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| Barkley Forum | 1 | Eden Prarie AG | Julian Kuffour |
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| Barkley Forum | 3 | Harvard Westlake JH | Gordon Krauss |
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| Blue Key | 1 | Strath Haven AM | Raunak Dua |
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| Blue Key | 6 | Lexington JB | Saketh Kotapati |
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| Blue key | 3 | Sharon RG | Keshav Dandu |
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| Churchill | 4 | Reagan TS | Holden |
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| Churchill | 5 | Claudia Taylor MR | Isaac Chao |
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| Grapevine | 3 | JPG JF | Devin Hernandez |
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| Grapevine | 5 | Dulles NJ | Srey Das |
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| Grapevine | Doubles | Lexington BF | Panel |
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| Grapevine | 2 | San Mateo YR | Connor Self |
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| Harvard | 2 | Scarsdale KS | Dominic Henderson |
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| Harvard | 3 | Moravian MJ | Daou, Jack |
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| Harvard | 5 | King CP | Johnson, Kati |
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| Heart of Texas | 2 | Homestead DA | Jonathan Hsu |
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| Heart of Texas | 4 | Harvard Westlake ML | Jack Quissenberry |
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| Heart of Texas | 2 | Homestead DA | Jonathan Hsu |
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| Heart of Texas | 6 | Marlborough JH | Vishan Chaudhary |
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| Holy Cross | 3 | Caddo Magnet JH | Kelvin Yi |
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| Holy Cross | 2 | Vestavia Hills DS | John Fruge |
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| Holy Cross | 6 | Round Rock SV | Cyprian Dumas |
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| Longhorn Classic | 2 | Memorial DX | Truman Le |
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| Longhorn Classic | 3 | Dripping Springs CS | Elmer Yang |
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| Longhorn Classic | 6 | Carnegie Vanguard LH | Jugal Amodwala |
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| Loyola Invitational | 4 | Harvard Westlake AW | Aryan Jasani |
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| Loyola Invitational | 2 | Dulles RZ | Truman Le |
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| Loyola Invitational | 5 | Immaculate Heart SS | Samantha McLoughlin |
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| NSD | 1 | Sebastian Cho | Sam Azbel |
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| NSD | 3 | Azlan Khan | Jayanne Forest |
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| Palm Classic | 1 | Sage MP | Grant Brown |
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| Palm Classic | 4 | Harvard Westlake SW | Brianna Aaron |
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| Palm Classic | 5 | Harker AGa | Gordon Krauss |
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| TFA | 1 | LVHig AM | Yoakum |
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| TFA | 3 | Clements AK | Brandon Molina |
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| TFA | 6 | Lovejoy JV | River Cook |
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| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 2 | Sidwell SW | Sarah Botsch-McGuinn |
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| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 4 | Westside SY | Gabby Lea |
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| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 5 | Heights JJ | Yoakum |
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| University of Houston Cougar Classic | Doubles | Woodland College Park TS | Holden, Tyler Gamble, Beth Cole |
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| Barkley Forum | 1 | Opponent: Eden Prarie AG | Judge: Julian Kuffour 1AC-China Russia |
| Barkley Forum | 3 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake JH | Judge: Gordon Krauss 1AC-cap |
| Blue Key | 1 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Raunak Dua 1AC-US Soft power |
| Blue Key | 6 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Saketh Kotapati 1AC-democracy |
| Blue key | 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu 1AC-Daoism |
| Churchill | 4 | Opponent: Reagan TS | Judge: Holden 1AC-virtue ethics |
| Churchill | 5 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor MR | Judge: Isaac Chao 1AC-disability non t |
| Grapevine | 3 | Opponent: JPG JF | Judge: Devin Hernandez 1AC-strucutral violence aff |
| Grapevine | 5 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Srey Das 1AC-Tricks prag |
| Grapevine | Doubles | Opponent: Lexington BF | Judge: Panel 1AC-covid aff |
| Grapevine | 2 | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Connor Self 1AC-tricks-again |
| Harvard | 2 | Opponent: Scarsdale KS | Judge: Dominic Henderson 1AC-kant |
| Harvard | 3 | Opponent: Moravian MJ | Judge: Daou, Jack 1AC-lay |
| Harvard | 5 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Johnson, Kati 1AC-disability |
| Heart of Texas | 2 | Opponent: Homestead DA | Judge: Jonathan Hsu 1AC-WTO legitimacy and covid pandemics aff |
| Heart of Texas | 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake ML | Judge: Jack Quissenberry 1AC-Covid |
| Heart of Texas | 2 | Opponent: Homestead DA | Judge: Jonathan Hsu 1AC-WTO legitimacy and covid pandemics aff |
| Heart of Texas | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough JH | Judge: Vishan Chaudhary 1AC-covid structural violence |
| Holy Cross | 3 | Opponent: Caddo Magnet JH | Judge: Kelvin Yi 1AC-lay |
| Holy Cross | 2 | Opponent: Vestavia Hills DS | Judge: John Fruge 1AC-Kant |
| Holy Cross | 6 | Opponent: Round Rock SV | Judge: Cyprian Dumas 1AC-covid |
| Longhorn Classic | 2 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: Truman Le 1AC-racial cap |
| Longhorn Classic | 3 | Opponent: Dripping Springs CS | Judge: Elmer Yang 1AC-strucutral violence |
| Longhorn Classic | 6 | Opponent: Carnegie Vanguard LH | Judge: Jugal Amodwala 1AC-teachers |
| Loyola Invitational | 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake AW | Judge: Aryan Jasani 1AC-Covid aff |
| Loyola Invitational | 2 | Opponent: Dulles RZ | Judge: Truman Le 1AC-Kant one and done plan |
| Loyola Invitational | 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SS | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1AC-Crisper |
| NSD | 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel 1AC-Kant |
| NSD | 3 | Opponent: Azlan Khan | Judge: Jayanne Forest 1AC-stock util |
| Palm Classic | 1 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Grant Brown 1AC-mega constellations |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake SW | Judge: Brianna Aaron 1AC-Cap |
| Palm Classic | 5 | Opponent: Harker AGa | Judge: Gordon Krauss Gordon never showed up so we got a double bye this round lol |
| TFA | 1 | Opponent: LVHig AM | Judge: Yoakum 1AC-covid democracy fake news |
| TFA | 3 | Opponent: Clements AK | Judge: Brandon Molina 1AC-structural violence |
| TFA | 6 | Opponent: Lovejoy JV | Judge: River Cook 1AC-misinformation |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 2 | Opponent: Sidwell SW | Judge: Sarah Botsch-McGuinn 1AC-galacta Girl |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 4 | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: Gabby Lea 1AC-baudrillard |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 5 | Opponent: Heights JJ | Judge: Yoakum 1AC-racial cap |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | Doubles | Opponent: Woodland College Park TS | Judge: Holden, Tyler Gamble, Beth Cole strange things |
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0-ContactTournament: all | Round: Finals | Opponent: a person | Judge: another person | 9/4/21 |
0-Disclosure NoteTournament: all | Round: Finals | Opponent: a person | Judge: another person | 9/4/21 |
0-NavigationTournament: all | Round: Finals | Opponent: a person | Judge: another person | 9/4/21 |
0-Note for UHTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Woodland College Park TS | Judge: Holden, Tyler Gamble, Beth Cole | 1/16/22 |
