Only action now solves future catastrophe-must stabilize temperature rise Antholis and Talbott 10 – Director and President @ Brookings (William Antholis, managing director of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in Governance Studies, former director of studies at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution, deputy Sec. of State under Clinton, “The Global Warming Tipping Point,” The Globalist, http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=8523)
Moreover, we need ... into the atmosphere.
Politics:
Will Pass – renewed interest in politically difficult compromises Bowles and Simpson 9/16 (Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and now co-chair the Moment of Truth Project, and are guest writers for CSM, 9/16/13, "Government shutdown? A leap of trust can seal a budget deal", http://news.yahoo.com/government-shutdown-leap-trust-seal-budget-deal-144702994~-~-politics.html)
Cuba policy is a political firestorm — the plan angers congressional hardliners and causes Obama’s agenda to be taken hostage. LeoGrande 12 — William M. LeoGrande School of Public Affairs American University, Professor of Government and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, Professor LeoGrande has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies, 12/18/12, http://www.american.edu/clals/upload/LeoGrande-Fresh-Start.pdf
The Second Obama ... to take action.
Lifting the embargo destroys Cuban democracy and US human rights credibility Menges, 8 - Editor in Chief of the Americas Report, Menges Hemispheric Security Project Center for Security Policy (Nancy, CQ Congressional Testimony, 3/5, lexis)
Global nuclear war Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf
Of course, the ... more dog-eat-dog world.
Shunning:
Reject engagement with human rights abusers — moral duty to shun Beversluis 89 – Philosophy, Economics and Humanities Professor Eric, Ph.D. in philosophy from Northwestern and economics from OSU, April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2, http://www.ericsinfotech.com/ShunningUndesirableRegimes.pdf
A fundamental task ... have put it.
Any compromise sanctions evil — reject every instance regardless of consequences Gordon and Gordon 95 — Haim Gordon, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Rivca Gordon, general director of the Foundation for Democratic Education in Israel and chairperson of the Gaza Team for Human Rights, 1995 (“Introduction,” Sartre and Evil: Guidelines for a Struggle, Published by Greenwood Press, ISBN 031327861X, p. xvi-xviii)
Put differently, this ... literature and drama.
Case:
Lifting the embargo doesn’t solve—Castro will put up internal restrictions Suchlicki 2k (JAIME SUCHLICKI Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, highly regarded consultant to both the private and public sector on Cuba and Latin American affairs. The U.S. Embargo of Cuba Jaime Suchlicki University of Miami June 2000 http://www6.miami.edu/iccas/USEmbargo.pdf)
Opponents of U.S. ... against imperialist hostility.
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1NC Yale Round 3
Tournament: Yale | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lovejoy MM | Judge: Christian Torre XO CP:
Only action now solves future catastrophe-must stabilize temperature rise Antholis and Talbott 10 – Director and President @ Brookings (William Antholis, managing director of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in Governance Studies, former director of studies at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution, deputy Sec. of State under Clinton, “The Global Warming Tipping Point,” The Globalist, http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=8523)
Moreover, we need ... into the atmosphere.
Politics:
Will Pass – renewed interest in politically difficult compromises Bowles and Simpson 9/16 (Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and now co-chair the Moment of Truth Project, and are guest writers for CSM, 9/16/13, "Government shutdown? A leap of trust can seal a budget deal", http://news.yahoo.com/government-shutdown-leap-trust-seal-budget-deal-144702994~-~-politics.html)
Cuba policy is a political firestorm — the plan angers congressional hardliners and causes Obama’s agenda to be taken hostage. LeoGrande 12 — William M. LeoGrande School of Public Affairs American University, Professor of Government and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, Professor LeoGrande has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies, 12/18/12, http://www.american.edu/clals/upload/LeoGrande-Fresh-Start.pdf
The Second Obama ... to take action.
Lifting the embargo destroys Cuban democracy and US human rights credibility Menges, 8 - Editor in Chief of the Americas Report, Menges Hemispheric Security Project Center for Security Policy (Nancy, CQ Congressional Testimony, 3/5, lexis)
Global nuclear war Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf
Of course, the ... more dog-eat-dog world.
Shunning:
Reject engagement with human rights abusers — moral duty to shun Beversluis 89 – Philosophy, Economics and Humanities Professor Eric, Ph.D. in philosophy from Northwestern and economics from OSU, April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2, http://www.ericsinfotech.com/ShunningUndesirableRegimes.pdf
A fundamental task ... have put it.
