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| CPS | 2 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: DKP 1AC |
| CPS | 4 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SP | Judge: Brett Boelkens 1AC |
| CPS | 5 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Emmiee Malyugina 1AC |
| CPS | Octas | Opponent: Immaculate Heart JL | Judge: Nae Edwards, Indu Pandey, Parth Shah 1AC |
| Peninsula | 1 | Opponent: McNeil AG | Judge: Kavin Kumaravel 1AC-Militarism |
| Peninsula | 3 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley RT | Judge: Joshua StPeter 1AC-Locke |
| Peninsula | Octas | Opponent: Monta Vista KR | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin, Ben Cortez, Jack Barber 1AC-Mining Pics Bad CPs without solvency advocates |
| UNLV | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough LF | Judge: Claudia Ribera 1AC-Global Commons |
| UNLV | 4 | Opponent: Appleton North MU | Judge: Nikhil Navare 1AC-Asteroid Mining |
| UNLV | 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit KS | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen 1AC-Debris |
| UPS | 1 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley RT | Judge: Andrew Shaw 1AC-Lockean proviso |
| UPS | 4 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley AM | Judge: Michael Harris 1AC-Lockean proviso |
| UPS | 5 | Opponent: Vestavia Hills GJ | Judge: Rick Carbajal 1AC-Trad |
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00---Contact InfoTournament: Contact Info | Round: Finals | Opponent: x | Judge: x u can email me or fb message if i can make the round safer or more accessible lmk | 12/18/21 |
01---JF---P---Ev EthicsTournament: UPS | Round: 1 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley RT | Judge: Andrew Shaw OFF1NC—-Ev Ethics ShellEvidence ethics- Full paragraphs must be cut properly and not conceal information, regardless of perceived relevancy. Cutting cards in the middle of a paragraph allows debaters to manipulate evidence and strategically leave out what contradicts with their arguments – putting rest of the uncut paragraph in the doc solves all your offense unless your intent was to cheat which is even worse. This is a reason to reject the team—miscutting evidence is academic misconduct that should disqualify any other argument they make in the debate from counting on the record—a brilliant plagiarized paper or speech would still get a zero.Violation—-Insert SS | 1/9/22 |
01---JF---P---Extra TTournament: Peninsula | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Madeleine Conrad-Mogin OFF1NC—-Extra T1~ Interp – Unjust refers to a negative action – it means contrary.Black Laws No Date "What is Unjust?" https://thelawdictionary.org/unjust/ Elmer 2~ Violation – The Aff is a positive action – it creates a new concept for Space i.e. the treating of Space as a "Global Commons".3~ Standards –a~ Limits – making the topic bi-directional explodes predictability – it means that Aff's can both increase non-exist property regimes in space AND decrease appropriation by private actors – makes the topic untenable.b~ Ground – wrecks Neg Generics – we can't say appropriation good since the 1AC can create new views on Outer Space Property Rights that circumvent our Links since they can say "Global Commons" approach solves.Independently - the Plan is both Extra-T - since it establishes a new property rights regime AND Effects-T - since the Global Commons ISNT INTRINSICALLY a reduction on Private Property in Space, it involves actions like creating a governance system AND redistribution/cooperation which is the I/L to their Colonialism Advantage - both of which are voters for Limits and Predictability4~ TVA – just defend that space appropriation is bad.a~ Topicality is Drop the Debater – it's a fundamental baseline for debate-ability.b~ Use Competing Interps – 1~ Topicality is a yes/no question, you can't be reasonably topical and 2~ Reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation.c~ No RVI's - 1~ Forces the 1NC to go all-in on Theory which kills substance education, 2~ Encourages Baiting since the 1AC will purposely be abusive, and 3~ Illogical – you shouldn't win for not being abusive. | 2/5/22 |
01---JF---T---FWTournament: CPS | Round: 2 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: DKP OFF1NC—-T USFGT-USFG Interpretation: Topical affirmatives may only garner offense from the hypothetical implementation by governments that The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjustResolved requires policy actionLouisiana State Legislature (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Glossary.aspx) Ngong AppropriationTIMOTHY JUSTIN TRAPP, JD Candidate @ UIUC Law, '13, TAKING UP SPACE BY ANY OTHER MEANS: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE NONAPPROPRIATION ARTICLE OF THE OUTER SPACE TREATY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW ~Vol. 2013 No. 4~ Topicality is key to limits and ground—-redefining portions of the resolution permits endless reclarification AND creates incentives for avoidance—-only aligning research with agent and mechanism solves.Two impacts:1—-Fairness—-an unlimited, unpredictable topic disparately raises the research burden for the negative — treat this is a sufficient win condition because fairness is the logical structure that undergirds all impacts AND controls any benefit to debate.Dascal and Knoll '11 ~Marcelo and Amnon; May 18th; former Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Sao