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4 - Feb Sex Work
RISKY CONSUMPTION Risks of Prostitution: When the Person Is the Product MELISSA FARLEY Melissa Farley (mfarley@prostitutionresearch.com) is the executive director of the nonprofit organization Prostitution Research and Education, San Francisco, CA. Volume 3 Number 1 2018 pg 97-108 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi...
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1 - Debt
Contention two is Debt The BRI, with the EU joining on and helping fund it, along with projects in their own countries, will put the EU in debt to China. Hurley ‘18 writes that 8 of the countries part of the BRI are currently at a very high debt risk because of the loans they had to take for BRI infrastructure const...
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0 - General Info
Contact Jason on messenger for more info, we will disclose all cases we've broke at toc qualifying tournaments. if you want an email chain ask us before round.
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Disclosure Info
Jayant Namdhari Aadit Walia jaynamdhari1@gmail.com Trvialism#2416 aaditwal@gmail.com We will disclose cites and first and last 3 words at a minimum, we don't disclose analytics and want you to disclose all broken positions. Tell me if you want a specific mode of disclosure.
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Aff Case
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ophrFy4ctbL1YLY2CgXbyYfkd4htgIxuTIM2Veu32ZA/edit?usp=sharing Lemme know if this doesn't work Google Books: Baker https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/276/ Control F: Competition Among Rivals Cohan https://books.google.com/books?id=cobUDAAAQBAJandpg=P...
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1-NovDec-K
=1AC – MAFFA= ====Arms sales are a relic of the perfect map of war, one long since handed over to the harshness of Suns and Winters. The military logic of US arms sales post-9/11 in service of ‘network-centric warfare’ is emblematic of our absolute indeterminacy, wherein the possibility of human relationality has be...
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Contact for Flow and Go
Hey yall, Max~-~~-~-1st speaker~-~~-~- Maxschen.debate@gmail.com Arnav~-~~-~-2nd speaker~-~~-~- aggarwalarnav2007@gmail.com Disclosure is fun; email me and max if u want to disclose We are traditional; plz dont read progressive argumentation Happy debating :)
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TOC NEG
C1 NGOS Specifically, there are two ways that the U.S. military presence amplifies NGO operations. First is through logistics. U.S. military presence is key to collecting and providing intel that allow humanitarian missions to happen. Lawry of the IHD in 2009 confirms that the military provides extensive intelligen...
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disclosure interp
Debaters must disclose previously-read positions on the National Debate Coaches Association Public Forum wiki. The disclosure must be under their own school, team name, and correct side and must happen at least 30 minutes before the round and must include the author name, taglines, a hyperlink to the evidence, and open...
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AC r4 and on
C3: Economic Growth Without a UBI, the United States is highly likely to enter a recession.  Kenneth Thomas, Daily Business Review, "Miami Economist Sees 80 Probability of a Recession in 2020", November 1, 2019, Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. The PETOD effect existed in five of those eight elections with recessi...
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offs
1- Gift K A UBI is a form of a Gift Arjo 96 ~~A gift is~~ any 'good', including money, that is transferred, conveyed or transmitted from one party to another when the nature, the value and the timing of the return of an equivalent is left undetermined. Thus - A UBI is a gift Gift becomes a commodity for the ego Arrigo...
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1- JR Masterman Disclosure Policy
Cases will be disclosed after being broken, and updated at the end of the day if case args change. Interps are disclosed before hand, the rest of the shell will be disclosed if it's read. Email Lucas at lucasabowerman@gmail.com if you have any questions about anything!
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Contact Info
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Saudi and NATO
1AC We affirm, Contention 1: Keeping Peace in the Middle East Recent events have put major strains on the U.S.-Saudi relationship, Foreign Policy in 2017 writes John Hannah, Foreign Policy, 5-20-2017 Trump Should Salvage U.S.-Saudi Relations, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/27/trump-should-salvage-u-s-saudi-relatio...
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CyberOps Lay AFF
C1: Defending the Nation Mohan Gazula, MIT, "Cyber Warfare Conflict Analysis and Case Studies", May 2017, https://cams.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017-10.pdf "The low cost ... U.S. information infrastructure." Beatrice Chirstofaro, Business Insider, "Cyberattacks are the newest frontier of war and can strike harder...
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EU Infra AFF
Contention 1 is the EU infra gap EU Governments struggling, having to cut spending Ian M Dixon, Medium, "The Infrastructure Footrace: Why is Europe Stick in Neutral", May 15, 2018, https://medium.com/fitch-blog/the-infrastructure-footrace-why-is-europe-stuck-in-neutral-439739385838 "Austerity During the ... consequen...