1-FW-UTIL V1Tournament: NSD | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel The standard is maximizing ex~ected well being. Prefer it:~1~ Actor spec: util is the best for governments, which is the actor in the rez – multiple warrants:~a~ Governments must aggregate since every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.~b~ No intent-foresight distinction – the actions we take are inevitably informed by predictions from certain mental states, meaning consequences are a collective part of the will.~c~ No act omission distinction – governments are responsible for everything in the public sphere and have yes/no bills so inaction is an implicit authorization of action.Extinction outweighs under any frameworkPummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT ANDacting very wrongly." (From chapter 36 of On What Matters) | 7/8/21 |
1-FW-UTil V beefyTournament: Harvard | Round: 2 | Opponent: Scarsdale KS | Judge: Dominic Henderson | 2/19/22 |
1-FW-UtilTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dulles RZ | Judge: Truman Le The standard is maximizing expected well-being. Prefer it:~1~ Actor specificity: util is the best for governments, which is the actor in the rez – multiple warrants:~a~ Governments must aggregate since every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.Only consequentialism explains degrees of wrongness—if I break a promise to meet up for lunch, that is not as bad as breaking a promise to take a dying person to the hospital. Only the consequences of breaking the promise explain why the second one is much worse than the first. Intuitions outweigh—they’re the foundational basis for any argument and theories that contradict our intuitions lose their bindingness and are most likely false even if we can’t deductively determine why.~5~ Util is a lexical pre-requisite to any other framework-threats to bodily security and life preclude the ability for moral actors to effectively utilize and act upon other moral theories since they are in a constant state of crisis that inhibit the ideal moral conditions which other theories presuppose – so, util comes first and my offense outweighs theirs under their own framework.~7~ Extinction outweighsPummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT | 9/5/21 |
1-FW-Util V2Tournament: Blue key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu | 10/30/21 |
1-Generic-Kant v nonTTournament: Churchill | Round: 5 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor MR | Judge: Isaac Chao | 1/8/22 |
1-Generic-ROB-TTTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake AW | Judge: Aryan Jasani The role of the ballot is to determine whether the resolution is a true or false statement – anything else moots 7 minutes of the nc – their framing collapses since you must say it is true that a world is better than another before you adopt it.Substantive skews – there is always a more correct side of the topic but we compensate for flaws in the lit.Scalar methods rely on intervention – the persuasion of certain DA or advantages sway decisions – only a binary resolves that and prevents intervention which is the biggest impact under fairness.Most inclusive because other ROBs allow for oppression Olympics allowing personal lives and experiences to factor in decisions.a priori's 1st – even worlds framing requires ethics that begin from a priori principles like reason or pleasure so we control the internal link to functional debates.The ballot says vote aff or neg based on a topic – five dictionaries define to negate as to deny the truth of and affirm as to prove true which means it’s constitutive and jurisdictional – that outweighs – all your arguments presume the judge evaluates them and controls the IL to topic ed and fairness since the rules of the activity is what we base our arguments on.I denied the truth of the resolution by disagreeing with the aff which means I've met my burden. | 9/5/21 |
1-Generic-Shell-Eval after 1ACTournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Connor Self ~1~ Reciprocity – I dont have access to as much time as you leading to a massive irreciporical screw~2~ Clash – doing this kills clash since there’s no quality engagement on any specific layer because there’s a skew in routes to the ballot which means I’m blitzing superficial responses to everything in the 1AR which means we won’t have in depth clash on either layer. Key to fairness because ensures we don’t hide behind args and education since it ensures we test the validity of arguments.Fairness-debate is a game that needs rules to be evaluated DTD to set normsNo rvi-you don’t win for being fair | 9/25/21 |
1-K-SpikesTournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Connor Self Im done with your tricks-this ends nowTheir strategy of quick, blippy arguments excludes people with learning disabilities which not only deters them from the activity but also makes debate uneducational.Thompson 15 Terrence Lonam April 21, 2015 "Miscellaneous Thoughts from the Disorganized Mind of Marshall Thompson" http://nsdupdate.com/2015/04/21/miscellaneous-thoughts-from-the-disorganized-mind-of-marshall-thompson/ Vote them down – inclusion is a tangible out-of-round impact distinct from the procedural aspects of debate – it’s key to minority participation. | 9/25/21 |
1-PIC-State Pic DaoismTournament: Blue key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu | 10/30/21 |
1-Theory-30 min disclosure v disabilityTournament: Harvard | Round: 5 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Johnson, Kati Violation-check ss-I asked them but they didn’t respond | 2/19/22 |
1-Theory-Combo ShellTournament: Grapevine | Round: 5 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Srey Das Interp: The aff debater cant read that reject neg fairness concerns and no neg theory on spikes and if I win one layer vote affViolation -they didStandard-Infinite abuseThis combination of spikes makes it impossible to negate. They get to read any amount of spikes they want in the 1AC and I cant check since I don’t get theory on spikes. Since these could count as their own independent layer even if they don’t have any implication you can make that a reason to auto affirm. No theory on spikes intensifies the abuse since I cant check back against any sort of abusive spikes. Reject neg fairness concerns takes away my ability to check them substantivly since I cant generate reasons that your spikes are unfairAnd they cant leverage their spikes against the shell-I question their abbility to make them in the first placeAnd I get Meta Theory-otherwise you can read abusive thery and I have no way to check agaisnt this-2ar and judge gut check against bad shells | 9/11/21 |
1-Theory-Super Smash BrosTournament: Blue key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu | 10/30/21 |
2-SEPTOC-DA-LIQUIDITYTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dulles RZ | Judge: Truman Le Liquidity stays robust in 2021 despite challenges – status-quo ensures declines are controlled.Lokeshwarri 21 ~SK; Chief of Research Bureau; "3 reasons why market liquidity will stay robust in 2021," BusinessLine; 1/3/21; https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/deep-dive/3-reasons-why-market-liquidity-will-stay-robust-in-2021/article33487346.ece~~ Justin The plan collapses market liquidity – our evidence is super recent and really good.DiD- Difference in Difference AND Statistics prove liquidity is key to long-term growth.Abdul-Khaliq 13 ~Shatha; Assistant Professor, AlBlqa Applied University, Jordan; "The Impact of Stock Market Liquidity on Economic Growth in Jordan," European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org; 2013; https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/viewFile/9456/9661~~#:~~:text=Focusing20on20liquidity2C20Bencivenga2C20et,key20role20in20economic20growth.andtext=By20facilitating20longer20term2C20more,for20long20term20economic20growth.