Paulo; former Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University; Argumentation: Cognition and Community, "'Cognitive systemic dichotomization' in public argumentation and controversies," p. 20-25~ 2—-Clash—-forfeiting government action sanctions retreat from controversy and forces the negative to concede solvency before winning a link — clash is the necessary condition for distinguishing debate from discussion, but negation exists on a sliding scale — that jumpstarts the process of critical thinking, reflexivity, and argument refinement.3—-Movement Lawyering Skills – contingent, focused debates around locus points of difference are key to develop activists skills for political justice.Archer 18, Deborah N. "Political Lawyering for the 21st Century." Denv. L. Rev. 96 (2018): 399. (Associate Professor of Clinical Law at NYU School of Law)Elmer TVA—-States ought to ban appropriation of outer space by private actors—-Advs about why space col, expansion, and mining is antiblack.Eric Niiler 19, 7-11-2019, "Why Civil Rights Activists Protested the Moon Landing," HISTORY, https://www.history.com/news/apollo-11-moon-landing-launch-protests Switch side debate solves all of their offense—there's no specific reason why their arguments have to be read on the aff—that solves predictability and accesses their education impact turns because plans on the aff and Ks on the neg can challenge perspectives, stances, representations, and epistemologies | 12/18/21 |
02---JF---DA---EconTournament: UPS | Round: 1 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley RT | Judge: Andrew Shaw OFF1NC—-Econ DALong term econ collapse is coming.Conerly 11-2 (, B., 2021. No Recession In 2022—But Watch Out In 2023. ~online~ Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2021/11/02/no-recession-in-2022-but-watch-out-in-2023/?sh=5e3b27d33555 ~Accessed 24 December 2021~ Dr. Bill Conerly connects the dots between the economy and business decisions. He has the unique combination of a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University and over 30 years' experience helping companies adapt to changing economic conditions. He was formerly Senior Vice President at a major bank and held positions in economics and corporate planning at two Fortune 500 corporations. Dr. Conerly has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.)-rahulpenu Private appropriation saves econ growth and innovation in the long run—-the plan flips it and saps resources that spills over.Clark 20 (, S., 2020. Opinion: Space is our new economic frontier. The US can't afford to lose out. ~online~ CNN. Available at: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/perspectives/space-economic-frontier/index.html ~Accessed 24 December 2021~ Suzanne Clark is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a director on two corporate boards, a former business owner, and an entrepreneur at heart. With a global perspective and a fierce commitment to free enterprise, Clark's experience in the private sector deeply informs her leadership of the U.S. Chamber—the world's largest business organization representing employers of every size and sector in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the globe. Clark has led a multiyear effort to strengthen the Chamber's well-known influence, advocacy, and impact, while modernizing its work and attracting new members from the fastest-growing and most innovative sectors of the U.S. economy. These efforts to invest in the Chamber's future proved prescient when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, enabling the organization to quickly pivot to new ways of working and successfully advocate for businesses in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Clark has also helped drive the national conversation on issues central to managing and recovering from the pandemic through the U.S. Chamber Foundation's Path Forward program. In interviews with dozens of thought leaders and experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, Bill and Melinda Gates, Carlyle Group Founder David Rubenstein, and former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Path Forward has reached an audience of millions of viewers with practical information, insightful guidance, and forward-looking strategies.)-rahulpenu AND Decline causes nuclear war via hotspot escalation—-accelerates tech shift and warming.Oppenheimer 21 (, M., 2021. 2. The Turbulent Future of International Relations. The Future of Global Affairs - Springer International Publishing, 1(1), p.Chapter 2. Michael Oppenheimer leads the IR Futures concentration at CGA, teaching courses on International Relations (core course), The Future of International Relations, and U.S. Foreign Policy. He also oversees an ongoing research and consulting project for the UN Security Council's Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate, which involves students directly in advising the UN system on counter terrorism policies and practices. He writes and speaks publicly on U.S foreign policy and on the future of international relations. He has had a varied career, beginning with several years with the U.S. government, then in strategic consulting for government policy makers and private firms, and-since 2005-teaching and research at CGA. His particular specialty is the cognition and methods of thinking about the future, and how perceptions of future change can be incorporated into the foreign policy process, in order to improve foresight and agility. He has applied his skills in research and consulting for the US intelligence community, the Department of State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the UN, and many others. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is actively involved (and involves his students) in the foreign policy/IR community.)-re-cut rahulpenu | 1/9/22 |