Any compromise sanctions evil — reject every instance regardless of consequences Gordon and Gordon 95 — Haim Gordon, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Rivca Gordon, general director of the Foundation for Democratic Education in Israel and chairperson of the Gaza Team for Human Rights, 1995 (“Introduction,” Sartre and Evil: Guidelines for a Struggle, Published by Greenwood Press, ISBN 031327861X, p. xvi-xviii)
Put differently, this ... literature and drama.
Topicality:
Increase excludes create Brown, ‘03 (US Federal Judge for the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON (ELENA MARK and PAUL GUSTAFSON, Plaintiffs, v. VALLEY INSURANCE COMPANY and VALLEY PROPERTY AND CASUALTY, Defendants)
FCRA does not ... a lower price.
Engagement is extending incentives to change behavior – it is more than mere interaction Haass and O’Sullivan 2K (Richard N. Haass, Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, vol. 42, no. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 113–35, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1093/survival/42.2.113#preview)
The term 'engagement' ... has important disagreements.
Lifting the embargo doesn’t solve—Castro will put up internal restrictions Suchlicki 2k (JAIME SUCHLICKI Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, highly regarded consultant to both the private and public sector on Cuba and Latin American affairs. The U.S. Embargo of Cuba Jaime Suchlicki University of Miami June 2000 http://www6.miami.edu/iccas/USEmbargo.pdf)
Opponents of U.S. ... against imperialist hostility.
Diseases burn out – prevents spread Morse 4 - Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and virologist at Columbia University (Stephen S, “Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: A Global Problem”, May 2004, http://www.actionbioscience.org/newfrontiers/morse.html)
A pandemic is ... thing to do.
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1NC Yale Round 5
Tournament: Yale | Round: 5 | Opponent: Loyola HS of Detroit LM | Judge: Kim Borland XO CP:
Resolution A legislative ... 13.1 , 6.8 , and 7.4)
The Counter Plan solves Hsu 12 (David T. Hsu - Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Browne Center for International Politics, “Executive Discretion, Domestic Constraints, and Patterns of Post-9/11 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy”, September 2012, Pg 6, htt
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Email
Tournament: Contact Info | Round: 9 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA z.schnall.4@gmail.com
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Harvard Doubles
Tournament: Harvard | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Agape Leaders Prep KY | Judge: Matt Bartula, Bonnie Gerard, Greg Sobetski Case
The aff fails because of western-centricism and differentiation within the Multitude – only state action solves Proyect No Date (Louis, author and longtime leftwing activist who has spent time in Nicaragua and Southern Africa promoting peace and social justice, former member of the Central American solidarity movement, and writer who has had articles published in these following journals: “Science and Society”, “New Politics”, “Journal of the History of Economic Thought”, “Organization and Environment”, and more, Columbia University, “Hardt-Negri’s “Empire”: a Marxist critique”, http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/modernism/)
They write "The ... already written off.
The concept of a globalized Empire is false – precludes analysis of the regional state Thompson 5 (Paul, editor of “Renewal”, a journal of Labour Politics, as well as Professor of Organisational Analysis in the department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathcylde, “Foundation and Empire: A critique of Hardt and Negri”, Summer 2005, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3780/is_200507/ai_n14685515/pg_4/)
It is difficult ... as Rugman testify.
Doublebind – either the aff is insanely radical and causes violence or it’s too modest and doesn’t solve Zizek 1 (Slavoj, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, at the University of London, president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, at Ljubljana, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the Univeresity of Ljubljana, and a professor at the European Graduate School, as well as visiting professor at the University of Chicago, Columbia Univeresity, Princeton, and New York University, Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 13, Number 3/4, 2001, “Have Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri Rewritten the Communist Manifesto for the Twenty First Century?”, http://www.egs.edu/faculty/slavoj-zizek/articles/have-michael-hardt-and-antonio-negri-rewritten-the-communist-manifesto-for-the-twenty-first-century/)
This, exactly, is ... return to Lenin.
The authors agree that a lack of common language and recognition of Empire mean the alt fails – it’s just unlikely hope for a random struggle to take down Empire Lewis 2 (Tom, member of the ISO, Professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa, and author of “Chile: The State and Revolution”, “The Politics of ‘Hauntology’ in Derrida’s Specters of Marx”, and “La Transformación de la Teoria”, “Empire strikes out”, the International Socialist Review, Issue 24, July-August 2002, http://www.isreview.org/issues/24/empire_strikes_out.shtml)
The activities of ... the previous era” (57).
