dynamics that necessitate inequality.Tommy J. and Gwenetta Curry and Curry 18 ~Tommy, PhD, Prof. of Philosophy @ TAMU, Gwenetta, PhD, Ass. Prof. of Gender and Race Studies @ Alabama~, "On the Perils of Race Neutrality and Anti-Blackness: Philosophy as an Irreconcilable Obstacle to (Black) Thought," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 77, Nos. 3-4 (May-September 2018). DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12244 AND rely on institutional racism to produce social structures that reward and elevate whites. Instead, the alternative is to affirm Black philosophy as a site to engage in radical theorizations that are a genuine reflection of Black experience – attempts at integration commodifies Black philosophers as extensions of white thinkers which waters down Black philosophy to a form for white philosophers to deem respectable scholarship – a fundamental reorientation of the discipline away from universal reason is key.Tommy J. Curry and Curry 18 ~Tommy, PhD, Prof. of Philosophy @ TAMU, Gwenetta, PhD, Ass. Prof. of Gender and Race Studies @ Alabama~, "On the Perils of Race Neutrality and Anti-Blackness: Philosophy as an Irreconcilable Obstacle to (Black) Thought," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 77, Nos. 3-4 (May-September 2018). DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12244 AND levels of thought is what is at stake in the Black philosophical project. The role of the ballot is to endorse a pedagogical investment of rejecting racism – they have to win that the aff is not racist to engage in the first place – it comes first because it determines academic spaces and is an accessibility magnifierDon’t evaluate the plan if we win a link: colorblindness is the structuring ideological conflict of debate that pervades the performances and behavior of the community | 3/23/22 |
GEN - NC - UtilTournament: College Prep | Round: 3 | Opponent: Hamilton AL | Judge: April Ma 1 Extinction o/ws – a trillions of people in future generations means the future holds a lot of value which extinction destroys – outweighs their offense under any framework, regardless of whether they are deontic or aretaic b Gateway issue - we need to be alive to assign value and debate competing moral theories- extinction literally ends the debate on “ought”. 2 Reducing existential risks is the top priority in any coherent moral theory AND be acting very wrongly.” (From chapter 36 of On What Matters) 3 Non util ethics are impossible AND religion, they don't really explain what's distinctive about the philosophy in question. | 3/25/22 |
GEN - NC - Util v3Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake MT | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen AND be acting very wrongly.” (From chapter 36 of On What Matters) No space industrial complex – they have no evidence that our authors are biased and you should reject generalizing statements – just as likely that their authors are paid off by anti-space privatization hacks Rejecting strategic predictions of threats makes them inevitable—decisionmakers will rely on preconceived conceptions of threat rather than the more qualified predictions of analysts AND , such decisions may be poorly understood by the decision-makers themselves. Off their slow violence framing cards – our DAs turn it – war, environmental destruction, etc. all disproportionately harm the most marginalized – don’t conflate small magnitude with high probability – they still need to win that they solve their impacts before they can say case outweighs | 3/25/22 |
GEN - T - Framework vs Black TerrorTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Basis Peoria PY | Judge: Jared Croitoru Interp: Our Interpretation is the affirmative should instrumentally defend the resolution about the RTS – hold the line, CX and the 1AC prove there’s no I-meet – anything new in the 1AR is either extra-T since it includes the non-topical parts of the Aff or effects-T since it’s a future result of the advocacy which both link to our offense.This does not require the use of any particular style, type of evidence, or assumption about the role of the judge — only that the topic should determine the debate’s subject matter."Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. AND ," which is defined by Bouvier as meaning "to establish by law". Violation – ~they don't~TVA- ~talk about how all black federal workers can strike which collapses industries or the government or people could refuse to do labor for the state or labor for civil society by divesting labor — tons of iterations of this ~ – you can still include performance and the criticism. Disads to the TVA prove neg ground and no right to a perfect 1acSwitch side debate – critiques of liberalism and performance can be read on the neg – solves dogmatism by testing different viewpointsVote Neg – The resolution is the only common stasis point that anchors negative preparation. Allowing any aff deviation from the resolution is a moral hazard which justifies an infinite number of unpredictable arguments with thin ties to the resolution. Because debate is a competitive game, their interpretation incentivizes affirmatives to run further towards fringes and revert to truisms which are exceedingly difficult to negate—this asymmetry is compounded by their monopoly on preparationOtherwise, they have passive opinions without meaningful advocacy – MeToo, BlackLives Matter, and other movements are grounded in particular policies that can help marginalized people – they abstract from those impacts which means movement failure is inevitable and its likely they support worse, dogmatic policies that harm marginalized people more, which internal link turns the aff.Debate doesn’t have any effect on the political and the individual arguments we read have no effect on our subjectivity, even if they spur immediate reflection, those insights aren’t integrated into deep-stored memory—this means you can vote negative on presumption. Encouraging focused, nuanced research and clash is the only chance to change attitudes long term—which means they can’t solve their impact turns but our model can.filter their impacts through predictable testability —-debate inherently judges relative truth value by whether or not it gets answered—-a combination of a less predictable case neg, the burden of rejoinder, and them starting a speech ahead will always inflate the value of their impacts, which makes non-arbitrarily weighing whether they should have read the 1ac in the first place impossible within the structure of a debate round so even if we lose framework, vote neg on presumption. They also create a moral hazard that leads to affs only about individual self-care so even if you think this aff is answerable, the ones they incentivize are not, so assume the worst possible affirmative when weighing our impacts.Ballot Paradox: Placing the decision-making potential within the ballot is violent, since no change spill out of round and makes the judge a violent arbiter of your subjectivity TFW has to be drop the debater – it indicts their method of engagement and proves we couldn’t engage fairly with their affNo RVIs – this includes impact turns and independent voting issues –1 – exclusions are inevitable – we only have 45 minutes to discuss things – doesn’t prove harmful intent2 – T is an aff burden – doesn’t justify them winning3 – forces unreasonable standard of epistemic perfection – bad arguments should be rejected, but that doesn’t implicate the team | 3/23/22 |