02---JF---DA---InnovationTournament: CPS | Round: 4 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SP | Judge: Brett Boelkens OFF1NC—-Innovation DASpace Commercialization drives Tech Innovation in the Status Quo – it provides a unique impetus.Hampson 17 Joshua Hampson 1-25-2017 "The Future of Space Commercialization" https://republicans-science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/TheFutureofSpaceCommercializationFinal.pdf (Security Studies Fellow at the Niskanen Center)Elmer Strong Innovation solves Extinction.Matthews 18 Dylan Matthews 10-26-2018 "How to help people millions of years from now" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/26/18023366/far-future-effective-altruism-existential-risk-doing-good (Co-founder of Vox, citing Nick Beckstead @ Rutgers University)Re-cut by Elmer | 12/18/21 |
02---JF---DA---JapanTournament: Peninsula | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Madeleine Conrad-Mogin OFF1NC—-Japan DAJapan's space industry is driven by private actors.Jaxa 18 2-8-2018 "Focal Point on commercial space exploration in Japan" https://media.nature.com/full/nature-cms/uploads/ckeditor/attachments/8865/00_Editorial_UK.pdf (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003.)Elmer Japan space commitment re-vitalizes and modernizes the US-Japan Alliance.Wright 20 John Wright 2-4-2020 "Where No Alliance Has Gone Before: US-Japan Military Cooperation in Space" https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/where-no-alliance-has-gone-before-us-japan-military-cooperation-in-space/ (Major John Wright is a U.S. Air Force officer, pilot, and a Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow. He is a Foreign Area Officer who specializes in Japan, and recent author of the book "Deep Space Warfare: Military Strategy Beyond Orbit." The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author, and not necessarily those of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Government, Mansfield Foundation, or any other government or government entity.)Elmer Strong US-Japan alliance prevents a range of existential threats.Hamre 16 John Hamre, President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Former Under Secretary of Defense, and Richard Armitage, President of Armitage International, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, co-chairs of the U.S.-Japan Commission on the Future of the Alliance, et al., "The U.S.-Japan Alliance to 2030: Power and Principle", Report of the Commission on the Future of the Alliance, 2/29/2016, p. 1-5 | 2/5/22 |
02---JF---DA---Mining GoodTournament: Peninsula | Round: Octas | Opponent: Monta Vista KR | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin, Ben Cortez, Jack Barber OFF1NC—-Mining GoodCommercial mining solves extinction from scarcity, climate, terror, war, and disease.Pelton 17—(Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute at George Washington University, PHD in IR from Georgetown).. Pelton, Joseph N. 2017. The New Gold Rush: The Riches of Space Beckon! Springer. Accessed 8/30/19. Resource scarcity coming now and causes extinction—asteroid mining is the only way to solveCrombrugghe 18 – Guerric, Business Development Manager Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, "Asteroid mining as a necessary answer to mineral scarcity", LinkedIn, 1/11/2018, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asteroid-mining-necessary-answer-mineral-scarcity-de-crombrugghe Resource Shortages Exacerbate ConflictWingo 13 - Dennis Wingo, Former CTO of the Orbital Recovery Corporation, Founder and CEO of Skycorp Inc, and Greentrail Energy Inc., Co-Founder and CTO of Orbital Recovery Inc. Leader of NASA's the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP), First in history to rescue and operate a spacecraft (ISEE-3) in interplanetary space, and University of Alabama in Huntsville Consortium for Materials Development in Space Researcher At University of Alabama in Huntsville Consortium for Materials Development in Space "Commentary | The Inevitability of Extraterrestrial Mining", Space News, 7/29/2013, https://spacenews.com/36511the-inevitability-of-extraterrestrial-mining/ Those Conflicts go NuclearKlare 13 – Michael T., professor emeritus of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College and senior visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association in Washington, DC, " How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion", The Nation, 4/22/2013, https://www.thenation.com/article/how-resource-scarcity-and-climate-change-could-produce-global-explosion/ JHW Mining solves Water ShortagesKean 15 Sam Kean December 2015 "The End of Thirst" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-end-of-thirst/413176/ (writer based in Washington DC for the Atlantic)Elmer Indo-Pak Water War goes NuclearKlare 20 — Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute. (Michael; Published: 2020; "Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and the Potential for Interstate Conflict in South Asia"; Journal of Strategic Security 13, No. 4, Pages 109-122; https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.13.4.1826 Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol13/iss4/8)//CYang | 1/25/22 |