Empirics first – discourse focus is epistemologically flawed Rodwell 5 (Jonathan, Ph.D. student at Manchester Metropolitan University, "Trendy But Empty: A Response to Richard Jackson," www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk/back/issue15/rodwell1.htm slim_) The reason it ... different possible explanations.
Market systems are the most moral and have empirically avoided environmental disasters—critics are unfounded and rely on the same market economies they criticize – global inequality caused by lack of neoliberalism Wolf 03 Master in Economics @ Oxford, a British journalist, widely considered to be one of the world’s most influential writers on economics. He is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times Martin, “The Morality of the Market”, Foreign Policy, Sept 1, 2003, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2003/09/01/the_morality_of_the_market5D///WNM
A sophisticated market ... attitudes of its critics.
Neoliberalism is sustainable and self-correcting – alternatives fail Peck and Tickell, 2 – *Jamie, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy and Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia. Former Honourary Professorial Fellow, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester. PhD in Geography, Vice Chair and Chair, Research Committee, Regional Studies Association Chair, Summer Institute in Economic Geography Steering Committee Trustee, Antipode Foundation Chair (previously treasurer), Economic Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, Adam, PhD, Professor of Geography, University of Bristol (“Neoliberalizing Space” Antipode, 2002, pg. 400-402)kristof
In many respects, ... of spatial relations.
Rejection causes massive transition wars Harris 3 (Lee, Analyst – Hoover Institution and Author of The Suicide of Reason, “The Intellectual Origins of America-Bashing”, Policy Review, January, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3458371.html)
This is the ... pipe dreams.
These wars lead to extinction Kothari 82 (Rajni, Professor of Political Science – University of Delhi, Toward a Just Social Order, p. 571)
Attempts at global ... eventual global holocaust.
CA
Counter Advocacy: The United States federal government should substantially increase its joint oil cooperation towards the Republic of Cuba.
Political resistance is necessary to resist neoliberal practices Hursh and Henderson 11, associate professor of education at the University of Rochester and PhD at the Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development 11 (David and Joseph, “ Contesting global neoliberalism and creating alternative futures”, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 32:2, May 2011, Routledge)AS Contesting neoliberalism, then, ... availability of finance capital.
You’re right to be skeptical of the state – but it’s the only viable actor in environmental politics. Any anti-statist environmentalist struggles guarantees continual oppression of the impoverished and mass violence Taylor 2k – Professor of Social Ethics Bron, Professor of Religion and Social Ethics, Director of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, BENENEATH THE SURFACE: CRITICAL ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEEP ECOLOGY, P. 282-284
A more trenchant problem ... overwhelmed and futile.
All individuals deserve electricity access – we have an obligation to rectify the government’s failure to provide energy to the poor Tully 6 – former BP Postdoctoral Fellow of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation and of the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (Stephen, “The Human Right to Access Electricity,” The Electricity Journal vol 19 issue 3, April 2006, pg 30-39, dml)
Characterizing electricity as ... or industrial applications.
The right to energy is uniquely key to assist and empower women living in poverty Clancy, Skutsch, and Batchelor 2 – *a Reader in technology transfer with the Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, Senior Lecturer with the Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, AND *Director of Gamos Ltd (Joy, Margaret, and Simon, “The Gender-Energy-Poverty Nexus: Finding the energy to address gender concerns in development,” http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0000378/P342_Skutsch_Batchelor.pdf, dml)
This paper set out ... biomass fuel supply.
Patriarchy causes war, environmental destruction—justifies violence Warren and Cady 94 Professors of Philosophy at Macalester College and Hamline University Karen and Duane, “Hypatia”, Spring, 1994. Proquest The notion of patriarchy ... logical outgrowth of patriarchal thinking.
Resolution A legislative ... House ?Rules 8.11 , 13.1 , 6.8 , and 7.4)
Federal government is the national government Black’s Law 4 (Dictionary, 8th Edition, June 1, 2004, pg.716.)
Federal government. 1. A national ... United States - - 2-3
“Economic engagement” is limited to expanding economic ties with a target state Celik 11 (Arda Can Çelik, graduate M.A in political science and international relations at Uppsala University Sweden, 2011, “Economic sanctions and engagement policies,” http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/175204/economic-sanctions-and-engagement-policies)
Introduction¶ Economic engagement ... in the same direction.
Policy Makers, like you all, are specific intellectuals – best solvency for real world problems Feldman 08 (Gregory, Assistant Professor of International Migration, University of British Columbia, “DEMOCRACY OR TECHNOCRACY? RETHINKING THE POLICYMAKER AS SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL,” JPoX (Journal of Political Excellence), 2008, http://jpox.eu/static/bf_pdf/pdfoutput.php?cid=170) The Policymaker as ... has no "practical advice."