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INFO
Everything here except for runoffs was read paraphrased.
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1 - SEPTOCT - Tariffs DA
C1 Tariffs Trigkas ‘18 Vasilis Trigkas, 6 July 2018, "Nato, China summits a chance for Europe to assert itself," South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2153948/nato-and-china-summits-give-europe-chance However coercive Trump has become, Europeans have no need to u...
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4 - FEB - Los Chicos DA
Child Poverty Programs Goulden ‘18 Chris Goulden, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 25 April 2018, https://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/universal-basic-income-not-answer-poverty Compass, in research funded by JRF, modelled a range of different UBI schemes. These are all effectively ruled out as undesirable and/or implausible because ...
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6 - APR - PowerWar-ISIS-Israel NC
If the US were to withdraw, Iran would be emboldened to fill in the gap. Cropsey ‘19 Foreign Policy, 17 December 2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/17/us-withdrawal-power-struggle-middle-east-china-russia-iran/ The Ottoman Empire was the last entity to command regional hegemony in the Middle East. No country or gr...
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0 - Disclaimer
Hey Y'all! We just started debating public forum during the march topic and we are really excited!! This is the space where we will upload all the cases we've read!!! If you have any questions about Mr. Pribe or Mr. Beck feel free to slide into our dm's and ask!!!!!!!!
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Belt and Road Negative v1 - Peachtree Ridge
==Contention 1 – Spreading Chinese Influence== ====Christopher Balding argues in 2019 that:==== Christopher Balding, 6-17-2019, "Is China Exporting Authoritarianism?", Date Accessed 6-23-2019 // JP One of the major misconceptions China doves have begun to gravitate to is that China AND promoting the growth or author...
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Love K
The Affirmative’s representation of death is a symptom of their fear of dying- depicting this world in this way makes us try to overcome our fear of death by accepting it- we love death in liu of loving life Bell Hooks, 2000 (All About Love p 191-192) Images of death displace our fear instead of reducing it- we begin ...
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UBI~-~-~-~-~-~-AFF~-~-~-~-~-~--1
opensourced
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Infra Lay
=1AC= We affirm ===Our sole contention is Infrastructure Development=== ====When looking to the EU today, we see a lack of infrastructure spending==== Bruce Barnard, 02-08-2018, " Europe infrastructure underinvestment hits shippers," No Publication, https://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/europe-infrastructure-underinv...
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Pre-ToC Disclosure
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Badgerland Neg
C1: Stealing Tech C1: Eternal Blue Steve Ranger, ZDNet, "What is cyberwar? Everything you need to know about the frightening future of digital conflict", 12/4/19, https://www.zdnet.com/article/cyberwar-a-guide-to-the-frightening-future-of-online-conflict/ "However, it's likely ... US Cyber Command" Nicole Perlroth,...
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Uyghurs Neg
C1: The Uighur Muslims 3 million out of a population of 11 million in concentration camps in the Chinese province of Xinjiang Rushan Abbas, USA Today, "Chinese concentration camps: US must stop cultural genocide of Uighurs", May 10, 2019, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/05/09/uighur-chinese-human-ri...
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INFO
We everything posted here was read paraphrased.
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0 - UPDATE FOR ANY ONLINE TOURNAMENT
Hey! If you're debating us, here's our email for evidence exchange: LucasLovejoyCM@gmail.com
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4 - FEB - Social Mobility AC
Intro HUD ‘19 https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr_edge_featd_article_071414.html Using IRS data for over 40 million children and parents, Chetty’s research seeks to answer the question: Is the United States really the land of opportunity? The research measures mobility based on the odds of a child from the bott...
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1 - K - Cathedral of Computation
1NC 1NC We live in an era of information and of complex systems, an era of cybernetics wherein the discovery of a god-like power is underway via computational mode of understanding the world's chaotic unfolding. According to this model chance is rendered as informatics and uncertainty as probability theory. This in ser...
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Contact Info
2A: bradenmasih@lhsla.org 2N: benjamincortez@lhsla.org
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0 - Contact
2A - sameernayyar@lhsla.org 2N - lucashunter@lhsla.org
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CONTACT INFO
johnnewell@lhsla.org samuelsalseda@lhsla.org
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Belt and Road Negative v3 - Bronx Science
==Contention 1 – Geopolitical Shift== ====The BRI represents a geopolitical shift of the EU moving towards China and away from the US as it creates a severed alliance. Noah Barkin explains in 2019 that joining the BRI:==== Noah Barkin, 6-4-2019, "The US is losing Europe in its battle with China", The Atlantic, https...