02---JF---DA---PLATournament: CPS | Round: 4 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SP | Judge: Brett Boelkens OFF1NC—-PLA DAThe plan causes PLA backlash against Chinese civilian leadershipDean Cheng 14, Senior Research Fellow in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, Former Senior Analyst at the China Studies Division of the Center for Naval Analyses, Former Senior Analyst with Science Applications International Corporation, "Prospects for U.S.-China Space Cooperation", Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, 4/9/2014, https://www.heritage.org/testimony/prospects-us-china-space-cooperation That snaps the conditional compliance underpinning civil-military stability—-escalates conflict throughout AsiaDr. Kurtis H. Simpson 16, Master's Degree and Ph.D. and MA in International Relations from York University, Centre Director with Defence Research and Development Canada, MPA from the Sprott School of Business, Former Director of Personnel Research at Defense RandD Canada, now Centre Director of The Centre for Operational Research and Analysis, "China's Re-Emergence: Assessing Civilian-Military Relations In Contemporary Era", Canadian Military Journal, 12/21/2016, https://www.eurasiareview.com/21122016-chinas-re-emergence-assessing-civilian-military-relations-in-contemporary-era-analysis/ An unhinged PLA triggers Himalayan war—-goes globalDr. Brahma Chellaney 17, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Center for Policy Research and Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, PhD in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, "Why the Chinese Military's Rising Clout Troubles Xi Jinping", The National, 9/9/2017, https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/why-the-chinese-military-s-rising-clout-troubles-xi-jinping-1.626815?videoId=5754807360001 | 12/18/21 |
02---JF---DA---SSATournament: UNLV | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit KS | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen OFF1NC—-SSA DAThe plan demands tons of SSA resourcesSundalh 2000 ~Mark Sundalh, J.D. candidate, Hastings College of the Law, 2001; Ph.D. (Classics), Brown University, 2000; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.~ "Unidentified Orbital Debris: The Case for a Market-Share Liability Regime" Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2000 (https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1532andcontext=hastings_international_comparative_law_review) – MZhu That undermines space weather assessmentFerguson 15 ~Dale Ferguson PhD, "The Space Weather Threat to Situational Awareness, Communications, and Positioning Systems," http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=7070693~~#authors~~ Lack of space weather data causes extinctionDancer 16 ~Benjamin Dancer, Director of Public Relations for the Colorado EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, which is the Colorado branch of a Congressional Advisory Board., 5-22-2016 https://www.benjamindancer.com/blog/2016/5/7/space-weather-an-existential-threat~~ | 2/7/22 |
02---JF---DA---Space DeterrenceTournament: CPS | Round: 2 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: DKP OFF1NC—-Deterrence DASpace Commercialization is key to Space Deterrence – Commercial Flexibility is key to deterrence by denial.Klein 19, John J. Understanding space strategy: the art of war in space. Routledge, 2019. (a Senior Fellow and Strategist at Falcon Research, Inc. and Adjunct Professor at George Washington University's Space Policy Institute)Elmer Space Deterrence Breakdowns causes War and Extinction.Parker 17 Clifton Parker 1-24-2017 "Deterrence in space key to U.S. security" https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/news/deterrence-space-key-us-security (Policy Analyst at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation)Elmer | 12/18/21 |
02---JF---DA---XITournament: CPS | Round: 4 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SP | Judge: Brett Boelkens OFF1NC—-Xi DAXi's regime is stable now, but its success depends on strong growth and private sector development.Mitter and Johnson 21 ~Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, Rana Mitter is a professor of the history and politics of modern China at Oxford. Elsbeth Johnson, formerly the strategy director for Prudential PLC's Asian business, is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management and the founder of SystemShift, a consulting firm. May-June 2021, "What the West Gets Wrong About China," Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2021/05/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china accessed 12/14/21~ Adam Xi has committed to the commercial space industry as the linchpin of China's rise – the plan is seen as a complete 180Patel 21 ~Neel V. Patel, Neel is a space reporter for MIT Technology Review. 1-21-2021, "China's surging private space industry is out to challenge the US," MIT Technology Review, https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/21/1016513/china-private-commercial-space-industry-dominance/ accessed 12/14/21~ Adam Shifts in regime perception threatens CCP's legitimacy from nationalist hardlinersWeiss 19 Jessica Weiss 1-29-2019 "Authoritarian Audiences, Rhetoric, and Propaganda in International Crises: Evidence from China" http://www.jessicachenweiss.com/uploads/3/0/6/3/30636001/19-01-24-elite-statements-isq-ca.pdf (Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University)Elmer Xi will launch diversionary war to domestic backlash – escalates in multiple hotspotsNorris 17, William J. Geostrategic Implications of China's Twin Economic Challenges. CFR Discussion Paper, 2017. (Associate professor of Chinese foreign and security policy at Texas AandM University's Bush School of Government and Public Service)Elmer ====US–China war goes nuclear – crisis mis-management ensures conventional escalation - extinction==== | 12/18/21 |