Policy simulation’s good – key to portable skills, identification of government’s flaws Robert Farley 13, assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, February 29, 2012, “Teaching Crisis Decision-Making Through Simulations,” World Politics Review, online: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11628/over-the-horizon-teaching-crisis-decision-making-through-simulations What goes for war ... in a public policy career.
Political simulation enhances moral perception and enables constructive solvency Harri Raisio 10, RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VAASA --- Researcher, Faculty of Public Administration, University of Vaasa and PhD student in Social and Health Management, at the University of Vaasa, “The Public as Policy Expert: Deliberative Democracy in the Context of Finnish Health Care Reforms and Policies,” Journal of Public Deliberation, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2010, http://services.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159andcontext=jpd In deliberation something ... the public good.
Projecting desire into the future propels activity in the present Rosi Braidotti 6, contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics, 273 Prophetic or visionary minds ... at the ethical level.
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Harvard Round 1
Tournament: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent: Brooklyn Tech HD | Judge: Patrick Daniels T - GTG
Interpretation – Engagement requires government to government DIRECT talks Crocker ‘9 9/13/09, Chester A. Crocker is a professor of strategic studies at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, was an assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 1981 to 1989. “Terms of Engagement,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/opinion/14crocker.html?_r=1and
PRESIDENT OBAMA will ... and its behavior.
Violation – the aff does not engage in talks with Mexico Voting Issue:
Limits – there are countless companies that the USFG could engage with in the target countries 2. Ground – the aff denies access to key DA links like country politics
DA
Immigrants in the U.S. come from other countries too – misconception of Hispanics as sole immigrants leads to discrimination PR Newswire 2006 (PR Newswire, “NABJ Cautions Media Over Language Use in Immigration Debate; Stands in Support of Accuracy in Journalism,” PR Newswire, ProQuest, Accessed 7/31/13) The debate is ... a matter of accuracy."
Anti-Chinese immigration policies hurt US-China relations State Dept. 07 – United States Department of State – Office of the Historian “MILESTONES: 1866–1898,” March 23, 2007, United States Government, http://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration, Accessed 11-10-13 MILESTONES: 1866–1898 ... United States and China.
US-China conflict escalates to Nuclear catastrophe Goldstein ‘13 Avery Goldstein is the David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations, Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and Associate Director of the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics at the University of Pennsylvania, “First Things First: The Pressing Danger of Crisis Instability in U.S.-China Relations,” International Security, Vol. 37, no 4, Spring, 2013, pp 49-89 In a crisis, ... incentives to manipulate.
CA
My partner Zack and I affirm the creation of a new identity, a new world inside the border to open up the possibility for resistance, the new mestiza consciousness
The mestiza consciousness creates a new value system that uproots dualistic thinking Lugones 92 (Maria, an Argentine scholar, philosopher, feminist, and an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture and of Philosophy and of Women's Studies at Binghamton University in New York, “On Borderlands/La Frontera: An Interpretive Essay”, Hypatia, Vol. 7, No. 4, Lesbian Philosophy (Autumn, 1992), pp. 31-37)AL
The new mestiza, ... "uprooting of dualistic thinking" (80)
This round is key - The new mestiza consciousness and process of the métissage enables resistance to hegemony and oppression by accessing the third space but a continuous theorizing is key – this card subsumes all of your offense Feghali 11 (Zalfa, PhD from Nottingham University, writing for Journal of International Women's Studies, “Re-articulating the New Mestiza”, JIWS, Vol 12, #2 2011, http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws/vol12_no2/pdfs/6_zalfa.pdf)//AL
Refiguring the mestiza ... of elucidating identity.
Case
Aff no solve - borders and difference are inevitable Prozorov 8, Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland Sergei, “De-Limitation: The Denigration of Boundaries in the Political Thought of Late Modernity” in The Geopolitics of European Identity, ed. Noel Parker, pg. 38-9 What then becomes of ... into self-immanence.
Erasing borders leads to unlimited violence in order to erase the ontological necessity of pluralism Prozorov 8, Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland Sergei, “De-Limitation: The Denigration of Boundaries in the Political Thought of Late Modernity” in The Geopolitics of European Identity, ed. Noel Parker, pg. 34-6 For Schmitt, the immanentist ... resist its subjection.