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Belt and Road Negative v1 - Holy Cross
==Contention 1 – An Unchecked China== ====Unfortunately, after the US departure from the UN Human Rights Council – the HRC's effectiveness to combat Chinese oppression has begun to weaken as Hong indicates this week that:==== Taehwa Hong, 9-21-2019, "The US Should Rejoin The UNHRC – Analysis," Asia Times, https://ww...
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Offensive Cyber Operations Affirmative v1 - Blue Key
=OW AFF 1.0= ====Start with a framework,==== ====The negative must defend a world without US offensive cyber operations in its entirety as Solomon writes that the==== B. Solomon, 10-26-2016, "Military Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA): Theory and Practice," https://my.nps.edu/documents/103424423/107207147/Melese_Richter_Mi...
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Belt and Road Affirmative v4 - Multilateralism Contention v2
==Contention 1 is Investments== ====Currently the BRI is failing to reach large parts of the world due to a lack of international investment experience as David Laundry wrote last year that==== David G. Laundry, 6-27-2018, "The Belt and Road Bubble is Starting to Burst", Foreign Policy, http://webcache.googleusercont...
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Belt and Road Negative v7 - Economic Interdependence Contention
==Contention 1 is Interdependence== ====The EU joining the BRI will result in the creation of new trade routes connecting Asia to the West which results in large amounts of trade moving from sea to land as Viking Bohman writes in 2017 that==== Viking Bohman, 6-18-2017, "Why America Must Participate in China's Belt and...
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OCO Affirmative v2 - Iran Contention v2
==Contention 2: Iran== ====The US and Iran are on the brink of war as Seth Cropsey wrote last week that==== Seth Cropsey, 10-22-2019, "For the US and Israel, a strike against Iran seems inevitable," TheHill, https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/466842-for-the-us-and-israel-a-strike-against-iran-seems-inevita...
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OCO Negative v2 - Cyber Agreements Contention
====Major Powers are not signing international cyber agreements as Vishwam Sankaran writes that while last year France==== Vishwam Sankaran, 11-12-2018, "Here's why it is unsurprising that China, the US, and Russia didn't sign the global cyber security pact," Next Web, https://thenextweb.com/security/2018/11/13/heres-w...
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Universal Basic Income Affirmative v1 - Recession Contention
==Contention Two – Pending Recession== ====Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus decreasing trade, tourism, and investment, the risk of a global recession is only growing. Simon Chandler writes last month that==== Simon Chandler, 1-27-2020, "A Global Recession is Coming if China Fails to Kill Coronavirus Spread," CCN...
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Venezuela Affirmative v3 - State Collapse Contention
==Contention one is preventing state collapse== ====While the Venezuelan economy has been hanging on by a thread, US sanctions have been the nail in the coffin for two reasons. First is by cutting off oil exports. DW explains last year that the recent total sanctions on all Venezuelan exports will be ==== DW, 1-10-20...
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Venezuela Negative v2 - Intervention Contention Short
==Contention 1 is Intervention== ====The US is currently using economic sanctions a way to create change instead of a military intervention as Monica Hirst continues last year that ==== Monica Hirst, May 2019, "Venezuela: Towards a peaceful political solution", Peace and Security, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/...
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Venezuela Negative v4 - Political Reforms Contention
==Contention 1 is a Win/Win== ====Years of mismanagement and corruption have left Venezuela in crisis. Dany Bahar writes last year that==== Dany Bahar 5-22-19 "Chavismo is the worst of all sanctions: The evidence behind the humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela." Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/20...
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Kentucky - Belt and Road Negative v1
==Our Sole Contention is Coal Exports== ====Karen Yeung explains in that due to recent tariffs on China – Xi's:==== Karen Yeung, 8-14-2019, "Will China use its foreign exchange reserves to offset US financial war risk?," South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3022775/china-may-us...
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Kentucky - Belt and Road Negative v1
==Contention 1 – Influence == ====Atul Singh indicated this week that:==== Atul Singh, 9-4-2019, "Is China's Belt and Road Initiative Strategic Genius, Arrogant Overreach or Something Else?," Fair Observer, https://www.fairobserver.com/region/asia_pacific/belt-and-road-initiative-bri-china-trade-chinese-silk-road-wor...