~ Justin AND Growth solves extinction.Aschenbrenner 20 ~Leopold Aschenbrenner; Student in economics at Columbia University and research affiliate at the University of Oxford’s Global Priorities Institute; "Securing posterity," Works in Progress; 10/19/20; https://worksinprogress.co/issue/securing-posterity/~~ julian Re-Cut Justin | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-1NC-LAYTournament: Holy Cross | Round: 2 | Opponent: Vestavia Hills DS | Judge: John Fruge I negate the resolution, resolved: The member states of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines.The World Trade Organization describes its purpose as Trevor Brewer, a business lawyer specializing in regulations and transactions, writes in May 2019 that There are four FrameworkI value morality because the word ought in the resolution implies a moral obligation.Thus, the value criterion must be maximizing well-being for everyone.There are two main reasons for this:Everyone does not like painful or emotionally harmful experiences, so naturally we should try to replace these things with good experiences.Things like death and oppression are intuitively bad, and effect everyone, so we should try to prevent them.In summary, if I can prove to you that reducing IP protections would have a bad impact on the world, then you should vote for the negative in today’s debate.Contention 1 is QualityThe aff addresses the problem incorrectly- lack of materials is the reason for our resource shortage- the aff exacerbates this issue by causing a scramble for resources from inexperienced companies which decreases vaccine quality.Kevin Breuninger, a specialist at CNBC, writes in May 2021 The aff discourages critical investment and creates low-quality vaccines that hurt our pandemic response.The Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy writes in June 2021 The aff exacerbates current material shortages by creating competition from inexperienced companies that will use them on ineffective productions- lack of intellectual property means a large quantity of fake vaccines because of lack of trademarks and copyright that will hurt our covid response and discourage investment in innovation and harm or kill innocent people.Contention 2 is InnovationIntellectual Property is the backbone of innovation, but the affirmatives removal of IP destroys it.Pier DeRoo, from the University of Michigan Law School, writes in 2011 B. The Pharmaceutical Development Pharmaceutical innovation is key to stop infectious disease and antimicrobial resistanceCarolina Feijao, a Ph.D in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, writes in 2020 Research and Development for medicines takes a lot of time and money for pharmaceutical companies- the affirmative takes away the incentive for production in the first place by sharing valuable information- and therefore kills pharmaceutical innovation. That is key to combat more and more complex threats such as future pandemics and diseases which can kill millions as viral infections grow and technology with it. | 9/25/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-CP- Secondary PatentsTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dulles RZ | Judge: Truman Le Counterplan: The member nations of the WTO should:Impose restrictions on number of patentsLimit secondary patentsReform generic exclusivityErin Jones et. al. 9-24 ~Erin received her bachelor’s degree with honors in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Legislative intern for Congressman James R. Langevin at the U.S. House of Representatives, where she provided support to teams and drafted health policy-related constituent correspondences.~, Mark E. Miller ~Mark holds a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an M.A. and B.A. in political science from Old Dominion University.~, Andrea Noda ~Andrea holds a master's of public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s in social policy from Northwestern University.~, Kirk Williamson ~Kirk received his master's of public health in health policy and law from the George Washington University and holds a bachelor’s in global health with a minor in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.~, Sep 24, 2020. "Evergreening" Stunts Competition, Costs Consumers and Taxpayers," Arnold Foundation, https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/evergreening-stunts-competition-costs-consumers-and-taxpayers/ and | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-CP-ScientistsTournament: Holy Cross | Round: 6 | Opponent: Round Rock SV | Judge: Cyprian Dumas Text: A nation appointed international panel of scientists including National Academies and corresponding organizations should ~reduce intellectual property protections~ and manage similar conflicts of interest between intellectual property.International panel of science diplomats can rule over IP—-that’s key to science diplomacy.Hajjar and Greenbaum 18 ~David; Dean Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, and Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, a Jefferson Science Fellow of the National Academies at the U.S. Department of State, and a recent Senior Fellow in Science Policy at the Brookings Institute; Steven; Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Hunter College of the City University of New York and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was a Jefferson Science Fellow of the National Academies at the U.S. Department of State; "Leveraging Diplomacy for Managing Scientific Challenges," American Diplomacy; September 18; https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2018/09/leveraging-diplomacy-for-managing-scientific-challenges-an-opportunity-to-navigate-the-future-of-science/~~ Justin Solves every existential threat.Haynes 18—research associate in the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School (Trevor, "Science Diplomacy: Collaboration in a rapidly changing world," http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/science-diplomacy-collaboration-rapidly-changing-world/, dml) Re-Cut Justin | 9/25/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-DA-Infrastructure PoliticsTournament: Grapevine | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Lexington BF | Judge: Panel Infrastructure is passing now and is at the top of Bidens agenda—-Biden has enough PC but continuation is critical.Nomikos 9/1 ~William; 9/1/21; Assistant professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis and director of the Data-driven Analysis of Peace Project; "Everyone has an opinion on Afghanistan — Do voters care?" The Hill, https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/570422-everyone-has-an-opinion-on-afghanistan-do-voters-care~~ Justin Aff doesn’t solve but requires negotiations that saps PC.Pooley 21 ~James; Former deputy director general of the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization and a member of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding; "Drawn-Out Negotiations Over Covid IP Will Blow Back on Biden," Barron’s; 5/26/21; https://www.barrons.com/articles/drawn-out-negotiations-over-covid-ip-will-blow-back-on-biden-51621973675~~ Justin That solves existential climate change.Castillo 21 ~Rhyma; 8/16/21; News and politics writer at Elite Daily, where she's passionate about advocating for underserved communities throughout the United States. She’s covered issues in politics, immigration, environmental racism, climate change, gun violence, and more. After graduating with an English degree from Texas AandM Unversity, Rhyma has worked as a technical writer and test author at Educational Testing Service (ETS), a copywriter for Mightier Content, and as a Creative Operations Specialist at GoDaddy. She also has bylines as a freelancer at the San Antonio Current, where her reporting on local news, politics, tech, and entertainment has been widely circulated; "Experts Explain What You Can Do About Climate Change After That Scary IPCC Report," Elite Daily, https://www.elitedaily.com/news/what-you-can-do-climate-change-after-ipcc-report~~ Justin | 9/24/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-DA-InnovationTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 2 | Opponent: Homestead DA | Judge: Jonathan Hsu The aff crushes innovation in the pharma sector—incentivizes them to focus on non-important issues. Innovation checks future disease and solves the aff better – extinction | 10/16/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-DA-InnovationTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 2 | Opponent: Homestead DA | Judge: Jonathan Hsu The aff crushes innovation in the pharma sector—incentivizes them to focus on non-important issues. Innovation checks future disease and solves the aff better – extinction | 10/17/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-DA-PoliticsTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SS | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin Bipartisan antitrust bills passing now but continued PC needed to pacify republicans.Perlman 9/3 ~Matthew; 9/3/21; "Interest Groups Back Big Tech Antitrust Bills In House," LAW360, https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1418789/interest-groups-back-big-tech-antitrust-bills-in-house~~ Justin AND Aff doesn’t solve but requires negotiations that saps PC.Pooley 21 ~James; Former deputy director general of the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization and a member of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding; "Drawn-Out Negotiations Over Covid IP Will Blow Back on Biden," Barron’s; 5/26/21; https://www.barrons.com/articles/drawn-out-negotiations-over-covid-ip-will-blow-back-on-biden-51621973675~~ Justin Antitrust is key to the DIB – brink is now.Sitaraman 20 ~Ganesh; Vanderbilt University Law School; "The National Security Case for Breaking Up Big Tech," Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia; 3/12/20; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=3537870~~ brett Re-Cut Justin That solves extinction through great power