Abandonment of borders adopts the perspective of global violence—they reproduce the space of pure war Banita 8, Research Assistant, Department Of American Studies, University Of Paderborn, Phd At The University Of Constance Georgiana, 'Scorched Earth Tactics: Pre-Emptive Ecopolitics In The Aftermath Of 9/11', Parallax, 14: 3, 125 — 138, Http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.1080/13534640802159203 The phenomenon of what Virilio calls ?Pure War‘ – closely related to Baudrillard‘s hyperreality – is ... planetary modes of thought.
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Harvard Round 4
Tournament: Harvard | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lakeland KL | Judge: Cyndia Yu Interpretation – Engagement requires government to government DIRECT talks Crocker ‘9 9/13/09, Chester A. Crocker is a professor of strategic studies at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, was an assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 1981 to 1989. “Terms of Engagement,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/opinion/14crocker.html?_r=1and
PRESIDENT OBAMA will .... and its behavior.
Violation – the aff only has the US interact with Mexican companies Voting Issue:
Limits – there are countless companies that the USFG could engage with in the target countries 2. Ground – the aff denies access to key DA links like country politics
The President of the United States should increase renewable energy grid integration with the United Mexican States through lithium based nanotechnology.
An executive order can solve the aff The Whitehouse 2011 (Fact: Sheet: Enhancing US-Mexico Cooperation; Mar 3; www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/03/fact-sheet-enhancing-us-mexico-cooperation; kdf) During the May ... by the end of 2011.
Obama will hold off a vote on Iran sanctions now---PC’s key---failure destroys regional and global U.S. power and cred Flynt Leverett 1-20, professor at Pennsylvania State University’s School of International Affairs and is a Visiting Scholar at Peking University’s School of International Studies, and Hillary Mann Leverett, Senior Professorial Lecturer at the American University in Washington, DC and a Visiting Scholar at Peking University in Beijing, 1/20/14, “Iran, Syria and the Tragicomedy of U.S. Foreign Policy,” http://goingtotehran.com/iran-syria-and-the-tragicomedy-of-u-s-foreign-policy Regarding President Obama’s ... but we will see itglobally.”
Congress won’t fund new nanotechnology—existing funding is for traditional applications—adventurism not supported CRN 08 (Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, “U.S. Nanotechnology Policy — Missing the Point”, 2008, http://crnano.org/us-policy.htm)//AS With such near-miraculous ... possibly even dangerous.
Sustaining a permanent Iran deal is key – its key to solve Iran prolif and real concessions GolnazEsfandiari 11/24/13, writer @ Radio Free Europe citing Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert @ the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Ali Vaez, senior Iran analyst @ the International Crisis Group, “Road To Permanent Iran Deal Is Long, Time Is Short,” http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-nuclear-deal-analysis-us-obama-eu/25178532.html ...Or Building Block?¶¶ But ... Atomic Energy Agency verification."
CO2 emissions key to avert ice age – civilization at risk Jones 4/23 – engineer, consultant, and contributing editor of Perihelion (Eric M, “IS Global Warming Vital to Human Survival”, 4/23/13; http://newsblaze.com/story/20130423133511mcco.nb/topstory.html)//Beddow The Earth has been ... gigantic refrigerator magnet).
Warming’s not an existential risk – adaptation, mitigation, geoengineering, and empirically no runaway Muller 12 – writer on ethics and existential risks (Jonatas, “Analysis of Existential Risks”, 2012; http://www.jonatasmuller.com/x-risks.pdf)//Beddow A runaway global warming, ... one of legacy.
Oceans resilient Kennedy 2 - Environmental science prof, Maryland. Former Director, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. PhD. (Victor, Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and Global Climate Change, http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/marine.cfm)
There is evidence ... climate change.
It takes thousands of years to build one nanotech visible with the naked eye – exponential manufacturing impossible 1AC Author Vandermolen 2006 – Intelligence Officer with US Special Operations Command Thomas, graduate from Naval War College, “Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security,” Air and Space Power Journal, September 1, 2006, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/fal06/vandermolen.html#vandermolen, Accessed August 5, 2013
MNT’s promise depends ... self-replicate.
Nanotech is extremely dangerous – arms race, hackers, surveillance, irreversible pollution 1AC Author Vandermolen 2006 – Intelligence Officer with US Special Operations Command Thomas, graduate from Naval War College, “Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security,” Air and Space Power Journal, September 1, 2006, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/fal06/vandermolen.html#vandermolen, Accessed August 5, 2013
Direct Threats¶ The ... to those nanoparticles.26
Nanotech indirectly threatens humanity – manufacturing countries’ economies tank, transhumanism, and tech revolution bringing political and social revolt 1AC Author Vandermolen 2006 – Intelligence Officer with US Special Operations Command Thomas, graduate from Naval War College, “Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security,” Air and Space Power Journal, September 1, 2006, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/fal06/vandermolen.html#vandermolen, Accessed August 5, 2013
Indirect Threats¶ We can expect ... could be catastrophic.