02---JF---PIC---Space ElevatorsTournament: Peninsula | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Madeleine Conrad-Mogin OFF1NC—-Space Elevators PICText – Private Appropriation of Outer Space except for Space Elevators is Unjust.Space Elevators constitute Appropriation – they impede orbits.Matignon 19 Louis de Gouyon Matignon 3-3-2019 "LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SPACE ELEVATOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM" https://www.spacelegalissues.com/space-law-legal-aspects-of-the-space-elevator-transportation-system/ ~PhD in space law (co-supervised by both Philippe Delebecque, from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, and Christopher D. Johnson, from Georgetown University || regularly write articles on the website Space Legal Issues so as to popularise space law and public international law~Elmer Private Companies are pursuing Space Elevators.Alfano 15 Andrea Alfano 8-18-2015 "All Of These Companies Are Working On A Space Elevator" https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77612/20150818/companies-working-space-elevator.htm (Writer at the Tech Times)Elmer Yes Space Elevators – NASA confirms.Snowden 18 Scott Snowden 10-2-2018 "A colossal elevator to space could be going up sooner than you ever imagined" https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/colossal-elevator-space-could-be-going-sooner-you-ever-imagined-ncna915421 (Scott has written about science and technology for 20 years for publications around the world. He covers environmental technology for Forbes.)Elmer Regardless of completion, Elevators spur investment in NanotechnologyLiam O'Brien 16. University of Wollongong. 07/2016. "Nanotechnology in Space." Young Scientists Journal; Canterbury, no. 19, p. 22. Nano tech solves warming Bhavya Khullar. September 4, 2017. Nanomaterials Could Combat Climate Change and Reduce Pollution. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nanomaterials-could-combat-climate-change-and-reduce-pollution/ Warming causes ExtinctionKareiva 18, Peter, and Valerie Carranza. "Existential risk due to ecosystem collapse: Nature strikes back." Futures 102 (2018): 39-50. (Ph.D. in ecology and applied mathematics from Cornell University, director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, Pritzker Distinguished Professor in Environment and Sustainability at UCLA)Re-cut by Elmer Space Elevators solve Space Debris – reduces Rocket LaunchesForgan 19, Duncan H. Solving Fermi's Paradox. Vol. 10. Cambridge University Press, 2019. (Associate Lecturer at the Centre for Exoplanet Science at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, founding member of the UK Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) research network and leads UK research efforts into the search)Elmer | 2/5/22 |
03---JF---CP---Global Con ConTournament: Peninsula | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Madeleine Conrad-Mogin OFF1NC—-Global Con Con CPStates ought to call a global constitutional convention and establish a constitution reflecting intergenerational concern with exclusive authority to ban appropriation of outer space by private entities and bind participating bodies to its result.That solves the aff – it addresses shared anxieties while building political consensus—-avoids countries feeling betrayed and takes away the "shock"Gardiner 14 1 ~Stephen M. Gardiner, Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle, "A Call for a Global Constitutional Convention Focused on Future Generations," 2014, Ethics and International Affairs, Vol. 28, Issue 3, pp. 299-315, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0892679414000379, EA~ Conventions are key to set up an effective commons—-their ev.AC Silverstein and Panda '3/9 - Benjamin Silverstein ~research analyst for the Space Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. MA, International Relations, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs BA, International Affairs, George Washington University~ and Ankit Panda ~Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. AB, Princeton University~, "Space Is a Great Commons. It's Time to Treat It as Such." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Web). March 9, 2021. Accessed Dec. 13, 2021. https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/09/space-is-great-commons.-it-s-time-to-treat-it-as-such-pub-84018 AT—-rehighlighted rahulpenu | 2/5/22 |