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Navigation
have fun we open source
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Note
Refer to SARS
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Contact Info
Michael Lee lm32164@students.mcpasd.k12.wi.us mic#9973
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0 - Sachs K
Use trigger warning if needed - talks about pedophilia. Thanks to that one team that ran the child pornography argument during OCO's for the Grant card. Open sourced.
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UPDATED TOC DISCLOSURE POLICY
UPDATED TOC Disclosure Policy Message Alexander Shan or Alex Shan on FB Messenger or email at alexshanvi@gmail.com we disclose to anyone that asks. we realized after the first day that disclosing to all who ask is better for education
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Shanvite Neg
Open Source
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Disclosure Policy
Contact us 30 minutes before round if you want us to disclose. 21hanb@millburn.org 21hana@millburn.org or Beatrice Han on Facebook Messenger.
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Contact Info
Contact Leo Cardozo at (925)451-6129, leonardo.cardozo22@auhsdschools.org or cardo14#1918 on discord. We will disclose as long as you do as well
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April AFF - SA-Iran, US-Iran, and Yemen
Iran Saudi be on tip Jose Clavijo, 7-11-2019, "Middle Eastern Conflict Scenarios: How Wars Between Iran and the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia Play Out," The Geopolitics, https://thegeopolitics.com/middle-eastern-conflict-scenarios-how-wars-between-iran-and-the-us-israel-and-saudi-arabia-play-out/ Due to its dependency ...
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Case Citations
Cyber Security Case Chris and I affirm Subpoint A: Too many cyber threats exist The explicit purpose of cyber hacking is to cause harm. Josh White 16. “Cyber Threats and Cyber Security: National Security Issues, Policy and Strategies.” Global Security Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 23–33. EBSCOhost, search.ebs...
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April K Fem IR
N/A - Cites are in Document attached
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Septober 19 Neg
Used At: Parkway West Greater St. Louis Conference #1 Contentions: 1. Stopping Global Starvation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWejP1z9ZeS1D3LirV20lPBVi91KGnAS/view?usp=sharing
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Contact Info
If you have questions or concerns before the round email us at spinnamaneni@ymail.com
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Blake Day Aff 1
C1: humanitarian catastrophe Jeremy Diamond and Allie Malloy,, CNN, "Venezuela: sanctions approved by Trump on state-owned oil company - CNNPolitics", 01/29/19, https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/politics/us-sanctions-venezuelan-oil-company/index.html “The United States … year, Bolton said.” Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign...
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UBI AFF LAST SHOT TYPERACER GAMERS BOYBOY BRYCE MR P AND MS C CHESS BOYS MN BOMBERS HOCKEY DEVILS FOOD CONCRETE MIXER DRYER BRO
First an Overview: There are two ways a UBI could be funded: increasing the federal deficit or increasing taxes. The most likely implementation is a monthly thousand-dollar UBI funded by existing welfare funds and deficit spending. A UBI will not be funded with taxes because it would be politically unpopular. Rober...
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Round 7
====Nuclear winter causes fast timeframe extinction of physical existence and that is the ultimate good – causes nirvana – superior to individual suffering, death, suicide and grief as we go one by one in this meaningless torture chamber – our evidence assumes their counter arguments.==== **Dolan '2** (John Dolan, PhD ...
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0 - CONTACT INFO
Hey, we're from Lovejoy. Please contact us 30 minutes before the round if you want us to disclose. We are most likely to respond by text Shalin Mehta 214 592 3020 shalin.mehta16@gmail.com Kendall Carll 469 247 4719 kendallcarll3@gmail.com
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4 - FEB - Medicaid DA
Medicaid Rudowitz ‘19 Robin Rudowitz, 6 Marsh 2019, Kaiser Family Foundation, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid-setting-the-facts-straight/ Medicaid is the nation’s public health insurance program for people with low income. The Medicaid program covers 1 in 5 Americans, includin...
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5 - MAR - Climate-ExportingTech AC
C1 Climate Change Plumer ‘12 Brad Plumer, WaPo, 18 July 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/07/18/how-to-increase-nuclear-power-without-attracting-attention/ Since the 1970s, construction on new nuclear reactors in the United States has largely ground to a halt, thanks to public protests, regulatory ...
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1 - K - Death Good
===1NC=== ====Consciousness causes us to know of our own eventual agony and death. The painful awareness of what awaits us causes psychological trauma and is the root cause of all suffering. Ligotti ONE==== ~~Thomas Ligotti, 2012, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race~~ LHSSN Undoing I For the rest of the earth's org...