GEN - T - Framework vs HapticalityTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Homestead SL | Judge: Ari Davidson, Colton Gilbert, Jonathan Hsu This does not require the use of any particular style, type of evidence, or assumption about the role of the judge — only that the topic should determine the debate’s subject matter.Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. AND ," which is defined by Bouvier as meaning "to establish by law". WTO is an international trade organizationWTO ~"What is the WTO?"~ ~DS~ AND producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. Violation – ~they defend hapticality w/o the consequences of the aff~No I meets – at best they’re still extra T which kills ground and engagement because they can use it to solve back our linksTVA- ~Read the vaccine apartheid aff it makes the exast argument that you claim proven by their taglines~ – it necessarily solves all of the affs offense. Disads to the TVA prove neg ground and no right to a perfect 1acSwitch side debate – critiques of liberalism and permformance can be read on the neg – solves dogmatism by testing different viewpointsVote Neg – their interpretation eviscerates negative ground because they’ll say no implementation makes the results of the aff irrelevant – kills negative engagement and testing which internal link turns any terminal impact to debate. — proven by 1ac cx shiftinessOtherwise, they have passive opinions without meaningful advocacy – MeToo, BlackLives Matter, and other movements are grounded in particular policies that can help marginalized people – they abstract from those impacts which means movement failure is inevitable and its likely they support worse, dogmatic policies that harm marginalized people more, which internal link turns the aff. | 3/23/22 |
GEN - T - Framework vs MollowTournament: Mid America Cup | Round: 1 | Opponent: Princeton JG | Judge: Faizaan Dossani 1Interp: Affirmatives must defend that the member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines This does not require the use of any particular style, type of evidence, or assumption about the role of the judge — only that the topic should determine the debate’s subject matter.Violation:Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. AND ," which is defined by Bouvier as meaning "to establish by law". Used genericallyDictionary.com ~Online Dictionary and Thesaurus, "the"~ ~DS~ "The" is a genericOED ~Oxford English Dictionary, "the"~ ~DS~ Here is a list of the member nations of the WTO – aff is not thatWTO 7/29/16 ~World Trade Organization, "Updated Member List"~ ~DS~ AND Sudan Nation is a group of people possessing sovereign territory and governmentMerriam Webster ~Encyclopedia Britannica, "Nation"~ ~DS~
"of" relates a part to a wholeOED ~Oxford English Dictionary, "of"~ ~DS~ WTO is an international trade organizationWTO ~"What is the WTO?"~ ~DS~ AND producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. "Ought to" moral obligation==== Reduce diminish ==== IP protections cover patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secretsSpencePC 4/4/16 ~Legal Counsel, "Four Types of Intellectual Property for Business"~ ~DS~ AND The post Four Types of Intellectual Property for Businesses appeared first on SpencePC Medicine is for treatment of diseaseCED ~Cambridge English Dictionary, "Medicine"~ ~DS~ Offense:1. Limits OW —-bounded debate is the only way to guarantee preparation and defense against a well-prepared opponent—-that’s a prerequisite to using the form of debate effectively, no matter what for. Disruption alone isn’t justification for an aff ballot, they need an interpretation that guarantees pre-round relationality, genuine argumentative challenges and an agreed-upon end-point. Their model of debate allows the most powerful to disrupt the communicative forum – their interp is an insular victory at best and disastrous at worst for debate’s liberatory potential.Hansen, PhD, 18 AND be limited according to unconscious power structures, the rules of the strongest? 2. FairnessA. Non topical advocacies mean they can defend anything outside the resolution which is unpredictable, and also defend uncontestable offense like racism bad. This kills NEG ground and thus equal access to the ballot.B. Debate is a game: forced winner/loser, competitive norms, and the tournament invite prove. Alternative impacts like activism or education can be pursued in other forums. This makes fairness the most important impactC. Preparation- repacking the topic gives the aff a huge edge, they can prepare for 6 months on an issue that catches us by surprise. Preparation is better than thinking on your feet- research demonstrates pedagogical humility and research skills are the only portable debate trainingD. Library DA- there are a finite amount of ways to stop IP protections, but an infinite number of non topical affirmatives. not debating the topic allows someone to specialize in one area of the library for 4 years giving them a huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months.E. Exclusionary rule- you can’t vote on the case outweighs T because lack of preparation prevents rigorous testing of the AC claims. If we win fairness we don’t have to "outweigh" other impactsF. TVA – ~Read this as an advantage under wholeres; lack of medicine access disproportionately effects those with disability who need medicine but dont receive it~. Solves their education offense. Our TVA is purposefully imperfect to ensure negative ground and force SSD.Outweighs their impacts - Links best to the role of the judge to determine the winner as per the ballot – that’s impossible if the round’s unfair. Even if their method is good for education there’s no reason you vote on it, just as even if exercise is good for soccer players you don’t vote for the team that ran most.Voter: Drop the debater on T – the round is already skewed from the beginning because their advocacy excluded by ability to generate NC offense– letting them sever doesn’t solve any of the abuseTheory is an issue of competing interpretations because reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention based on preference rather than argumentation and encourages a race to the bottom in which debaters will exploit a judge’s tolerance for questionable argumentation. | 3/23/22 |
GEN - T - Framework vs PreciadoTournament: Mid America Cup | Round: 5 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SB | Judge: Spencer Orlowski Resolved” means enactment of a law. TVA- Defend the actual implementation of removing IPP -- the aff is very close to wholeres – you can still include performance and the criticism. Disads to the TVA prove neg ground and no right to a perfect 1ac Switch side debate – critiques of liberalism and permformance can be read on the neg – solves dogmatism by testing different viewpoints Vote Neg – their interpretation eviscerates negative ground because they’ll say no implementation makes the results of the aff irrelevant – kills negative engagement and testing which internal link turns any terminal impact to debate. -- proven by 1ac cx shiftiness Otherwise, they have passive opinions without meaningful advocacy – MeToo, BlackLives Matter, and other movements are grounded in particular policies that can help marginalized people – they abstract from those impacts which means movement failure is inevitable and its likely they support worse, dogmatic policies that harm marginalized people more, which internal link turns the aff. No RVIs – this includes impact turns and independent voting issues – | 3/23/22 |
GEN - T - Framework vs ZoomTournament: Jack Howe | Round: 1 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: Lukas Krause Interp: Affirmatives must defend ~~~This does not require the use of any particular style, type of evidence, or assumption about the role of the judge — only that the topic should determine the debate’s subject matter.Violation:"Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. AND ," which is defined by Bouvier as meaning "to establish by law". "The" refers to the whole group in this instanceMerriam Webster ~The Free Dictionary, "the" – definite article~ ~DS~ Nation is an official territorial division independent and sovereignMerriam Webster ~Encyclopedia Britannica, "Nation"~ ~DS~