war.Marks 19 ~Michael; Former Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of State; "Strengthen US Industry To Counter National Security Challenges," American Military News; 10/10/19; https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/10/strengthen-us-industry-to-counter-national-security-challenges/~~ Justin | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-DA-WarmingTournament: Grapevine | Round: 3 | Opponent: JPG JF | Judge: Devin Hernandez We are on pace to cut emissions by half in 2030 and prevent 2 degree tipping point, but continued biotech innovation is keyMcmurry-Health 5-21 Michelle Mcmurry-Heath May 21, 2021, 5-21-2021, "To help solve climate change, look to the biosciences," STAT, https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/21/climate-change-solutions-from-biosciences/ Nato The aff sets the precedent that IP can be waived to solve global problems. That stunts innovation in Climate Change techBrand 5-6 Melissa Brand, 5-26-2021, "TRIPS IP Waiver Could Establish Dangerous Precedent for Climate Change and Other Biotech Sectors," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/05/26/trips-ip-waiver-establish-dangerous-precedent-climate-change-biotech-sectors/id=133964/ Nato Global warming is the most significant and probable cause of extinction and causes many scenarios of structural violence.Sharp and Kennedy 14 (Associate Professor Robert (Bob) A. Sharp is the UAE National Defense College Associate Dean for Academic Programs and College Quality Assurance Advisor. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Strategic Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA) in the U.S. National Defense University (NDU), Washington D.C. and then as Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, collocated with NDU. Most recently at NESA, he focused on security sector reform in Yemen and Lebanon, and also supported regional security engagement events into Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and Qatar; Edward Kennedy is a renewable energy and climate change specialist who has worked for the World Bank and the Spanish Electric Utility ENDESA on carbon policy and markets; 8/22/14, "Climate Change and Implications for National Security," International Policy Digest, http://intpolicydigest.org/2014/08/22/climate-change-implications-national-security/,) | 9/11/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-K-PSYCHOTournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Connor Self The subject is alienated when it articulates its desires – incomplete signifiers structure the emergence of subjectivity and produce repetitive drives to fill the lack that justify coercive violence. Thus, the ROB is to traverse the fantasy – that means exposing drives.Matheson 15 Calum Matheson, PhD, 2015, "Desired Ground Zeroes: Nuclear Imagination and the Death Drive," University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ~Calum Matheson is author of Desiring the Bomb: Communication, Psychoanalysis, and the Atomic Age (University of Alabama). He is a former high school debater. His research focuses on intersections of rhetoric, media, and theories of psychoanalysis and deconstruction. His current work focuses on right-wing political extremism, conspiracy thinking, and Lacanian concepts of anxiety and psychosis. He has also published work on argument, history of rhetoric, and games. Dr. Matheson is a former debate coach at Harvard University and a current candidate at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center.~, https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/6682x4537, SJBE The 1AC is an ideological fantasy constructed by relentless planning at the expense of scapegoated identities, all for recognition from the Other in an attempt to fill the lack.Gunder 05 Michael Gunder, 2005, "The Production of Desirous Space: Mere Fantasies of the Utopian City?" Planning Theory 2005 4: 173, DOI: 10.1177/1473095205054604, all brackets were in the original text, SJBE our lived space. ====The 1AC’s development discourse is the projection of repetitive desires of a capitalist system- the scapegoat is created to obscure the Real- necessitating the destruction of the third world. ==== Vote negative to embrace the lack – this requires being open to the anxiety that occurs from an encounter with the other and breaks down fantasy and drives.McGowan 13 Todd McGowan, 2013, "Enjoying What We Don’t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis," University of Nebraska Press/Lincoln and London, SJBE | 9/25/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-NC- Undoubtable TruthTournament: Holy Cross | Round: 6 | Opponent: Round Rock SV | Judge: Cyprian Dumas Presumption and permissibility negate – a) more often false than true since I can prove something false in infinite ways which outweighs on probability b) real world policies require positive justification before being adopted which outweighs on empirics c) ought means the aff has to prove an obligation if that definition is legitimate which means lack of that obligation negates. Even under comparing worlds these arguments negate since it requires them to prove the statement that "the aff world is more desirable than the neg world" true. However, my args deny their ability to prove statements true so you presume neg. Also, I don’t need to win presumption to win, I just need to win any of the arguments below because the aff is false, not just no offense and if I’m textual I’m fair because the topic is the most predictable, so you could’ve engaged.Thus, the aff must make 100 sure they’re right to fulfill their burden or else you negate. Also, aff has an absolute burden of proof – any doubt means you negate since a claim not that claim can’t be true so any risk of falsity is entirely false.A~ Ought is "used to express logical consequence" as defined by Merriam-Webster(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ought) Massa B~ Oxford Dictionary defines ought as "used to indicate something that is probable."https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ought Massa Prefer on debatabilty and real world-my definitions allow us to debate about status quo trends instead of abstract philosophy which is resolvable. Its also portable since we learn more about the world as it is instead of how it ought to beNegate:~1~ Intellectual is defined as "possessing or showing intellect or mental compacity" (Dictionary.com) but property cant possess intellect so the resolutions incoherent~2~ Inherency – either a) the aff is non-inherent and you vote neg on presumption or b) it is and it isn’t logically going to happen.you can’t be sure anything besides yourself exists – we could be deceived by a demon, dreaming, or in a simulation so the whole world could be nonexistentTo go anywhere, you must go halfway first, and then you must go half of the remaining distance ad infinitum – thus, motion is impossible because it necessitates traversing an infinite number of spaces in finite time.Linguistics – Truth is constructed by language, which is completely arbitrary. Nothing tells me that a chair is a chair; I only assign it that name arbitrarily because I want to. Meaning can't be contained within language if we make it up ourselves, and truth doesn't exist absent language. | 9/25/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-NC-KantTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake AW | Judge: Aryan Jasani Permissibility and presumption negate – ~a~ the resolution indicates the aff has to prove an obligation, and permissibility would deny the existence of an obligation ~b~ Statements are more often false than true because any part can be false. This means you negate if there is no offense because the resolution is probably false.Ethics must begin a priori:~1~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don’t experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents.~2~ Bindingness – I can keep asking "why should I follow this" which results in skep since obligations are predicated on ignorantly accepting rules. Only reason solves since asking "why reason?" requires reason which concedes its authority and equally proves agency as constitutiveThat means we must universally will maxims— any non-universalizable norm justifies someone’s ability to impede on your ends.Thus, the standard is consistency with the categorical imperative.Prefer the standard: ~a~ freedom is the key to the process of justification of arguments. Willing that we should abide by their ethical theory presupposes that we own ourselves in the first place. Thus, it is logically incoherent to justify the neg arguments/standard without first willing that we can pursue ends free from others ~b~ Frameworks are just another argument so they should be open to theoretical contestation like everything else. Prefer on resource disparities—a focus on evidence and statistics privileges debaters with the most preround prep which excludes lone-wolfs who lack huge evidence files. A debate under my framework can easily be won without any prep since huge evidence files aren’t required.3~The aff encourages free riding- that treats people as ¬means to an end and takes advantage of their efforts which violates the principle of humanityVan Dyke 2 Raymond Van Dyke, 7-17-2018, "The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/07/17/categorical-imperative-innovation-patenting/id=99178/ SJDA recut SJKS IPs are a necessary check on companies free-riding off associations of quality.Wong et al 20 ~Liana, Ian, and Shayerah; Analyst in International Trade and Finance; Specialist in International Trade and Finance; Specialist in International Trade and Finance; "Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade," *Updated* 5/12/20; CRS; https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20200512'RL34292'2023354cc06b0a4425a2c5e02c0b13024426d206.pdf~~ Justin | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-NC-LOGCONTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake AW | Judge: Aryan Jasani The aff burden is to prove that the plan is a logical consequence and the neg burden is to disprove thatPrefer:1. Text – Oxford Dictionary defines ought as "used to indicate something that is probable."https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ought Massa Ought is "used to express logical consequence" as defined by Merriam-Webster(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ought) Massa 2. Debatability – a) my interp means debates focus on empirics about squo trends rather than irresolvable abstract principles that’ve been argued for years b) Moral oughts cannot guide action due to the is/ought fallacy – we cannot derive moral obligations from what happens in the real world3. Neg definition choice – The aff should have defined ought in the 1ac as their value, by not doing so they have forfeited their right to read a new definition – kills 1NC strategy since I premised my engagement on a lack of your definition.Negate:~1~ Intellectual is defined as "possessing or showing intellect or mental compacity" (Dictionary.com) but property cant possess intellect so the resolutions incoherent~2~ Inherency – either a) the aff is non-inherent and you vote neg on presumption or b) it is and it isn’t logically going to happen.~3~ member means "a body part or organ" (Marriam Webster) but a nation cannot have bodily organs so the resolutions incoherent4~ Good Samaritan Paradox — affirming negates because in order to say you want to fix x problem, that assumes x problem exists in the first place, thus eliminating IPR presupposes it exist which means negation is a prior question5~ Zeno’s Paradox – motion is impossible, because moving half way causes half more and half more which is infinitely regressive and means elimination of IPR is logically impossible====6~The holographic principle is the most reasonable conclusion ==== AND ~7~ Property means "a building" (Oxford Languages) so reducing intellectual buildings is incoherent~8~ Aff has an absolute burden of proof – any doubt means you negate since a claim not that claim can’t be true so any risk of falsity is entirely false. | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-NC-LOGCON V2Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 5 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Srey Das Permissibility and presumption negate – a. the resolution indicates the affirmative has to prove an obligation, and permissibility would deny the existence of an obligation b. Statements are more often false than true because any part can be false so negate because the aff is probably falseThe aff burden is to prove that the resolutional statement is logical, and the reciprocal neg burden is to prove that the resolutional statement is illogical.Prefer:1. Text – Oxford Dictionary defines ought as "used to indicate something that is probable."https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ought Massa Ought is "used to express logical consequence" as defined by Merriam-Webster(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ought) Massa 2. Debatability – a) my interp means debates focus on empirics about squo trends rather than irresolvable abstract principles that’ve been argued for years b) Moral oughts cannot guide action.Gray, Grey, JW. "The Is/Ought Gap: How Do We Get "Ought" from "Is?"" Ethical Realism. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. Massa 4. Neg definition choice – The aff should have defined ought in the 1ac as their value, by not doing so they have forfeited their right to read a new definition – kills 1NC strategy since I premised my engagement on a lack of your definition.~1~ Inherency – either a) the aff is non-inherent and you vote neg on presumption or b) it is and it isn’t logically going to happen.~2~ Intellectual is defined as "possessing or showing intellect or mental compacity" (Dictionary.com) but property cant possess intellect so the resolutions incoherent~4~ In order to say I want to fix x problem, you must say that you want x problem to exist, since it requires the problem exist to solve, which makes any moral attempt inherently immoral.~5~ member means "a body part or organ" (Marriam Webster) but a nation cannot have bodily organs so the resolutions incoherent~6~ you can’t be sure anything besides yourself exists – we could be deceived by a demon, dreaming, or in a simulation so the whole world could be nonexistent~7~ one third times three is one and point nine repeating as per point three repeating times three, so one equals point nine repeating, and the difference of the infinitely smallest vale makes it the same, therefore, infinite subtraction or addition of that value means any value can be achieved and is equivalent to one and zero. This means values are all equivalent in measure, therefore time and space are impossible and do not exist through change – negate on presumption as the aff has no solvency.8~ Zeno’s Paradox – motion is impossible, because moving half way causes half more and half more which is infinitely regressive and means the aff is logically impossible====9~ The holographic principle is the most reasonable conclusion ==== | 9/11/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-T-MedicineTournament: Grapevine | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Lexington BF | Judge: Panel Interpretation: "medicines" is a generic bare plural. The aff may not defend that member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for a medicine or subset of medicines.Nebel 19. ~Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs. He writes a lot of this stuff lol – duh.~ "Genericity on the Standardized Tests Resolution." Vbriefly. August 12, 2019. https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/08/12/genericity-on-the-standardized-tests-resolution/?fbclid=IwAR0hUkKdDzHWrNeqEVI7m59pwsnmqLl490n4uRLQTe7bWmWDO'avWCNzi14 TG It applies to "medicines" – 1~ upward entailment test – "member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines" doesn’t entail that member nations of the WTO ought to reduce IPP for drugs because it doesn’t prove that marijuana protections should be reduced 2~ adverb test – adding "always" to the res doesn’t substantially change its meaning because reduce is permanent.Violation: They spec ''''''Standards:~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn’t have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn’t a legitimate aff.~2~ Limits and ground – their model allows affs to defend anything from Covid vaccines to HIV drugs to Insulin— there's no universal DA since each has different functions and political implications — that explodes neg prep and leads to random medicine of the week affs which makes cutting stable neg links impossible — limits key to reciprocal engagement since they create a caselist for neg prep and it takes out ground like DAs to certain medicines which are some of the few neg generics when affs spec medicines.~3~ TVA solves – you could’ve read your plan as an advantage under a whole res advocacy.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it’s the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there’s no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don’t win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it’s a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 9/24/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-T-ReduceTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dulles RZ | Judge: Truman Le Interp:Precluding a future increase is not a reductionMelinda Harmon 12, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, 3/6/12, Zieche v. Burlington Res., Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30134, p. lexis Violation: they defend limiting future patentsVote neg:1~ Limits and ground– their model allows affs to defend anything from pandemics to Biden’s presidency— there's no universal DA since it’s impossible to know the timeframe when there won’t be IP— that explodes neg prep and leads to random timeframe of the week affs which makes cutting stable neg links impossible — limits key to reciprocal engagement since they create a caselist for neg prep (innovation, collaboration, econ, ptx: all core neg literature thrown away)2~ Precision o/w – anything else 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.3~ TVA – defend the advantage to a whole rez timeframe. We don’t prevent new FWs, mechanisms, or advantages. PICs don’t solve – our model allows you to specify countries and medicines.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it’s the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there’s no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don’t win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it’s a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practicesNC Theory first abusive NC strat is justified by abusive 1AC | 9/5/21 |