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Disclosure Policy
Interpretation - Debaters competing at the 2020 Plastic TOC Tournament must open source all cases they plan to read in constructive at least 15 minutes before rounds on the NDCA 2019-2020 PF wiki.
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Quarantined-Round-4
Open sourced
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Belt and Road Affirmative v2 - St James
==Contention 1 is the German Economy== ====The world is looking to Germany as recession looms and their decision holds the fate of the world in it. Schumacher indicated on September 16 that:==== Elizabeth Schumacher, 9-16-2019, A German recession made with American parts, Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/op...
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Belt and Road Affirmative v1 - Multilateralism Contention v1
==Our First Contention is: Resetting Multilateralism== ====Recent G7 meetings prove multilateralism is at an all-time low because of Trump's actions and now is the time to reset it– Jeff Mason wrote in late August that:==== Jeff Mason, 8-25-2019, "Beneath show of bonhomie, rifts emerge between Trump and Western...," U...
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Belt and Road Negative v6 - Authoritarianism Contention
==Contention 1 – China's Diplomacy== ====China is carefully crafting their diplomatic message in the world as Jane Perlez indicated at the end of September:==== Jane Perlez, 9-25-2019, "China Wants the World to Stay Silent on Muslim Camps. It's Succeeding.," No Publication, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/world/asi...
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OCO Negative v1 - Chinese Foreign Policy Contention
==Contention 2: Chinese Foreign Policy== ====Klon Kitchen wrote earlier this month that ==== Klon Kitchen, 10-2-2019, "A Major Threat to Our Economy – Three Cyber Trends the U.S. Must Address to Protect Itself," Heritage Foundation, https://www.heritage.org/cybersecurity/commentary/major-threat-our-economy-three-cybe...
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Possible Interps
Debaters must disclose the name of their main character in Super Smash Brothers (any game) on the NDCA Public Forum wiki before the round starts. Debaters must disclose their Rice Purity Test score on the NDCA Public Forum Wiki on the page with their school name and team code at least 30 minutes before the round.
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Disclosure Policy
Hey! I'm Varnica, the second speaker for Lambert BZ. If you would like us to disclose or have any questions regarding our disclosure feel free to hit me up at least 15 minutes before the round. Contact - Varnica Basavaraj email - cheer. varnica@gmail.com facebook - Varnica Basavaraj (prob best) phone number - 73258960...
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Contact info
Contact info: Benson Fang: benson95120@gmail.com BFangPF1234 on reddit messenger (preferred): my name Contact me before the round so we can discuss disclosure options (email chain or wiki)
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Contact Info
sidhartkrishnan@gmail.com adrielslee@gmail.com
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Round 5
====Uniquenss- Iran conflict is high ==== Kenneth Katzman, 1-6-2020, "U.S.-Iran Conflict and Implications for U.S. Policy", Congressional Research Service, https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R45795.pdf / Since May 2019, U.S.-Iran tensions have heightened significantly, and AND approval for any decision by the Pr...
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1 - SEPTOCT - Euro Recession AC v2
Intro Kempe ‘19 Frederick Kempe, 25 May 2019, CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/24/european-union-real-dangers-are-slow-growth-declining-clout-uninspired-leadership.html It’s no wonder that populists are gaining ground against established parties that haven’t delivered results. If the eurozone’s GDP over the past dec...
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4 - FEB - Inflation-Speculation NC
Redirecting Benefits Lee ‘14 Lee, Michelle Ye Hee. Dec 5 2014. “Do ‘welfare’ recipients get $35,000 in benefits a year?.” Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/12/05/grothman-single-parents-welfare/ The state with the highest total value of welfare benefits was Hawaii, at $49,175. Th...
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1 - 1AC - Race War
1AC – Race War We are in the midst of a race war. The 21st century wave of xenophobia and racialized white nationalist hate is the extended order of modernity that “re-embody the inheritances of 1619 and Manifest Destiny”1. Direct Commercial Sales and Foreign Military Sales of arms are forged in an internal debate over...
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Quarantine-Round-1
Case Turns LOL
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OCO Negative v2 - China Contention v2
=Marist LV – Apple Valley Negative v1= ==Our Sole Contention is China== ====Currently, tensions between the US and China are high as Swaine '19 indicates,==== Michael D. Swaine, 1-16-2019, "A Relationship Under Extreme Duress: U.S.-China Relations at a Crossroads," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, https:...