"Ought to" moral obligation==== Reduce diminish ==== Medicine Includes anything that leads to physical, mental, or social well beingJohn Walford Todd 9/7/20 ~Encyclopedia Britannica, "Medicine"~ ~DS~ AND promotion and care of health—is concerned with this ideal. Offense:1. Limits OW —-bounded debate is the only way to guarantee preparation and defense against a well-prepared opponent—-that’s a prerequisite to using the form of debate effectively, no matter what for. Disruption alone isn’t justification for an aff ballot, they need an interpretation that guarantees pre-round relationality, genuine argumentative challenges and an agreed-upon end-point. Their model of debate allows the most powerful to disrupt the communicative forum – their interp is an insular victory at best and disastrous at worst for debate’s liberatory potential.Hansen, PhD, 18 AND be limited according to unconscious power structures, the rules of the strongest? 2. FairnessA. Non topical advocacies mean they can defend anything outside the resolution which is unpredictable, and also defend uncontestable offense like racism bad. This kills NEG ground and thus equal access to the ballot.B. Debate is a game: forced winner/loser, competitive norms, and the tournament invite prove. Alternative impacts like activism or education can be pursued in other forums. This makes fairness the most important impactC. Preparation- repacking the topic gives the aff a huge edge, they can prepare for 6 months on an issue that catches us by surprise. Preparation is better than thinking on your feet- research demonstrates pedagogical humility and research skills are the only portable debate trainingD. Library DA- there are a finite amount of ways to stop ~~, but an infinite number of non topical affirmatives. not debating the topic allows someone to specialize in one area of the library for 4 years giving them a huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months.E. Exclusionary rule- you can’t vote on the case outweighs T because lack of preparation prevents rigorous testing of the AC claims. If we win fairness we don’t have to "outweigh" other impactsF. TVA – You could read a Covid aff that focuses on the data aspects of IPP bc medicines requires tons of RandD and innovation and you can discuss the gatekeeping of medicines had forced us into the pandemic and on zoom. This could just be an advantage under that aff.- Solves their education offense. Our TVA is purposefully imperfect to ensure negative ground and force SSD.Outweighs their impacts - Links best to the role of the judge to determine the winner as per the ballot – that’s impossible if the round’s unfair. Even if their method is good for education there’s no reason you vote on it, just as even if exercise is good for soccer players you don’t vote for the team that ran most.Voter: Drop the debater on T – the round is already skewed from the beginning because their advocacy excluded by ability to generate NC offense– letting them sever doesn’t solve any of the abuseT is an issue of competing interpretations because reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention based on preference rather than argumentation and encourages a race to the bottom in which debaters will exploit a judge’s tolerance for questionable argumentation. | 3/23/22 |
GEN - Th - DisclosureTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Basis Peoria PY | Judge: Jared Croitoru A. Interpretation: Debaters may only read positions that are disclosed before the debate on their NDCA wiki page under their own name with full citations, tags, and first three/last three words.B. Violation: screenshots in the doc my timestamps are weird b/c im on west coast
C. Standards:Quality engagement – disclosure allows in-depth preparation before the round which checks back against unpredictable positions and allows debaters to effectively write case negs and blocks – allows for reciprocal engagement where each side has an equal opportunity to prepare as opposed to scouting capacity to determine success, and incentivizes in-depth debates which is key to clash and good topic education.Reciprocity – the majority of national circuit buys into disclosure and put stuff on the wiki. They get access to cites and cards for cases and prep, which improves quality ground and means they can predict what other people are running, but we can’t predict them proven by they have a wiki but wont disclose. That outweighs – a) every reason disclosure is good is an advantage for them and not me, b) view their counter-interp with a grain of salt since it’s self-serving.Academic Ethics – disclosure deters mis-cutting, power-tagging, abuse of brackets and ellipses, and plagiarism since it allows debaters to check for those issues out of round. Academic honesty outweighs – it’s a real-world norm and debate loses all educational value if we can just make up cards.Deep Research – disclosure incentivizes specific, in-depth researchNails ’13 (Jacob, "A Defense of Disclosure (Including Third-Party Disclosure)", 10/10/2013) AND , backfiles and briefs would have done LD in a long time ago. Fairness- the ballot asks who did the better debating not the better cheating- the round is skewed which prevents evaluating substance their args in cx dont make cxEducation- it’s the purpose of debateCompeting-interpretations- reasonability is arbitrary, invites judge intervention, and collapses into competing-interpsNo RVIs- they chill legitimate theory and are illogical since you don’t win for being fair. You can make you-violates and I-meets and read theory, solves reciprocity supercharged b/c they have a wiki with contact info but wont disclose so they'll have it prepped out. | 3/23/22 |
JF - CP - Africa Large Sats PICTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 5 | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Luke Bagdon - - - is just. LEO is uniquely accessible to African industry due to cheaper launch and production costs – that solves Earth Observation, internet, national security, and spills over to enrich the economy AND towards increase of space and satellite capacity in an affordable and beneficial manner. LEO Earth Science Observation Satellites uniquely solve a host of environmental threats – pollution, climate change, biod, defo, soil erosion AND conditions have developed from past environmental drivers in order to predict future conditions. Warming causes extinction AND the “fat-tail” outcomes, as illustrated in Figure 1. Independent African broadband network key to push out Chinese investment – which kills African democracy AND to secure the future of this region and our economic relationships with it. Chinese expansion in Africa escalates absent democratic relations AND itself, not on containing and undermining the business of a third party. | 3/25/22 |
JF - CP - OzoneTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: Octas | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Ari Davidson, Gordon Krauss, David Dosch There are empirical alternatives, and the CP solves ozone depletion AND . It's the alumina and black soot that is most concerning to experts. | 3/25/22 |