2-SEPTOCT-Theory-IP SpecTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake AW | Judge: Aryan Jasani Interpretation: affirmative debaters must delineate what intellectual property they reduce in the 1AC.Four types of IP that are vastly different.Ackerman 17 ~Peter; Founder and CEO, Innovation Asset Group, Inc; "The 4 Main Types of Intellectual Property and Related Costs," Decipher; 1/6/17; https://www.innovation-asset.com/blog/the-4-main-types-of-intellectual-property-and-related-costs~~ Justin Violation: they don’tNegate:1~ Shiftiness- they can redefine what intellectual properties the 1ac defends in the 1ar which decks strategy and allows them to wriggle out of negative positions which strips the neg of specific IP DAs, IP PICs, and case answers. They will always win on specificity weighing.CX can’t resolve this and is bad because A~ Not flowed B~ Skews 6 min of prep C~ They can lie and no way to check D~ Debaters can be shady.2~ Real World- policy makers will always specify what the object of change is. That outweighs since debate has no value without portable application. It also means zero solvency since the WTO, absent spec, can circumvent aff’s policy since they can say they didn’t know what was affected.This spec shell isn’t regressive- it literally determines what the affirmative implements and who it affectsFairness and education are voters – its how judges evaluate rounds and why schools fund debateNeg theory is DTD - 1ARs control the direction of the debate because it determines what the 2NR has to go for – DTD allows us some leeway in the round by having some control in the directionCompeting interps – Reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation – it also collapses since brightlines operate on an offense-defense paradigmNo RVIs – A – Going all in on theory kills substance education which outweighs on timeframe B - Discourages checking real abuse which outweighs on norm-setting C – Encourages theory baiting – outweighs because if the shell is frivolous, they can beat it quicklyNC Theory first-abusive nc strats are justified by abusive affs | 9/5/21 |
3-NOVDEC-CP-TEACHER CONDITIONSTournament: Longhorn Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Carnegie Vanguard LH | Judge: Jugal Amodwala | 12/4/21 |
3-NOVDEC-DA-BBBTournament: Longhorn Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: Truman Le Passage consolidates climate momentum, but BBB’s uniquely key to solve cascading impacts. | 12/4/21 |
3-NOVDEC-DA-BIZCONTournament: Longhorn Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Carnegie Vanguard LH | Judge: Jugal Amodwala AND | 12/4/21 |
3-NOVDEC-DA-InfastructureTournament: Blue Key | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Raunak Dua Bill passes now- negotiations are holding with Manchin and Sinema-but UN meeting and state elections make it so that there is no margin for errorEdmonson and Cochrane 10-24 Catie Edmondson and Emily Cochrane, 10-24-2021, "Biden Meets With Manchin and Schumer as Democrats Race to Finish Social Policy Bill," New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/biden-manchin-schumer-spending-bill.html/SJKS Labor reform saps PC – empirically prove with Obama, corporate opposition, and Democratic resistanceLeon 21 Luis Feliz Leon, 01-06-2021, ""If we want it, we’re going to have to fight like hell for it" - Labor faces an uphill battle to pass the PRO Act," Strike Wave, https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/labor-faces-uphill-battle-to-pass-pro-act/SJKS Infrastructure secures the grid against worsening and increasing cyberattacks.Carney 21 ~Chris; 8/6/21; Senior policy advisor at Nossaman LLC, former US Representative, former professor of political science at Penn State University; "The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants," JDSupra, https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-us-senate-infrastructure-bill-4989100/~~ Justin Cyberattacks on the grid spiral to all-out nuclear conflict.Klare 19 ~Michael; November 2019; Professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College; "Cyber Battles, Nuclear Outcomes? Dangerous New Pathways to Escalation," Arms Control Association, https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-11/features/cyber-battles-nuclear-outcomes-dangerous-new-pathways-escalation~~ Justin | 10/29/21 |
3-NOVDEC-DA-StonksTournament: Blue Key | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Raunak Dua The stock market is trending upwards but it’s uncertain – blips aren’t enough to disprove the general trend and recent developments prove.Miao and Macheel 10/21 ~Tanaya and Hannah; 10/21/21; Reporter at CNBC, Associate Markets Reporter, graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with a degree in public policy; "SandP 500 slips from record, but heads for winning week on strong earnings," CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html~~ Justin Best data proves union strike victories statistically cause stock market crash.Lee and Mas 12 ~David; Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research; Alexandre; Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research; "Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961–1999," The Quarterly Journal Of Economics; February 2012; https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/127/1/333/1834007?redirectedFrom=fulltext~~ Justin The next market crash causes economic collapse – conditions are ripe for failure.Vallejo 10/4 ~Justin; 10/4/21; Citing personal finance expert Robert Kiyosaki; "‘Biggest crash in world history’: Personal finance expert Robert Kiyosaki predicts economic crisis in October," Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-kiyosaki-market-crash-october-b1930754.html~~ Justin Extinction.Liu '18 ~Qian; 11/13/18; Managing Director of Greater China for The Economist Group, previously director of the global economics unit and director of Access China for the Economist Intelligence Unit, PhD in economics from Uppsala University; "The next economic crisis could cause a global conflict. Here's why," https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/the-next-economic-crisis-could-cause-a-global-conflict-heres-why/~~ Justin | 10/29/21 |
3-NOVDEC-DA-TerrorTournament: Blue Key | Round: 6 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Saketh Kotapati | 10/30/21 |
3-NOVDEC-NC-KANTTournament: Longhorn Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: Truman Le | 12/4/21 |
3-NOVDEC-T-JustTournament: Blue Key | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Raunak Dua Interpretation: The affirmative must defend that a just government ought to recognize the right of workers to strikeViolation: The United States is not a just governmentDorn 12 James A. Dorn, Cato Journal, "The Scope of Government in a Free Society", Fall 2012,pg. 633, https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2012/12/v32n3-10.pdf/ The US commits human rights violations and thus isn’t justHRW 20 Human Rights Watch, 5-31-2020, "World Report 2021: Rights Trends in United States," https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/united-states/SJKS That’s an independent voter for accessibility- you are forcing people to defend a horrible government that’s antiblack, racist, and sexist. Accessibility o/w- it’s a pre-req to accessing fairness and education in the first placeStandards:~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn’t have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn’t a legitimate aff.Semantics First:~1~ Pragmatics collapses to semantics – what makes something pragmatic is the semantic definition of it which makes it a prerequisite.~2~ The topic is the stasis point of all debates – only with the correct semantic interpretation can we generate pre-round prep and predict arguments. That controls the internal link to any pragmatic debate.~3~ Probability: things like definitions are objective whereas how fair or educational things are is subjective.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it’s the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there’s no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don’t win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it’s a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 10/29/21 |