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Belt and Road Affirmative v3 - Bronx Science
==Our sole contention is Poverty Reduction== ====The EU economy is plunging toward another recession as John Carter writes this year that==== John Carter, 4-15-19, "Chance of Europe recession important headwind for China economy, economist says," South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/a...
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Belt and Road Affirmative v4 - Economic Growth Contention v4
==Contention 2 is the Looming Recession== ====The EU economy is plunging toward another recession as John Carter writes this year that==== John Carter, 4-15-19, "Chance of Europe recession important headwind for China economy, economist says," South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/arti...
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OCO Affirmative v1 - ISIS Contention v1
==Contention 1: ISIS== ====ISIS has largely been defeated as Ben Wedeman writes this year that==== Ben Wedeman, 3-23-2019, CNN,"ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says - CNN", https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/23/middleeast/isis-caliphate-end-intl/index.html, Date Accessed 11-1-20...
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OCO Affirmative v1 - Iran Contention
==Contention Two is Iran== ====The US and Iran are on the brink of war as Seth Cropsey wrote last week ago that==== Seth Cropsey, 10-22-2019, "For the US and Israel, a strike against Iran seems inevitable," TheHill, https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/466842-for-the-us-and-israel-a-strike-against-iran-seems...
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OCO Negative v1 - Chinese Miscalculation Contention
==Contention 2: Miscalculation== ====Sino-US war is extremely unlikely through conventional means – the only risk is through miscalculation. Gompert explains that:==== David Gompert, 2016, "War With China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable", https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1100/RR1140/RA...
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Universal Basic Income Affirmative v1 - Welfare Bad Contention v1
==Our first contention is welfare more like Welfail== ====Social mobility in the US is at all time lows. Hanna Ziaby writes this year that==== Hanna Ziady, Cnn Business, 1-20-2020, "The American Dream is much easier to achieve in Canada," CNN, https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/business/wef-social-mobility-index/index.ht...
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Venezuela Affirmative v2 - Russia Disengagement Contention
==Contention 2 is the Box Out== ====US sanctions push Venezuela closer to Russia as Vijay Prashad indicated in 2019 that Russia is not:==== Vijay Prashad, Asia Times, 3-20-2019, "Asia Times," https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/03/opinion/venezuelas-future-depends-on-china-russia/, Date Accessed 4-14-2019 // JM Neither Ch...
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Venezuela Negative v3 - Economic Reforms Contention
==Contention 2 is Reform== ====Years of mismanagement and corruption have left Venezuela in crisis. Dany Bahar writes last year that==== Dany Bahar 5-22-19 "Chavismo is the worst of all sanctions: The evidence behind the humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela." Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/...
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Theory Policy and Contact Info
Hi! We're Holden and Luke! We believe theory is a really good thing, and most times it's crucial to set norms and stop abuse in rounds. However, we think that telling a team what norm to follow before the round (i.e. disclosing, paraphrasing, etc) is a lot better than running theory during the round after the damage h...
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STOC Disclosure Policy
We disclose to anyone that asks. Email me at chirag03kawediya@gmail.com
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TOC DISCLOSURE
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Interps
Interp - The opponent must cut card evidence that is completely relevant to the author’s views in the article sourcing the information. Interp - The affirmative may fiat an action when it is topical. Interp - Debaters must disclose all theory interps on the 2019-20 NDCA PF wiki at least 30 minutes before the round. ...
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3 - April - 1AC - Trafficking
THE US MILITARY BREEDS SEX TRAFFICKING. Chang 11 of Notre Dame writes that Emily Chang, 2001, "Engagement Abroad: Enlisted Men, U.S. Military Policy and the Sex Industry," Notre Dame Law School, https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1323andcontext=ndjlepp, 3-2-2020, DJK This Note addresses the disc...
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1 - TOC Notice
Hello, we read an argument discussing sex trafficking. There are brief mentions describing the specifics of the industry, but no graphic descriptions. If you object to this please let us know and we will read other arguments in the round.
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Diplomacy
====No US cause Diplomacy:==== (Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Jan 06 2020, "The Middle East Is More Stable When the United States Stays Away", Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/06/the-mid...
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2 - Diplo Iran
====When the US decreases its presence in the Persian Gulf, regional actors turn to diplomacy. This is because when Gulf allies realize the US will not protect them, they take matters into their own hands. The result is peace. Parsi of Foreign Policy finds in 20:==== (Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy...
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