JF - CP - PolycentricityTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 4 | Opponent: Peninsula RM | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin AND and elsewhere. The OST remains the normative framework for the space quest. Including all actors is key only they the relevant knowledge and rules in establishing governance AND establish a governance system that is continuously evolving and meeting the changing needs. Absent the private sector we'll backslide AND benefit from REDD+ and hinders the development and implementation of effective policies. Polycentricity solves better - it's self-correcting and is key to address specific issues instead of a broad government approach AND its agencies and powerful actors like the OECD, G7 and major powers. We don't need to win the private sector is key just that each additional actor massively decreases the probability of failure AND catastrophic resource collapses have resulted when central governments exerted sole authority over resources. Solves Conflict AND diversity of governance actors with varying degrees of political standing and material resources. Solves debris, weaponization, and resource issues better AND establish a governance system that is continuously evolving and meeting the changing needs. | 3/25/22 |
JF - CP - RegulationsTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dwight Englewood EK | Judge: Leah Clark Villanueva Current government issues to resolve colony governance are insufficient – as is the OST – but new flexible regulations solve AND of years, but the practical timescale for achieving results should be decades. 1AC Foster agrees that regulation through an international agreement is all that’s necessary to solve their space war advantage – it says nothing about banning being key. -- im in green AND discussion stages and is likely to take a while to come to fruition. 1AC Mallick evidence also says the problem is lack of global consensus and clarity, not the existence of asteroid mining which they cant solve because they just ban mining they dont fiat in an intnl organization or body. -- im in green AND instead of earning admiration and exultation, will only be enmeshed in litigation. | 3/25/22 |
JF - CP - Regulations v2Tournament: Palm Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Ayala AM | Judge: Aashir Sanjrani Process comes before product – the only way to create better policies is to bring the people impacted by decisions into the decision-making process – only property rights can guarantee a seat at the table AND countries. This is a serious obstacle to a gender-aware approach. Citizen participation in decision-making spills over to greater openness and improvements in the planning process AND because developing the planning process is an explicit part of the planning activity. Private entities don’t act on debris because of uncertainty about property rights – CP creates incentives for management, tracking and cleanup AND space debris to facilitate removal of debris by third parties is recommended.64 | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - InnovationTournament: College Prep | Round: 3 | Opponent: Hamilton AL | Judge: April Ma AND to global networks, and new opportunities could lead to wider economic growth. Short innovation cycles mean every contract counts AND verify that satellites can perform missions with a very low probability of failure. It’s on the government to push for more private investments – that’s key to innovation AND explained Col. Steve Butow, the Defense Innovation Unit’s space portfolio director. Tech innovation solves every existential threat – cumulative extinction events outweigh the aff AND far future, then effective altruism just becomes plain ol’ do-goodery.* | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - Innovation v2Tournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 5 | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Luke Bagdon AND to global networks, and new opportunities could lead to wider economic growth. Short innovation cycles mean every contract counts AND verify that satellites can perform missions with a very low probability of failure. Fiat means the plan circumvents normal procedures for industry dialogue-~--that wrecks certainty and confidence, even if the substance of the plan is pro-business AND will be incorporated into development of a final rule, haven’t been announced. Tech innovation solves every existential threat – cumulative extinction events outweigh the aff AND far future, then effective altruism just becomes plain ol’ do-goodery.* | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - Innovation v3Tournament: Barkley Forum | Round: Octas | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Ari Davidson, Gordon Krauss, David Dosch AND to global networks, and new opportunities could lead to wider economic growth. Short innovation cycles mean every contract counts AND verify that satellites can perform missions with a very low probability of failure. The government will rely on overly restrictive policies to enforce regulations – that kills commercial space AND when the benefits to liberalizing the regulations in this industry are so pronounced. Fiat means the plan circumvents normal procedures for industry dialogue-~--that wrecks certainty and confidence, even if the substance of the plan is pro-business AND will be incorporated into development of a final rule, haven’t been announced. Tech innovation solves every existential threat – cumulative extinction events outweigh the aff AND far future, then effective altruism just becomes plain ol’ do-goodery.* Commercial space is key to tourism-~--that solves aerospace competitiveness. AND services. A range of government policies should be revised to reflect this. Aerospace decline causes global nuclear war AND that airpower would play in U.S. strategy and crisis management. | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - Innovation v4Tournament: Palm Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Ayala AM | Judge: Aashir Sanjrani AND to global networks, and new opportunities could lead to wider economic growth. Short innovation cycles mean every contract counts AND verify that satellites can perform missions with a very low probability of failure. The government will rely on overly restrictive policies to enforce regulations – that kills commercial space AND when the benefits to liberalizing the regulations in this industry are so pronounced. Fiat means the plan circumvents normal procedures for industry dialogue-~--that wrecks certainty and confidence, even if the substance of the plan is pro-business AND will be incorporated into development of a final rule, haven’t been announced. Tech innovation solves every existential threat – cumulative extinction events outweigh the aff AND far future, then effective altruism just becomes plain ol’ do-goodery.* | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - MiningTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dwight Englewood EK | Judge: Leah Clark Villanueva AND making the transition from fossil fuels to renewables backed up by battery storage. Asteroid mining offsets terrestrial growth that ruins the environment and enables solar power satellites – both solve climate change AND how relatively easy it is to ship stuff in zero-G environments. Asteroid mining solves rare earth metal depletion – prevents tech stagnation and unsustainable resource extraction — it would last millions of years which takes out the resource depletion scenario AND that orbit the sun, planets, and rings around Saturn / Jupiter. Asteroid mining tech solves asteroid collisions - extinction AND into 150 small solar-power satellites, as a proof of concept. | 3/25/22 |
JF - DA - NASATournament: College Prep | Round: 1 | Opponent: Marlborough LF | Judge: Asher Towner AND of commercial space companies to start designing and building privately operated space stations. Plan forces trade-offs that crush effective Earth sciences --- risks catastrophic climate change AND afford to be so starry-eyed that we overlook our own planet. Warming is inevitable but adjusting government policy can address the worst effects – specifically, for sea level rise. AND later, they will wake up to a Hurricane Harvey of their own. The impact’s global war AND economic collapse might make the planet ungovernable, threatening the fabric of civilization." | 3/25/22 |