3-NOVDEC-T-No Spec GovernmentsTournament: Blue key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu | 10/30/21 |
3-NOVDEC-Theory-Spec StrikesTournament: Blue key | Round: 3 | Opponent: Sharon RG | Judge: Keshav Dandu This acts as a resolvability standard. Debate has to make sense and be comparable for the judge to make a decision which means it’s an independent voter and outweighs. | 10/30/21 |
4-JANFEB-CP-Space ElevatorsTournament: Harvard | Round: 3 | Opponent: Moravian MJ | Judge: Daou, Jack | 2/19/22 |
4-JANFEB-DA-Asteroid MiningTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eden Prarie AG | Judge: Julian Kuffour Prohibitions on appropriation prevent asteroid mining despite growing space industries Extinction—contrary models are incorrect. | 1/28/22 |
4-JANFEB-DA-InnovationTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eden Prarie AG | Judge: Julian Kuffour | 1/28/22 |
4-JANFEB-DA-PLA LashoutTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Sidwell SW | Judge: Sarah Botsch-McGuinn The commercial space sector is one of the PLAs central goals – the plan is a 180. That triggers backlash – they don’t support restrictions on the space sector and will do everything to convince leaders not to do the plan.-even if they don’t directly restrict china space access the aff is a reposturing that spooks the CCP An unhinged PLA triggers Himalayan war – goes global Extinction. | 1/15/22 |
4-JANFEB-NC-KantTournament: Churchill | Round: 4 | Opponent: Reagan TS | Judge: Holden 1 A model of freedom mandates a market-oriented approach to space—that negates 2 Banning private space appropriation inhibits the sale and use of spacecraft and fuel- that’s a form of restricting the free economic choices of individuals | 1/8/22 |
4-JANFEB-NC-NibsTournament: Churchill | Round: 4 | Opponent: Reagan TS | Judge: Holden | 1/8/22 |
4-JANFEB-T-FW V2Tournament: Harvard | Round: 5 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Johnson, Kati Resolved indicates a policy action. The appropriation of outer space is permanent control. Violation: insert. At best they’re extra topical which is a voter for exploding limits and inflating aff solvency or effects topical which is worse, since any small aff can spill up to the resolution. Vote neg for competitive equity and clash: changing the topic favors the aff because it destroys the only stasis point and makes prep impossible because any ground is self-serving, concessionary, and from distorted literature bases. Their model allows someone to specialize for 4 years giving them an edge over people who switch every 2 months. Filter this through debate’s nature of being a game where both teams want to win, which becomes meaningless without constraints. Impacts: 1 Procedural fairness outweighs—a) intrinsicness—debate is a game and equity is necessary to sustain the activity b) probability—debate can’t alter subjectivity, but it can rectify skews c) metaconstraint—all your arguments concede fairness since you assume they will be evaluated fairly d) application—your model only indicts how fairness has been applied not that it’s intrinsically bad—their model would justify exclusion. 2 Switch Side Debate—they can read it as a K against affirmatives—forces debaters to consider issues from multiple perspectives. Non-topical affs allow individuals to establish their own metrics for what they want to debate leading to dogmatism. 3 TVA – defend an affirmative that defends the topic – their whole aff is about how private entities exploration of space is bad and nasa has a history of excluding disabled bodies so you could make an aff critiquing that. Specifically true on this topic-the wording of the resolution does not mandate defending state action 2-even if you do defend state action it is negative giving the TVA plenty ground Fairness-debates a competitive activity so we need equal grounds for engagement-also all your arguments concede the validity of fairness because you assume they will be evaluated. If fairness doesn’t matter just hack agaisnt them Education-it’s the terminal impact of debate and controls the aff solvency-if I don’t have an opportunity to learn the aff method DTD-DTA is incoherent since the shell indicts literally the whole aff CI-reasonability is incoherent because you cant be topical enough-theres no bright line and judge intervention | 2/19/22 |
4-JANFEB-T-TFWTournament: Churchill | Round: 5 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor MR | Judge: Isaac Chao Resolved indicates a policy action. The appropriation of outer space is permanent control. Violation: insert. At best they’re extra topical which is a voter for exploding limits and inflating aff solvency or effects topical which is worse, since any small aff can spill up to the resolution. Vote neg for competitive equity and clash: changing the topic favors the aff because it destroys the only stasis point and makes prep impossible because any ground is self-serving, concessionary, and from distorted literature bases. Their model allows someone to specialize for 4 years giving them an edge over people who switch every 2 months. Filter this through debate’s nature of being a game where both teams want to win, which becomes meaningless without constraints. Impacts: 1 Procedural fairness outweighs—a) intrinsicness—debate is a game and equity is necessary to sustain the activity b) probability—debate can’t alter subjectivity, but it can rectify skews c) metaconstraint—all your arguments concede fairness since you assume they will be evaluated fairly d) application—your model only indicts how fairness has been applied not that it’s intrinsically bad—their model would justify exclusion. 2 Switch Side Debate—they can read it as a K against affirmatives—forces debaters to consider issues from multiple perspectives. Non-topical affs allow individuals to establish their own metrics for what they want to debate leading to dogmatism. 3 TVA – defend an affirmative that defends the topic – their whole aff is about how private entities exploration of space is bad\ Fairness Education DTD CI No impact turns | 1/8/22 |
4-JANFEB-Theory-Spec outer spaceTournament: Churchill | Round: 4 | Opponent: Reagan TS | Judge: Holden | 1/8/22 |
4-T-Appropriation v Mega ConstallationsTournament: Palm Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Grant Brown Standards: | 2/12/22 |
5-DA-UkraineTournament: TFA | Round: 1 | Opponent: LVHig AM | Judge: Yoakum Ukraine’s info war is key to defeating Russia. Russian win would lead to escalation in multiple forums – goes global. | 3/10/22 |
5-MARAPR-DA-AuthoritarianismTournament: TFA | Round: 3 | Opponent: Clements AK | Judge: Brandon Molina | 3/10/22 |
5-MARAPR-Theory-Spec Free pressTournament: TFA | Round: 3 | Opponent: Clements AK | Judge: Brandon Molina | 3/10/22 |
5-NC-KantTournament: TFA | Round: 1 | Opponent: LVHig AM | Judge: Yoakum Negate: 1 Objectivity censors’ journalists’ personal views and biases- that’s non universalizable | 3/10/22 |
5-PIC-UkraineTournament: TFA | Round: 6 | Opponent: Lovejoy JV | Judge: River Cook Ukraine war is optimistic, but maintaining outside support and low Russian morale’s key Ukraine’s info war is key to defeating Russia. Russian win would lead to nuclear escalation in multiple forums – goes global. | 3/12/22 |
5-Theory-Spec AdvocacyTournament: TFA | Round: 6 | Opponent: Lovejoy JV | Judge: River Cook | 3/12/22 |
NSD-CP-VaccineTournament: NSD | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel CP Text: A just government ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike for all purposes except against vaccine mandates.Hospital workers protest against vaccine mandate.Villegas and Diamond 6/8 ~Paulina and Dan. Paulina Villegas is a General Assignment reporter covering breaking news and national enterprise stories for The Washington Post. Dan Diamond is a national health reporter for The Washington Post. "178 hospital workers suspended for not complying with coronavirus vaccination policy". 6-8-2021. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/08/houston-hospital-workers-suspended-vaccine/.~~ SJVM ANDto do it." | 7/8/21 |