03---JF---CP---Mining RegsTournament: Peninsula | Round: Octas | Opponent: Monta Vista KR | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin, Ben Cortez, Jack Barber OFF1NC—-Regulations CPCounterplan text: The Committee on the Peaceful use of Outer Space ought toestablish an application system for property rights on celestial bodies conditioned upon open disclosure of data and applications.Private entities will only be granted one property grant per celestial body.Private Entities will only mine and extract asteroids during the asteroids natural orbit.CP solves the Case – A~ Solves Advantage 1 because stops the tensions between the US, China and Russia by adding an international treaty and B~ solves advantage two by making mining safe, which stops the space dust that triggers their impacts.It competes – we don't ban private appropriation of asteroid mining and it's an entirely new process from the affirmative.Mining regulations ensure Mining is safe.Steffen 21 ~Olaf Steffen, Olaf is a scientist at the Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Sytems at the German Aerospace Center. 12-2-2021, "Explore to Exploit: A Data-Centred Approach to Space Mining Regulation," Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, German Aerospace Center, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964621000515 accessed 12/12/21~ Adam Ensuring Asteroid Mining only occurs in the Asteroids Orbit solves Collisions, Debris, and Astro-Terror.Drmola and Mareš 15 - Jakub Drmola is a PhD student and Miroslav Mareš professor, at the Divison of Security and Strategic Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, "Revisiting the deflection dilemma", Astronomy and Geophysics, Volume 56, Issue 5, October 2015, Pages 5.15–5.18, https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/56/5/5.15/235650 | 1/25/22 |
03---JF---PIC---OUFTournament: UNLV | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit KS | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen OFF1NC—-OUF PICCP Text – We affirm that the appropriation of outer space through the production of space debris by private entities is unjust but do not endorse the usage of an Orbital Use Fee.The CP is competitive – you should give us Normal Means Competition – it was clearly flagged in the 1AC and actively defended as how the Plan would be implemented, meaning the CP is a distinct Policy Option. Specification PICs are best for in-depth, nuanced, and detailed debates by holding Affs accountable which is better for Topic Ed and Real-World Policy Education.The 1AC Runnels Normal Means Card about Orbital Use Fees says it would be used to fund ADR – here's a re-cutting. Hold them to it – it was highlighted in their evidence as what an OUF would be – anything else encourages poor 1AC construction.Runnels 22. Michael is a professor and writer for the American Bar Association. 1/13/22. ~American Bar Association "On Clearing Earth's Orbital Debris and Enforcing the Outer Space Treaty in the U.S." https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2022/01/orbital-debris/~~ Justin re-cut by Elmer OUF: Proportional fee for amount of debris put into Space ADR cause "grey zones" of military ambiguitySeidel, 19 (Jamie Seidel, cites Todd Harrison, Centre for Strategic and International Studies Aerospace Security Project head "Space junk or sabotage? Space clean-up drones could have military implications" accessed online 8/15/19 https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/space-junk-or-sabotage-space-cleanup-drones-could-have-military-implications/news-story/e2cbbb479ea620a64a43ddc0d860c30c) Dual-use ambiguity guarantees miscalculation that escalatesBragg et. al, 18 —- Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI's Chief Analytics Officer (CAO) and Executive Vice President, PhD in IR @ NYU); Dr. Robert Elder (PhD @ Emory, BA @ Clemson, Assistant prof of History @ Baylor); Dr. Belinda Bragg (principle research scientist at NSI, Inc. Lecturer in political science @ Texas AandM); July 2018, "Contested Space Operations, Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting: Summary Findings and Integration Report," NSI, https://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Space-SMA-Integration-Report-Space-FINAL.pdf OFF1NC—-SSA DAThe plan demands tons of SSA resourcesSundalh 2000 ~Mark Sundalh, J.D. candidate, Hastings College of the Law, 2001; Ph.D. (Classics), Brown University, 2000; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.~ "Unidentified Orbital Debris: The Case for a Market-Share Liability Regime" Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2000 (https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1532andcontext=hastings_international_comparative_law_review) – MZhu That undermines space weather assessmentFerguson 15 ~Dale Ferguson PhD, "The Space Weather Threat to Situational Awareness, Communications, and Positioning Systems," http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=7070693~~#authors~~ Lack of space weather data causes extinctionDancer 16 ~Benjamin Dancer, Director of Public Relations for the Colorado EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, which is the Colorado branch of a Congressional Advisory Board., 5-22-2016 https://www.benjamindancer.com/blog/2016/5/7/space-weather-an-existential-threat~~ OFF1NC—-Space Elevators PICText – Private Appropriation of Outer Space except for Space Elevators is Unjust.It Competes:1~ Space Elevators constitute Appropriation – they impede orbits.Matignon 19 Louis de Gouyon Matignon 3-3-2019 "LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SPACE ELEVATOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM" https://www.spacelegalissues.com/space-law-legal-aspects-of-the-space-elevator-transportation-system/ ~PhD in space law (co-supervised by both Philippe Delebecque, from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, and Christopher D. Johnson, from Georgetown University || regularly write articles on the website Space