JF - NC - Util v2Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Ari Davidson Life is intrinsically and infinitely valuable because it is a prerequisite to any subjective pleasure – it should be preserved as an apriori issue. AND inquiry—on the subjective or circumstantial or a posteriori value of life. Reducing existential risks is the top priority in any coherent moral theory AND be acting very wrongly.” (From chapter 36 of On What Matters) They didn't make an arg for this in the 1ac so I should get my pick | 3/25/22 |
JF - T - AppropriationTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dwight Englewood EK | Judge: Leah Clark Villanueva AND the Bogotá Declaration were trying to accomplish, albeit through different means.219 Violation: the non-Appropriation principle does not apply to resource extraction. International consensus and rejection of the Moon Treaty support the distinction between sovereign ownership and resource extraction AND of property rights in resources extracted from that land, is nothing new. Prefer: 1 Precision--analogous treaties prove AND in extracted resources despite being restricted from claiming sovereignty over the underlying land. Consensus of the literature votes neg—means our interp is most predictable AND .30 This paper shares the opinion of the second group of authors. That o/w any deviation justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. 2 limits and ground: expanding the topic beyond appropriation allows for affs about any miniscule use of space resources which decimates links to generics which are based on property rights in space and results in a litany of small affirmatives that cause a race to the margins Topicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations – it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare for No RVIs—it’s your burden to be topical. | 3/25/22 |
JF - T - Appropriation v2Tournament: Barkley Forum | Round: Octas | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Ari Davidson, Gordon Krauss, David Dosch AND term use and permanent occupation, to the exclusion of all others.”151 Violation: Space tourism is, by definition, temporary – people briefly go to space in a rocket ship and then return to Earth 1 Precision – if we win definitions the aff doesn’t defend a shift from the squo or solve their advantages – so at best vote negative on presumption. The resolution is the only predictable stasis point for dividing ground—any deviation justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. 2 Predictable limits—Letting temporary occupation be appropriation is a limits diaster - any aff about a single space ship, satellite, or weapon would be T because they temporarily occupy space. Limits explodes neg prep burden and draws un-reciprocal lines of debate, where the aff is always ahead, turns their pragmatics offense Topicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations – it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare for—there’s no way for the negative to know what constitutes a “reasonable interpretation” when we do prep – reasonability is arbitrary and causes a race to the bottom, proliferating abuse No RVIs—it’s your burden to be topical. | 3/25/22 |
JF - T - Appropriation v3Tournament: Palm Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: West Ranch SV | Judge: Lauren Woodall AND with intention of keeping for one's own exclusive use would amount to appropriation. Violation – application of PTD to space isn’t permanent, it’s context dependent and depends on cost benefit analysis AND Purchase the Layperson’s Guide to Water Rights to learn more about public trust. Plan text in a vacuum bad for fairness because it allows for incongruency between 99 of the aff and 1 of the aff – the worst version of their model is that the plan text is different from the advantage, so it makes no sense – hold them to reading a plan text defined contextually with the advantage Vote neg – 1 Ground – allowing affs to not defend permanent appropriation kills negative ground – we can’t read the innovation DA, since they can say innovative appropriation efforts are allowed, we can’t read asteroid mining or disads to specific types of appropriation since they can defend an exemption for that, etc. – Since the government gets to interpret whether or not the PTD applies to appropriation in specific instances, the negative can’t reasonably predict what the aff defends restricting and what it doesn’t. Ground controls the internal link to clash and fairness since the aff makes being neg impossible. T is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interps – it tells the negative what to prepare for and reasonability invites judge intervention | 3/25/22 |
JF - T - ExtraTournament: College Prep | Round: 6 | Opponent: Archbishop Mitty AA | Judge: Alex Baez Extra-T is a voting issue for fairness and education it makes being negative impossible A) Infinitely regressive – they can attach literally anything onto the resolution – that lets them fiat out of Kritik links and any disad by attaching as many words onto the plan as they want | 3/25/22 |
JF - T - Extra v2Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Ari Davidson Violation – they also defend the c Extra-T is a voting issue for fairness and education it makes being negative impossible A) Infinitely regressive – they can attach literally anything onto the resolution – that lets them fiat out of Kritik links and any disad by attaching as many words onto the plan as they want B) Predictable limits – infinite options means we can’t predict advantage areas – this leads to terrible debates where we’re forced to go for generics – that crushes topic education C) Clash – they circumvent clash by justifying adding on anything onto the resolution – its not what they do its what they justify – clash is the most portable skill in debate because it’s the only unique advantage to the activity that can’t be solved anywhere else. Our interp is key to third and fourth level testing of the aff which results in more rigorous and nuanced debates c/i no rvis | 3/25/22 |
JF - Th - ASPECTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake MT | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen | 3/25/22 |
ND - CP - NLRBTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 7 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit MS | Judge: Gordon Krauss Solves and competes - Notice and comment rulemaking solves the case and spills over to set a precedent that the courts will uphold they haven't read a spillover claim so this solves better AND presumption for generalist courts to deploy in deciding the existence of bargaining units. Key to democracy and court acquiescence---notice and comment engages participants and creates deference. AND antitrust, the market economy, and the democratic branches of government themselves. US democratic retreat causes terrorism, great power war, famine, and poverty. AND for having the exceptional courage to always try to be better. Thank you They haven't identified a test case per which the aff would be passed the courts cabn't just pick up anything and choose to do it -- there has to be an incoming piece of legislation in the docket that they would rule on where the govt has violated customary international law where they've restricted a strike | 3/23/22 |
ND - DA - Debt CeilingTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake CR | Judge: Lena Mizrahi | 3/23/22 |
ND - DA - Debt Ceiling v2Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough JH | Judge: Patrick Fox AND have to do so while fighting over how to avoid a government shutdown. Plan is the worst of both worlds – progressives think it’s not enough and moderates think its too radical AND at least for now, that their legislation is not even worth debating. Nuke war AND undertaking pre-emptive collective action, as difficult as that may be. | 3/23/22 |