NSD-DA-Infastructure BillTournament: NSD | Round: 3 | Opponent: Azlan Khan | Judge: Jayanne Forest Biden has PC for infrastructure but it needs to maintained in the face of impatient democrats.Sullivan and Kane 6/11 ~Sean and Paul. Sean Sullivan covers national politics, with a focus on the 2020 presidential campaign. Paul Kane. Washington, D.C. Senior congressional correspondent and columnist. Education: University of Delaware, BA. "‘Time is running out’: Democrats split over Biden’s relentless focus on infrastructure". 6-9-2021. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-split-biden-infrastructure/2021/06/10/f1f95a8e-c91f-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6'story.html.~~ SJVM Preserving comfortable union relations maintains PC.Kerrissey and Schofer 13 ~Kerrissey, Jasmine, and Evan Schofer. Jasmine Kerrissey Department of Sociology University of California, Irvine Evan Schofer Department of Sociology University of California, Irvine. "Union Membership and Political Participation in the United States." Social Forces, vol. 91, no. 3, 2013, pp. 895–928. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23361125~ SJVM Strike would divide the UnionIsraelstam 17 ~Ivan. Ivan Israelstam is the Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. "What is the impact of strikes for employers and employees?". 11-22-2017. Skills Portal. https://www.skillsportal.co.za/content/what-impact-strikes-employers-and-employees.~~ SJVM Infrastructure bill is necessary to tackle emission reduction goals.Newburger 3/29 ~Emma. Emma Newburger is a Climate policy reporter at @CNBC. @Cornell grad. "Here’s how Biden’s infrastructure package will likely tackle climate change". 1-27-2021. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/biden-infrastructure-bill-what-to-expect-on-climate-change.html.~~ SJVM President Joe Biden ExtinctionSpecktor 19 ~Brandon writes about the science of everyday life for Live Science, and previously for Reader's Digest magazine, where he served as an editor for five years~ 6-4-2019, "Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims," livescience, https://www.livescience.com/65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html Justin | 7/8/21 |
NSD-DA-International TradeTournament: NSD | Round: 3 | Opponent: Azlan Khan | Judge: Jayanne Forest International Trade is recovering from the Covid Pandemic, but some key sectors still lag behindUN 5-19 Sea. ©, 5-19-2021, "Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high," No Publication, https://unctad.org/news/global-trades-recovery-covid-19-crisis-hits-record-high//SJJK And strikes stun international tradeCreamer 18 Creamer Media Reporter, 10-18, "Strikes And Their Economic Consequences," Engineering News, https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/strikes-and-their-economic-consequences-2018-10-01//sjjk Trade has a massive pacifying effect. Disruptions in trade create war and negative feedback loops-case studies and rigorous empirical analysis prove World Bank 19 World Bank, 3-19, "Trading Away from Conflict: Using Trade to Increase Resilience in Fragile States," https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/publication/trading-away-from-conflict//SJJK Domestic conflicts escalate-major powers intervene and create extreme diplomatic tension that leads to warGowan 18 Richard Gowan, 2018-08-02, "Fragile Contexts are Increasingly Battlegrounds in Geopolitical Contests," No Publication, https://cpr.unu.edu/research/projects/fragile-contexts-are-increasingly-battlegrounds-in-geopolitical-contests.html//SJJK Great Power war causes extinction-tons of scenariosTse 18 Brian Tse Effective Altruism, 2018, "Risks from Great Power Conflicts," https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/ea-global-2018-risks-from-great-power-conflicts//SJJK | 7/8/21 |
NSD-DA-TerrorTournament: NSD | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel Tech can solve infrastructure concerns but needs to be integrated – operators are key.Jacobs 5/31 ~Lionel; Senior Security Architect in the Palo Alto Networks ICS and SCADA solutions team. Coming from the asset-owner side , Lionel has spent more than 20 years working in the IT/OT environment, with a focus on ICS systems design, controls, and implementation. He was a pioneer in bridging the IT-OT security gap and implementing next-generation security into performance and safety critical process control areas. During his tenure, he successfully deployed a large scale ICS/SCADA security architecture composed of over 100 next-generation firewalls, hundreds of advanced endpoint protection clients and SIEM, distributed over dozens of remote plants and a centralized core, all based on a "Zero Trust" philosophy. Lionel graduated from Houston Baptist University with a double degree in Physics and Mathematics and has held certifications as a MCSE, CCA, CCNP, CCIP, CCNA, CSSA, and GICSP; "Critical Infrastructure Protection: Physical and Cyber Security Both Matter," eSecurity Planet; 5/31/21; https://www.esecurityplanet.com/networks/critical-infrastructure-protection-physical-cybersecurity/~~ Justin AND Increased strikes send a clear signal to terrorists that critical US infrastructure is vulnerable by weakening organizations.Davies 6 ~Ross; George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty, The Green Bag; "Strike Season: Protecting Labor-Management Conflict in the Age of Terror," SSRN; 4/12/06; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=896185~~ Justin Attacks on critical infrastructure collapses the economy through multiple avenues.FAS 6 ~DCSINT Handbook No. 1.02; Info directly from US army and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence; "Critical Infrastructure Threats and Terrorism," DCSINT/FAS; 8/10/6; https://fas.org/irp/threat/terrorism/sup2.pdf~~ Justin | 7/8/21 |
NSD-DA-Trade WarTournament: NSD | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel Biden’s policies are continuing the US-Chinese trade war; however, agreements and deals are being made to end it.Bradsher 21 Bradsher, Keith. "A Temporary U.S.-China Trade Truce Starts to Look Durable." The New York Times, The New York Times, 27 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/business/us-china-trade-deal.html. SJEP The plan will cause an increase in jobs outsourced to China. South Africa proves.Maré 17 Maré, Arnoux. "How Staff Outsourcing Can Help Avoid Wage Strikes." Innovative Staffing Solutions , 12 Sept. 2017, innovativestaff.net/staff-outsourcing-can-help-avoid-wage-strikes/. SJEP The trade war has already weakened China’s economy.Wallace 19 Wallace, Charles. "Trade War Hurting China's Economy." Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 9 Aug. 2019, www.forbes.com/sites/charleswallace1/2019/08/09/trade-war-hurting-chinas-economy/?sh=1528d6694035. SJEP A greater outsourcing of jobs to China will levy additional tariffs crippling China’s economy.Gereffi 21 Gereffi, Gary, and Joonkoo Lee and Hyun-Chin Lim . "Trade Policies, Firm Strategies, and Adaptive Reconfigurations of Global Value Chains." Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 16 Mar. 2021, link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s42214-021-00102-z. SJEP An economically weak China leads to diversionary war– it escalates.Hassid, PhD, 19 | 7/8/21 |
NSD-Theory-Actor SpecTournament: NSD | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sebastian Cho | Judge: Sam Azbel Interp: The aff must define what a just government isViolation: they didn’t~1~ Stable advocacy – 1AR clarification delinks neg positions that prove why strikes in a certain instance are harmful by saying those aren’t under just government – wrecks neg ballot access and kills in depth clash – CX doesn’t check since it kills 1NC construction pre-round~2~ Prep skew – I don’t know what they will be willing to clarify until CX which means I could go 6 minutes planning to read a disad and then get screwed over in CX when they spec something else. This means that CX can’t check because the time in between is when I should be formulating my strat and waiting until then is the abuse. Key fairness because I won’t be able to use the strat I formulated if you skewed my prep and will have a time disadvantageD. VoterFairness is a voter—debate is a competitive activity that requires objective evaluation. Education is a voter – it is the terminal impact of debate. Drop the debater—the abuse has already occurred and my time allocation has shifted—also the shell indicts your whole aff—justifies severance which skews my strat. Use competing interps—leads to a race to the top since we figure out the best possible norm and avoids judge intervention since there’s a clear brightline.No RVIs—a. Baiting—they’ll just bait theory and prep it out—justifies maximal abuse and results in a chilling effectb. its not logical—you don’t reward them for meeting the burden of being fair. Logic is a meta constraint on all args because it definitionally determines whether an argument is valid. | 7/8/21 |
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