Legal Issues so as to popularise space law and public international law~Elmer 2~ Everything "produces debris" - launches produce dust, paint falls off from materials, etc. – the 1AC hasn't defined "debris" or anything that "constitutes Debris" so default Negative on Competition – anything else incentivizes Aff vagueness to spike Neg Ground.Private Companies are pursuing Space Elevators.Alfano 15 Andrea Alfano 8-18-2015 "All Of These Companies Are Working On A Space Elevator" https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77612/20150818/companies-working-space-elevator.htm (Writer at the Tech Times)Elmer Yes Space Elevators – NASA confirms.Snowden 18 Scott Snowden 10-2-2018 "A colossal elevator to space could be going up sooner than you ever imagined" https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/colossal-elevator-space-could-be-going-sooner-you-ever-imagined-ncna915421 (Scott has written about science and technology for 20 years for publications around the world. He covers environmental technology for Forbes.)Elmer Regardless of completion, Elevators spur investment in NanotechnologyLiam O'Brien 16. University of Wollongong. 07/2016. "Nanotechnology in Space." Young Scientists Journal; Canterbury, no. 19, p. 22. Nano tech solves warming Bhavya Khullar. September 4, 2017. Nanomaterials Could Combat Climate Change and Reduce Pollution. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nanomaterials-could-combat-climate-change-and-reduce-pollution/ And every existential threatMiller 17, Gina Miller, She has written articles and provided interviews on the subject of nanotechnology and created digital artwork, videos and animations to illustrate future applications. Her work has been featured in various media including the History Channel, Japanese television, international documentaries, Wired, PC Magazine, Fast Company, and various books such as "Nanofuture" by J. Storrs Hall, the inventor of the "utility fog" concept. Miller has collaborated with other nanotechnology pioneers such as Robert A. Freitas Jr., author of "Nanomedicine," and is a frequent collaborator of the Foresight Institute co-founded by K. Eric Drexler the "founding father of nanotechnology".. 2-26-2017, accessed on 1-28-2021, Nanotechnology Industries, "Nanotechnology, the real science of miracles, the end of disease, aging, poverty and pollution - Nanotechnology Industries", http://nanoindustries.com/nanotechnology_science_of_miracles/ Adam Counterplan solves the Case - Space Elevators solve Space Debris – reduces Rocket Launches.Forgan 19, Duncan H. Solving Fermi's Paradox. Vol. 10. Cambridge University Press, 2019. (Associate Lecturer at the Centre for Exoplanet Science at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, founding member of the UK Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) research network and leads UK research efforts into the search)Elmer Debris ADV1NC—-Squo ThumpsSquo debris thumpsWall 21 ~Mike Wall, Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. 11/15/21, "Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem," Space, https://www.space.com/kessler-syndrome-space-debris accessed 12/10/21~ Adam 1NC—-Debris DEven in the worst case collision risk is tiny.Fange 17 Daniel Von Fange 17, Web Application Engineer, Founder and Owner of LeanCoder, Full Stack, Polyglot Web Developer, "Kessler Syndrome is Over Hyped", 5/21/2017, http://braino.org/essays/kessler_syndrome_is_over_hyped/ 1NC—-Climate DNo IL—-Boley and Byers are not about the environment—-mitigating the effects of the "tragedy of the commons" is not the same as solving warmingIt's a tail-end scenario in the far future.Dr. Amber Kerr et al. 19, Energy and Resources PhD at the University of California-Berkeley, known agroecologist, former coordinator of the USDA California Climate Hub; Dr. Daniel Swain, Climate Science PhD at UCLA, climate scientist, a research fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Dr. Andrew King, Earth Sciences PhD, Climate Extremes Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne; Dr. Peter Kalmus, Physics PhD at the University of Colombia, climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab; Professor Richard Betts, Chair in Climate Impacts at the University of Exeter, a lead author on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Working Group 1; Dr. William Huiskamp, Paleoclimatology PhD at the Climate Change Research Center, climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; 6/4/2019, "Claim that human civilization could end in 30 years is speculative, not supported with evidence," https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/iflscience-story-on-speculative-report-provides-little-scientific-context-james-felton/, Stras 1NC—-Cyber DAttacks won't escalateJensen and Banks 18 Benjamin Jensen holds a dual appointment as a scholar-in-residence at American University, School of International Service and as an associate professor at the Marine Corps University, and David Banks, professorial lecturer at the American University's School of International Service. ~Cyber warfare may be less dangerous than we think, 4-26-2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/04/26/what-can-cybergames-teach-us-about-cyberattacks-quite-a-lot-in-fact/~~//BPS No retalTucker 18 Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor at Defense One, internally citing US official statements. ~No, the US Won't Respond to A Cyber Attack with Nukes, 