ND - DA - Interest RatesTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake CR | Judge: Lena Mizrahi | 3/23/22 |
ND - DA - Oil SpillsTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough JH | Judge: Patrick Fox AND visible and to hold those agencies accountable for how they are treating people. Lack of quick oil spill response (OSR) is an existential threat – innovative clean-up tech has slowed and barriers prevent alternate prevention measures or different actors solving, citing meta analysis of studies and spills from 67’ to now AND avoid the conclusion that industry, governments and people must now rapidly decarbonise. | 3/23/22 |
ND - T - ATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough JH | Judge: Patrick Fox Rules readings are always generalized – specific instances are not consistent. Cohen 01 AND , it suddenly changes¶ direction, for example to avoid hitting something. That outweighs—only our evidence speaks to how indefinite singulars are interpreted in the context of normative statements like the resolution. This means throw out aff counter-interpretations that are purely descriptive Violation—they specified the United States Vote neg: 1 Precision –any deviation justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. 2 Limits—specifying a just government offers huge explosion in the topic since they get permutations of hundreds of governments in the world depending on their definition of “just government”. Topicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations – it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare for No RVIs—it’s your burden to be topical. | 3/23/22 |
SO - CP - DonationsTournament: Mid America Cup | Round: 3 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Cyrus Jackson Eliminating IPR for vaccines gives China a massive competitive edge on innovation broadly – tanks pharma, undermines pandemic response, and tech leadership – BUT domestic production and distribution solves | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - BiotechTournament: Mid America Cup | Round: 3 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Cyrus Jackson Biopharma innovation is key to overall competitiveness – US still has a razor thin lead but IP is uniquely keyEzell 20 ~Stephen Ezell, Director of Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). "Ensuring U.S. Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness." 7/16/20. https://itif.org/publications/2020/07/16/ensuring-us-biopharmaceutical-competitiveness~~ AND time for Washington to articulate and embrace a robust national biopharmaceutical competitiveness strategy. Chinese tech leadership causes nuke warKroenig and Gopalaswamy 18, *Associate Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Deputy Director for Strategy in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering with a specialization in numerical acoustics from Trinity College, Dublin. (Matthew and Bharath, 11-12-2018, "Will disruptive technology cause nuclear war?", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, https://thebulletin.org/2018/11/will-disruptive-technology-cause-nuclear-war/) AND second-strike capabilities, but to preserve prevailing power balances more broadly. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Climate PatentsTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 1 | Opponent: Marlborough JK | Judge: David Dosch AND the biotech sector addressing climate change may be next on the chopping block. Only a strong private sector can solve climate changeGulker 19 ~Max Gulker, 2-11-2019, "How a Strong Private Sector Will Address Climate Change," AIER, https://www.aier.org/article/how-a-strong-private-sector-will-address-climate-change/~~ AND –truly unleashing global knowledge and ingenuity to address changes around the world. Climate change is existential and emerging technology is keyEspinosa 20 ~Patricia Espinosa 04-xx-2020Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change https://www.itu.int/en/action/environment-and-climate-change/Documents/frontier-technologies-to-protect-the-environment-and-tackle-climate-change.pdf~~ AND countries on the path to low-carbon and climate-resilient development. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Debt CeilingTournament: Mid America Cup | Round: 3 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Cyrus Jackson Debt limit and government funding will pass now—everything else is delayedBRESNAHAN 9/15 ~JOHN BRESNAHAN, ANNA PALMER AND JAKE SHERMAN, Punchbowl News Legislataive Outlook 9/15, https://email.punchbowl.news/t/ViewEmailArchive/t/E48C6AF0C3714E452540EF23F30FEDED/C67FD2F38AC4859C/~~ AND , but it’s the reality we hear privately in the Capitol. Medical IP takes time, energy, and political capital away from domestic legislation – big pharma and EU alliesBhadrakumar 5/9 M K Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. "Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater." Asia Times, May 9, 2021, asiatimes.com/2021/05/bidens-talk-of-vaccine-ip-waiver-is-political-theater. AND , the European Union and the US, who all opposed the idea. Agenda change has a cascading effectJoly 19, ~Jeroen Joly is a Doctor Assistant at Universiteit Gent, Punctuated equilibrium theory and foreign policy, The research for this chapter was financially supported by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen'Joly/publication/331073786'Punctuated'equilibrium'theory'and'foreign'policy/links/5c66ec3092851c1c9de446f2/Punctuated-equilibrium-theory-and-foreign-policy.pdf~~ AND foreign policy issues (Edwards and Wood 1999; Wood and Peake 1998). Debt default is the easiest way to wreck the US economy—ruins the US dollar and financial reputationEgan 9/8 ~Matt Egan is an award-winning reporter at CNN, covering business, the economy and financial markets across CNN's television and digital platforms, "'Financial Armageddon.' What's at stake if the debt limit isn't raised", 9/8/21, https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/business/debt-ceiling-default-explained/index.html~~ AND billion in fiscal 2020, would quickly rival what Washington spends on defense. ExtinctionJoshua Zoffer 20, Investor at Cove Hill Partners, Fellow at New America, JD Candidate at Yale University Law School, AB from Harvard University, "To End Forever War, Keep the Dollar Globally Dominant", The New Republic, 2/3/2020, https://newrepublic.com/article/156417/end-forever-war-keep-dollar-globally-dominant AND consortium of countries is prepared to fund, such as climate change mitigation. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Debt Ceiling v2Tournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 5 | Opponent: Irvington SD | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin The Debt Ceiling expansion gives Democrats two months to finalize and pass Biden’s spending package – every moment is necessary to resolve intraparty disputesCochrane 10/7 Cochrane, Emily. Emily Cochrane is a correspondent based in Washington. She has covered Congress since late 2018, focusing on the annual debate over government funding and economic legislation, ranging from emergency pandemic relief to infrastructure. "Senate Leaders Agree to Vote on Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase." N.Y. Times, 7 Oct. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/debt-ceiling-senate.html. AND " to use the reconciliation process to approve a long-term increase. Pushing a WTO takes time, energy, and political capital away from domestic legislation – big pharma and EU alliesBhadrakumar 5/9 M K Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. "Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater." Asia Times, May 9, 2021, asiatimes.com/2021/05/bidens-talk-of-vaccine-ip-waiver-is-political-theater. AND , the European Union and the US, who all opposed the idea. Infrastructure package is sufficient, necessary, and the last opportunity to solve climate change – extinctionLeber 10/7 Leber, Rebecca. Rebecca Leber covers climate change for Vox. Before joining Vox, she was an environmental reporter at Mother Jones, where her investigations exposed government corruption and fossil fuel industry disinformation. She has worked as a staff writer at Grist, The New Republic, and ThinkProgress. A dozen more outlets have published her work over her decade as a climate journalist. "A last chance for US climate action: Democrats’ Build Back Better and infrastructure bills." Vox, 7 Oct. 2021, www.vox.com/22685920/democrats-infrastructure-build-back-better-climate-change. AND that can really help catalyze more ambition from other countries," Cleetus said. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Drug PricingTournament: Jack Howe | Round: 6 | Opponent: Archbishop Mitty AA | Judge: Saketh Kotapati OFFDrug price reform coming now – fight is ramping up but Biden has the opportunityCancryn 9/9 Cancryn, Adam. Adam Cancryn is a health care reporter for POLITICO Pro, graduate of Washington and Lee University."Biden admin backs direct government drug price negotiations." POLITICO, 9 Sept. 2021, www.politico.com/news/2021/09/09/biden-drug-price-negotiations-510828. AND at improving competition across a range of industries, including the drug sector. Biden’s PC is key to wrangle democrats and counter pharma lobbyingJohnson 8/12 Johnson, Jake, writer for Alternet . "Joe Biden throws support behind bold reforms to slash drug prices." Alternet, August 12, 2021, www.alternet.org/2021/08/biden-medicare-negotiate-prices. AND capital to push for congressional action at a pivotal moment in the debate." External action takes time, energy, and political capital away from domestic legislation – big pharma and EU alliesBhadrakumar 5/9 M K Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. "Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater." Asia Times, May 9, 2021, asiatimes.com/2021/05/bidens-talk-of-vaccine-ip-waiver-is-political-theater. AND , the European Union and the US, who all opposed the idea. Drug price controls massively reduce healthcare costs across the board – even assuming conservative modelsGamba 6/9 Gamba, Tyler. Author at the AJMC. "Adoption of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act May Lead to Billions in Savings." AJMC, 9 June 2021, www.ajmc.com/view/adoption-of-the-lower-drug-costs-now-act-may-lead-to-billions-in-savings. AND on the significant portion it pays toward member premiums in the individual marketplaces. Collapses the economyHowrigon, 16 — Ron Howrigon, M.S. in Economics with a focus on Health Economics from North Carolina State University, President and Founder of Fulcrum Strategies, 18 Years of Experience in Healthcare, 12-30-2016, "Flatlining: How Healthcare Could Kill the U.S. Economy," Greenbranch Publishing, 1st Edition, Accessed via Minnesota Libraries, Date Accessed: 8-10 AND resulting fallout could be could be much worse than even the housing crisis. Economic decline causes nuclear warTønnesson, 15 — Stein Tønnesson, Leader of East Asia Peace program at Uppsala University, Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, "Deterrence, Interdependence and Sino–US Peace" International Area Studies Review, Review Essay, Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 297-311, SAGE Journals, Minnesota Libraries, Date Accessed: 8-4 AND each other, with a view to obliging Washington or Beijing to intervene. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - GridTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake KD | Judge: Danielle Dosch Infrastructure and reconciliation are the priority now. they’ll pass by new deadlineAlemany 10/12 ~Jacqueline Alemany and Theodoric Meyer, "The new deadline to pass Biden's agenda is coming up fast", 10/12/21, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/13/new-deadline-pass-biden-agenda-is-coming-up-fast/~~ AND We’re experts at coming right up against the edge and pulling a miracle." Pushing a WTO Waiver takes time, energy, and political capital away from domestic legislation – big pharma and EU alliesBhadrakumar 5/9 M K Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. "Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater." Asia Times, May 9, 2021, asiatimes.com/2021/05/bidens-talk-of-vaccine-ip-waiver-is-political-theater. AND , the European Union and the US, who all opposed the idea. Quickly secures the vulnerable grid.Carney 21 ~Chris, August 6; Senior Policy Advisor at Nossaman LLC, former US Representative, Former Professor of Political Science at Penn State University; JD Supra, "The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants," https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-us-senate-infrastructure-bill-4989100/~~ AND partnerships and grants, the nation can quickly secure its infrastructure from cyberattacks. Grid vulnerabilities spark nuclear war.Klare 19 ~Michael; November; Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College; Arms Control Association, "Cyber Battles, Nuclear Outcomes? Dangerous New Pathways to Escalation," https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-11/features/cyber-battles-nuclear-outcomes-dangerous-new-pathways-escalation~~ AND such attacks "could lead to major conflict and possibly nuclear war."14 | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Grid v2Tournament: Heart of Texas | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll EP | Judge: Danielle Dosch, David Dosch, Anabelle Long Infrastructure and reconciliation are the priority now. they’ll pass by new deadlineAlemany 10/12 ~Jacqueline Alemany and Theodoric Meyer, "The new deadline to pass Biden's agenda is coming up fast", 10/12/21, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/13/new-deadline-pass-biden-agenda-is-coming-up-fast/~~ AND We’re experts at coming right up against the edge and pulling a miracle." Manchin’s on board to make a deal—but¬—tensions within the party could ruin itLeonhardt 10/1 ~David Leonhardt, "Democrats, Divided", NYT, 10/1/21, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/briefing/infrastructure-bill-democrats-divided.html~~ AND tensions within the party are more serious than they have been in years. Only Biden can get Manchin and Sinema on board—they’re directly negotiatingGolshan 10/14 ~Tara Golshan, "Democrats Float Possible $2.5 Trillion Compromise Reconciliation Framework", 10/14/21, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reconciliation-bill-price-tag-white-house'n'61671e35e4b028316c90b6cc?4i9~~ AND . Their offices did not return HuffPost’s requests for comment on this proposal. Fighting against big pharma moves time energy and political capital away from domestic legislationBhadrakumar 5/9 M K Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. "Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater." Asia Times, May 9, 2021, asiatimes.com/2021/05/bidens-talk-of-vaccine-ip-waiver-is-political-theater. AND , the European Union and the US, who all opposed the idea. Infrastructure secures the vulnerable grid.Carney 21 ~Chris, August 6; Senior Policy Advisor at Nossaman LLC, former US Representative, Former Professor of Political Science at Penn State University; JD Supra, "The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants," https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-us-senate-infrastructure-bill-4989100/~~ AND partnerships and grants, the nation can quickly secure its infrastructure from cyberattacks. Grid