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Harvard Round 5
Tournament: Harvard | Round: 5 | Opponent: Brooklyn Tech CS | Judge: Lee Redding See Harvard Round 1
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Pennsbury Round 2
Tournament: Pennsbury | Round: 2 | Opponent: Wilson KK | Judge: Michael Rutzick XO CP
The President of the United States should fund construction of passive solar homes through the BECC on the US-México border.
Strong presidential powers are key to prevent cyberterror Kastenberg 09 (Lieutenant Colonel Joshua E, B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (1990); J.D., Marquette University (1996); LL.M., Georgetown University (2003)) is the Staff Judge Advocate, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Base, Iraq. Prior to his current assignment, he served as Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations, a standing joint task force under the command of United States Strategic Command. Under the Unified Command Plan, it is the sole cyber-defense operational command for the Department of Defense. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar, “CYBERLAW EDITION: NON-INTERVENTION AND NEUTRALITY IN CYBERSPACE: AN EMERGING PRINCIPLE IN THE NATIONAL PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW”, 64 A.F. L. Rev. 43, Lexis)
Of all the recent legal ... to national policy.
Cyberterror causes nuclear war Cimbala 99 (Stephen, professor of political science at the Pennsylvania State University Delaware County Campus, Summer 1999, Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal)
The nuclear shadow over ... have unfortunate byproducts.
T GTG
Interpretation – Engagement requires government to government DIRECT talks Crocker ‘9 9/13/09, Chester A. Crocker is a professor of strategic studies at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, was an assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 1981 to 1989. “Terms of Engagement,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/opinion/14crocker.html?_r=1and
PRESIDENT OBAMA will ... modify its policies and its behavior.
Violation – the aff does not engage the target country
Voting Issue:
Limits – there are countless companies that the USFG could engage with in the target countries 2. Ground – the aff denies access to key DA links like country politics
Shunning
Economic involvement in Mexico marks women as disposable and creates a cycle of poverty Nagar et al 02 – Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota (Richa, Victoria Lawson, Linda McDowell and Susan Hanson, “Locating Globalization: Feminist (Re)readings of the Subjects and Spaces of Globalization”, Economic Geography 78:3, July 2002, JSTOR)
Melissa Wright's (1997) work ... have been neglected.
Reject engagement with human rights abusers — moral duty to shun Beversluis 89 – Philosophy, Economics and Humanities Professor Eric, Ph.D. in philosophy from Northwestern and economics from OSU, April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2, http://www.ericsinfotech.com/ShunningUndesirableRegimes.pdf
But how can a case ... have put it.
Case
The aff can’t solve – using the state for environmental justice causes more problems Foreman, Ph.D and Research Scientist 98 Chris Foreman, Ph.D and Research Scientist in Renewable energy including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal power generation processes, alternative fuels and biomass energy, 1998, The Promise and Perils of Environmental Justice pg. 3
This essay aims ... environmental health risks.
State action on Environmental Justice reproduces a hegemonic order turning the environmental justice movement. Gandy and Popescu, Professors at Annenberg, 01 Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Information and Society Professor Annenberg School for Communication and Mihaela Popescu, Professor at Annenberg School for Communication, “Whose Environmental Justice? Social Identity and Institutional Rationality,” July 13, 2001, pg. 2-3, www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/ogandy/Budapest20draft.pdf
The entry point we ... time, and time again.