2-2-2018, https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/02/no-us-wont-respond-cyber-attack-nukes/145700/~~//BPS No blackoutsLarson 18 Selena Larson, Cyber threat intelligence analyst at Dragos, Inc. ~Threats to Electric Grid are Real; Widespread Blackouts are Not, 8-6-2018, https://dragos.com/blog/industry-news/threats-to-electric-grid-are-real-widespread-blackouts-are-not/~~//BPS 1NC—-Astronomy DTwo Thumpers:1~ Status Quo Debris thumps – 1AC Turner is about the 9,300 tons of "shiny satellites" and "junk" that already exist – saying it could get worse w/ Mega-Constellations doesn't mean a world without Commercial Appropriation would be conducive for Astronomy.2~ Light Pollution –Vaonis 19 "Why do the Stars Disappear?" https://vaonis.com/light-pollution-astronomy Elmer 1AC Green isn't about Astronomy… – it's about "Going to Space" that has benefits including Astronomy, but the laundry list is about "activities IN space" – means the Aff alone can't solve since issues w/ Exploration hinder developments – give them zero I/L to this. Here's a re-cutting.Green 21. Brian Patrick Green, director of technology ethics @ Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, "Space Ethics," 2021, Rowman, pp. 5 re-cut by Elmer 1NC—-Pandemics DPandemics won't cause human extinctionSebastian Farquhar 17. Director at Oxford's Global Priorities Project, Owen Cotton-Barratt, a Lecturer in Mathematics at St Hugh's College, Oxford, John Halstead, Stefan Schubert, Haydn Belfield, Andrew Snyder-Beattie, 01-23-17, "Existential Risk Diplomacy and Governance", GLOBAL PRIORITIES PROJECT 2017, https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Existential-Risks-2017-01-23.pdf Chance of extinction is nil.Adalja 16 ~Amesh Adalja, infectious disease physician at the University of Pittsburgh~ "Why Hasn't Disease Wiped out the Human Race?" June 17, 2016 (http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/infectious-diseases-extinction/487514/) - MZhu ====Disease resilience forecloses effective responses to bioweapon attacks==== If they're right about the capacity for diseases to cause extinction—-bioterror massively outweighs on probabilityAnders Sandberg 18. Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. 02/26/2018. "Human Extinction from Natural Hazard Events." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. oxfordre.com, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.293. 1NC—-Sat War DUncertainty from debris collisions creates restraint not instability.MacDonald 16, B., et al. "Crisis stability in space: China and other challenges." Foreign Policy Institute. Washington, DC (2016). (senior director of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Project with the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention)Elmer No Escalation over Satellites:1~ Planning PrioritiesBowen 18 Bleddyn Bowen 2-20-2018 "The Art of Space Deterrence" https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/the-art-of-space-deterrence/ (Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Leicester)Elmer 2~ Military PrecedentZarybnisky 18, Eric J. Celestial Deterrence: Deterring Aggression in the Global Commons of Space. Naval War College Newport United States, 2018. (Senior Materiel Leader at United States Air Force)Elmer 3~ ModelsDrmola and Hubik 18 ~Jakub Drmola, Division of Security and Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Masaryk University, AND Tomas Hubik, Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Logic, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Kessler Syndrome: System Dynamics Model. Space Policy Volumes 44–45, August 2018, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964617300966?via3Dihub~~ Solvency ADV1NC—-Orbital FeeOrbital use fees failStilwell 20, Ruth ~Dr. Ruth Stilwell is a Senior Non-Resident Scholar at the Space Policy Institute of George Washington University and Adjunct Professor at Norwich University.~ Orbital use fees won't solve the space debris problem. Jun 22, 2020, https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3971/1 TG | 2/7/22 |
04---JF---K---BifoTournament: CPS | Round: 2 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: DKP OFF1NC—-Bifo KBifo K The University is a site of social death, the mass grave of Western culture and the aff's fantasy of radicalizing debate plays into the hands of the system by denying the violence innate to the university system itself—only triggering a symbolic collapse can reverse this metastasis as the aff paves over the conditions of violent colonialism which structure debating in the first placeOccupied UC Berkeley 10 ("The University, Social Death, and the Inside Joke," http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20100220181610620) The hyper individualistic politics of neoliberalism has brought the liberal international order to the brink of collapse, but the 1ac simply results in a re-investment in the psychic devastation of contemporary capitalism.Bifo 17 (Franco Berardi, After the European Union) Vote neg to endorse a radical passivity – this creates a line of flight away from competition and acceleration, forming the basis of a new solidarity and revolution which will destroy semiocapitalism.Bifo 17 (Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Professor of Social History of Communication at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Milan, "Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility", 2017, pg. 68-69) | 12/18/21 |
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