vulnerabilities spark nuclear war.Klare 19 ~Michael; November; Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College; Arms Control Association, "Cyber Battles, Nuclear Outcomes? Dangerous New Pathways to Escalation," https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-11/features/cyber-battles-nuclear-outcomes-dangerous-new-pathways-escalation~~ AND such attacks "could lead to major conflict and possibly nuclear war."14 | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - Hemp vs CannabisTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll EP | Judge: Danielle Dosch, David Dosch, Anabelle Long Ambiguous standards deter international hemp investment now – regulatory harmonization unlocks hemp development globallyLatner 21 ~Kevin, NIHC Vice President for Trade and Marketing. "EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT: U.S. INDUSTRIAL HEMP’S UNITED FRONT" https://hempindustrial.com/export-market-development-u-s-industrial-hemps-united-front/~~ AND regulatory changes increasingly limit U.S. export opportunities to hemp fiber. Hemp biofuels help achieve energy independence which lowers global oil pricesKeller 13 ~Nicole Keller, "NOTE: THE LEGALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR INDIANA'S BIOFUEL INDUSTRY," Indiana International and Comparative Law Review 23 Ind. Int'l and Comp. L. Rev. 555, Lexis~ AND 64 largely because industrial hemp is illegal to grow in the United States. Price collapse causes Russian nuclear warFelgenhauer 16 AND to be dominated by the Chechens to seriously contemplate outright secession from Russia. | 3/23/22 |
SO - DA - InnovationTournament: Jack Howe | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula EL | Judge: Jan Wimmer InnovationPharmaceutical innovation is accelerating now – new medicines are substantially better than existing treatments.Wills, MBA, and Lipkus, PhD, 20 – Todd J. Wills ~Managing Director @ Chemical Abstracts Service, MBA from THE Ohio State University~ and Alan H. Lipkus ~Senior Data Analyst @ Chemical Abstracts Service, PhD Physical Chemistry from the University of Rochester~, "Structural Approach to Assessing the Innovativeness of New Drugs Finds Accelerating Rate of Innovation," ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, 2020, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00319 C.VC AND never been used as the basis for a molecule) to further explore. The biopharmaceutical industry is uniquely reliant on IP protections – undermining them would kill innovation by making an already expensive process completely unfeasible.Kristina M. Lybecker, PhD, 17 ~PhD Economics, Associate Professor of Economics @ Colorado College~, "Intellectual Property Rights Protection and the Biopharmaceutical Industry: How Canada Measures Up," Fraser Institute, January 2017, https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/intellectual-property-rights-protection-and-the20biopharmaceutical-industry.pdf C.VC AND shaping the biopharmaceutical industry, its profitability, productivity, and innovative future. Pharmaceutical innovation is key to protecting against future pandemics, bioterrorism, and antibiotic resistance.Marjanovic and Fejiao ‘20 Marjanovic, Sonja, and Carolina Feijao. Sonja Marjanovic, Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Carolina Feijao, Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of Cambridge; M.Sc. in quantitive biology, Imperial College London; B.Sc. in biology, University of Lisbon. "Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement." (2020). ~Quality Control~ AND health threats to an even greater extent under improved innova-tion conditions. Bioterrorism and future pandemics cause extinction.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon, CBRN Expert @ British Army, 20 ~Director @ DBG Defense, Consultant on CBRN and Biosecurity~, "Biosecurity in the Wake of COVID-19: The Urgent Action Needed," Combatting Terrorism Center Sentinel, November/December 2020, Volume 13, Issue 11, https://ctc.usma.edu/biosecurity-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-the-urgent-action-needed/ C.VC AND forward, there should no higher priority for the international community than biosecurity. | 3/23/22 |
SO - K - CapTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 2 | Opponent: Sequoia AS | Judge: Amy Nyberg offRegulating intellectual property participates in a scarcity logic that re-affirms a broader market ownership over information – that consolidates neoliberal control through a shift to private protections, even if the individual act of the aff is goodSoderberg 1 ~Johan, BA from Falmouth College of the Arts. "Copyleft vs Copyright: A Marxist Critique" https://firstmonday.org/article/view/938/860~~** AND 32~. It is predominantly this struggle that I now will attend to. IP tinkering represents a myopic focus on making capitalism nicer, but only legitimates the broader process of informatic commodification as integral to class violenceSoderberg 1 ~Johan, BA from Falmouth College of the Arts. "Copyleft vs Copyright: A Marxist Critique" https://firstmonday.org/article/view/938/860~~** AND But because of the intangible nature of information, contradictions emerges out of attempts Capitalism is quickly reaching its ecological, structural, and psychological limits and causes near-term extinction – laundry list.Robinson 16 (William, Professor of sociology, global studies and Latin American studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His most recent book is Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity. | "Sadistic Capitalism: Six Urgent Matters for Humanity in Global Crisis" in Truth-out, April 12, 2016. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35596-sadistic-capitalism-six-urgent-matters-for-humanity-in-global-crisis )tbrooks AND financial system, despite a series of emergency summits to discuss such regulation. The alternative is to engage in anticapitalism, an act of radical resistance grounded in grassroots movements. Anticapitalism does not represent an unattainable utopia but challenges common myths about capitalism as a whole.Rogers 14 (Chris Rogers, author, Capitalism and Its Alternatives: A Critical Introduction, Zed Books, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/lib/umichigan/detail.action?docID=1758713.) AM AND , and in turn motivated action in order to try to address them. case | 3/23/22 |
SO - K - Cap v2Tournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 1 | Opponent: Marlborough JK | Judge: David Dosch AND 32~. It is predominantly this struggle that I now will attend to. Capitalism is quickly reaching its ecological, structural, and psychological limits and causes near-term extinction – laundry list.Robinson 16 (William, Professor of sociology, global studies and Latin American studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His most recent book is Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity. | "Sadistic Capitalism: Six Urgent Matters for Humanity in Global Crisis" in Truth-out, April 12, 2016. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35596-sadistic-capitalism-six-urgent-matters-for-humanity-in-global-crisis )tbrooks AND financial system, despite a series of emergency summits to discuss such regulation. The alternative is to engage in anticapitalism, an act of radical resistance grounded in grassroots movements. Anticapitalism does not represent an unattainable utopia but challenges common myths about capitalism as a whole.Rogers 14 (Chris Rogers, author, Capitalism and Its Alternatives: A Critical Introduction, Zed Books, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/lib/umichigan/detail.action?docID=1758713.) AM AND , and in turn motivated action in order to try to address them. | 3/23/22 |
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