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Pennsbury Round 4
Tournament: Pennsbury | Round: 4 | Opponent: Broad Run DS | Judge: Ignacio Evans JUDGE PATRICK DANIELS FROM BALTIMORE CITY COLLEGE Decisions Round 1 Aff Brooklyn Technical HD L Headley 27.5 Dieng 28.1 Round 1 Neg Lexington SD W Steigerwald-Schnall 28.6 Dare 27.6
Round 2 Aff Overland AK L Araia 27.3 Kelty 27.4 Round 2 Neg Lakeland District Debate KL W Krantz 28.2 Lewis 28.6
Round 4 Aff Cascia Hall HR L Hoefling 28.5 Reutter 28.1 Round 4 Neg Lakeland District Debate BT W Bharwani 28.7 Tahir 28.6 JUDGE ANNE PINCHUNK FROM Decisions Round 1 Aff Clear Lake BW L Boe 27.3 Wang 27.7 Round 1 Neg Crossings Christian HB W Hill 27.2 Bayley 27.8
Round 2 Aff Lexington SD W Steigerwald-Schnall 27.9 Dare 27.6 Round 2 Neg Woodlands BF L Bird 27.4 Farquhar 27.2
Round 3 Aff Niles North SM W Siddiqui 28.4 Mathew 28.5 Round 3 Neg Debate Rhode Island DS L DiLello 27.5 Snow 27.6
Round 5 Aff Bronx Science ZL L Zhao 28.6 Li 28.5 Round 5 Neg Westminster Schools KC W Kong 28.3 Cotter 28.4 JUDGE JOHN FOWLE FROM BRONX SCIENCE Decisions Round 1 Aff Niles North HL L Hyder 27 Lakhani 26.5 Round 1 Neg Lexington CD W Chong 28 Devadas 28.1
Round 2 Aff Weston GZ L Gupta 27 Zhao 26 Round 2 Neg Niles North SM W Siddiqui 27.5 Mathew 27.4
Round 3 Aff Lexington SD L Steigerwald-Schnall 27.5 Dare 27.2 Round 3 Neg Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart MC W Mantero 27.8 Cubero 28.3
Round 4 Aff Edgemont RC L Rosner 28.1 Cai 28 Round 4 Neg Lexington LM W Lee 28.5 McCallum 28.6
Round 5 Aff Agape Leaders Prep AC L Ahsan 26 Chan 26.1 Round 5 Neg Casady HJ W Hassoun 26.8 Jia 26.5 JUDGE CYNDIA YU FROM Decisions Round 2 Aff Lakeland District Debate TS L Trungold 28 Shah 27.8 Round 2 Neg Agape Leaders Prep KY W Kim 29.6 Yang 29.8
Round 3 Aff Bronx Science HG W Huang 28.7 Gaggenapally 29 Round 3 Neg Green KK L Kwon 28 Koh 28.4
Round 4 Aff Lakeland District Debate KL W Krantz 28.6 Lewis 28.8 Round 4 Neg Lexington SD L Steigerwald-Schnall 29 Dare 28.2
Round 5 Aff Lexington KH W Khandelwal 29.3 Huang 29.2 Round 5 Neg Agape Leaders Prep PS L Pahlavan 29.5 Sheen 29 JUDGE LEE REDDING FROM MILTON Decisions Round 3 Aff Clear Lake BW W Boe 28.5 Wang 28.3 Round 3 Neg Sequoyah RG L Rogers 26.7 Gollner 28
Round 4 Aff Lakeland District Debate TS W Trungold 28.7 Shah 28.8 Round 4 Neg Crossings Christian RP L Roby 27.5 Portman 27.2
Round 5 Aff Brooklyn Technical CS L Cherry 28.8 Small 27.4 Round 5 Neg Lexington SD W Steigerwald-Schnall 28.9 Dare 28.7
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The President of the United States should fund construction of passive solar homes through the BECC on the US-México border.
We need to get prepared for ... similar hothouse Earth.
Shunning
Economic involvement in Mexico marks women as disposable and creates a cycle of poverty Nagar et al 02 – Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota (Richa, Victoria Lawson, Linda McDowell and Susan Hanson, “Locating Globalization: Feminist (Re)readings of the Subjects and Spaces of Globalization”, Economic Geography 78:3, July 2002, JSTOR)
Melissa Wright's (1997) work ... have been neglected.
Reject engagement with human rights abusers — moral duty to shun Beversluis 89 – Philosophy, Economics and Humanities Professor Eric, Ph.D. in philosophy from Northwestern and economics from OSU, April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2, http://www.ericsinfotech.com/ShunningUndesirableRegimes.pdf
But how can a case ... have put it.
Case
Patriarchy causes war, environmental destruction—justifies violence Warren and Cady 94 Professors of Philosophy at Macalester College and Hamline University Karen and Duane, “Hypatia”, Spring, 1994. Proquest The notion of patriarchy ... of patriarchal thinking.
Soccer solves Relations Uribarri 10-17 – New York Daily News writer Jaime, online sports editor, physician at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, “Mexico falls in love with U.S. after Americans rescue El Tri’s World Cup dreams,” New York Daily News, October 17, 2013, http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/mexico-grateful-u-s-beating-panama-article-1.1487426, Accessed 11-11-13 One soccer game may ... within Mexican territory.
US-China won’t go to war- interdependence, weak military, other countries won’t help, no incentive, and history Burney and Hampson, 12 – Burney is an officer of the Order of Canada, is a senior strategic advisor to Norton Rose Fulbright, and a chancellor of Lakehead University and a visiting professor and Senior Distinguished Fellow at Carleton University ; Hampson is a Distinguished Fellow and director of Global Security at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (Derek and Fen, “Could the United States and China go to war?”, iPolitics, November 19, http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/11/19/could-the-united-states-and-china-go-to-war/)//VP
On the other side of the ... a trendy pirouette.
No impact to bioterror Dove 12 Alan Dove, PhD in Microbiology, science journalist and former Adjunct Professor at New York University, “Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Bioterrorist?” Jan 24 2012, http://alandove.com/content/2012/01/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-bioterrorist/ The second problem is ... any actual bioterrorists.
Resolution A legislative ... House ?Rules 8.11 , 13.1 , 6.8 , and 7.4)
Federal government is the national government Black’s Law 4 (Dictionary, 8th Edition, June 1, 2004, pg.716.)
Federal government. 1. A national ... United States - - 2-3
“Economic engagement” is limited to expanding economic ties with a target state Celik 11 (Arda Can Çelik, graduate M.A in political science and international relations at Uppsala University Sweden, 2011, “Economic sanctions and engagement policies,” http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/175204/economic-sanctions-and-engagement-policies)
Introduction¶ Economic engagement ... in the same direction.
Policy Makers, like you all, are specific intellectuals – best solvency for real world problems Feldman 08 (Gregory, Assistant Professor of International Migration, University of British Columbia, “DEMOCRACY OR TECHNOCRACY? RETHINKING THE POLICYMAKER AS SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL,” JPoX (Journal of Political Excellence), 2008, http://jpox.eu/static/bf_pdf/pdfoutput.php?cid=170) The Policymaker as ... has no "practical advice."
Policy simulation’s good – key to portable skills, identification of government’s flaws Robert Farley 13, assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, February 29, 2012, “Teaching Crisis Decision-Making Through Simulations,” World Politics Review, online: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11628/over-the-horizon-teaching-crisis-decision-making-through-simulations What goes for war ... in a public policy career.
Political simulation enhances moral perception and enables constructive solvency Harri Raisio 10, RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VAASA --- Researcher, Faculty of Public Administration, University of Vaasa and PhD student in Social and Health Management, at the University of Vaasa, “The Public as Policy Expert: Deliberative Democracy in the Context of Finnish Health Care Reforms and Policies,” Journal of Public Deliberation, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2010, http://services.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159andcontext=jpd In deliberation something ... the public good.
Projecting desire into the future propels activity in the present Rosi Braidotti 6, contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics, 273 Prophetic or visionary minds ... at the ethical level.
Policy debates based solely in Latin America are good – key to critical thinking and learning to devise probable alternatives Giordano and Li 12 - *Paolo, PhD in Economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Lead Economist @ the Integratoin and Trade Sector of the IADB, Kun, Research Fellow @ IADB (“An Updated Assessment of the Trade and Poverty Nexus in Latin America,” p. 375-377)
Despite the move towards ... policymaking in this area.
Our framework narrows the topics of debate to a finite set of political potentialities. Expanding beyond this makes an infinite number of philosophical beliefs germane. Lutz 2K (Donald, Professor of Political Science – U Houston, Political Theory and Partisan Politics, p. 39-40)
Aristotle notes in ... of the non-theorist.
Participation unproductive without clash Steinberg and Freeley 8 (Austin J. Freeley, Coach of Debate (1958-1985) and Professor of Communications, John Carroll University, and David L. Steinberg, Coach of Debate and Lecturer in Communication Studies, University of Miami (Florida), Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making, 13th edition, pp45-)
Debate is a means .. the following discussion.
Prefer common fact and objectivity over subjectivity, there are thousands of ways a poem can be interpreted. Interpretations of art are not supposed to be resolved debates.
Their narrative for the ballot commodifies one’s identity and crushes reform – it subverts its radical intentions Coughlin 95—associate Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School. (Anne, REGULATING THE SELF: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PERFORMANCES IN OUTSIDER SCHOLARSHIP, 81 Va. L. Rev. 1229) Although Williams is ... make it too." n205
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The President of the United States should advocate the use of critically informed righteous anger as a strategy against the patriarchal structure dominating the world.
Other obligations override getting angry – self-preservation comes first Beversluis 89 (Eric H. April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2) What kinds of obligations ... equally serious attack
