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New Trier | 2 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: Linda Collier Aff NTR Embargo |
New Trier | 3 | Opponent: Iowa City West HK | Judge: Tim Mahoney Aff NTR Cuba |
New Trier | 5 | Opponent: Northside College Pre DD | Judge: Lee Quinn Mexican Renewables |
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Alan Gross CPTournament: New Trier | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: Linda Collier The Executive Branch of the United States federal government should normalize economic relations with Cuba if and only if Cuba releases Alan Gross back to the United States. The United States federal government should threaten to increase economic restrictionsCuba relations are frozen because of Gross– Cuba says yes to the cp and executive action avoids the link to politicsPiccone 12/10/12 (Ted, "WHAT ROLES FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE NEW CUBAN ECONOMY?" The Brookings Institute, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/~~/media/events/2012/12/1020cuba/20121210_cuban_economy.pdf-http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2012/12/10 cuba/20121210_cuban_economy.pdf) I want to say just very briefly one or two words before we open it Now is key – resumption of migration talks provide a platform for Gross negotiations – absent conditions Cuba will pocket concessions which turns the caseArturo López-Levy 7/26/13 (PhD candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He worked as a political analyst for the Cuban government since 1992 until his resignation in 1994, the national interest, "the cuban cargo caper" http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-cuban-cargo-caper-8782?page=1 The resumption of migration talks between Cuba and the United States is an opportunity to | 11/23/13 |
Debt Ceiling DATournament: New Trier | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: Linda Collier Debt ceiling deal will be reached- GOP will blink in the wake of the shutdown- debt ceiling has much larger impactsVictoria Craig, Fox Business News, 10-1-2013 http://www.foxbusiness.com/government/2013/10/01/politics-forces-partial-shutdown-what-next-for-debt-limit/-http://www.foxbusiness.com/government/2013/10/01/politics-forces-partial-shutdown-what-next-for-debt-limit/ Michael Block, chief strategist at Rhino Trading Partners said though there are no plans Drains capital – Backlash and hostage taking on unrelated priority legislation is empirically proven, likely in future and specifically true for Rubio – Cuba policy is totally uniqueLeoGrande, 12 The Second Obama Administration Where in the executive branch will control over Cuba policy lie PC Key to avoid prolonged standoff over debt ceiling that tanks economyMcGregor, 13 (Richard, Richard McGregor (born 1958) is a journalist The debt ceiling debate will take place in a very different context this time, Debt freeze shatters the U.S. and global economies and causes food price spikesMin 10 (David, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy – Center for American Progress, "The Big Freeze", 10-28, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/10/big_freeze.html) A freeze on the debt ceiling could erode confidence in U.S. Treasury Prices spikes kill billions and cause global warBrown 7 (Lester R., Director – Earth Policy Institute, 3-21, http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2007/Update65 .htm) Urban food protests in response to rising food prices in low and middle income countries | 11/23/13 |
Oil PIC SaudiTournament: New Trier | Round: 3 | Opponent: Iowa City West HK | Judge: Tim Mahoney Text: The United States federal government should remove all of its primary and secondary sanctions on the Republic of Cuba except those restrictions pertaining to the use of crude oil reservoirs that preclude United States firms from engaging in exploration, extraction, refinement, importation, or coordinated engineering and safety protocols with the Republic of Cuba.A – Issue-Specific Uniqueness. Saudi Arabia has not yet acquired the bomb. Perception of US support is the key factor.Guzansky ’13 Continued Iranian progress toward a nuclear weapon, Iraq’s increasing alignment with Tehran, and Saudi Arabia fears the narrative that the US may abandon them for North American supplies.Rogers 3/20 America’s relationship with the Middle East’s energy resources is changing as U.S. C- Impact – Saudi prolif causes nuclear war.Edelman ’11 | 11/23/13 |
Oil PIC SpillsTournament: New Trier | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: Linda Collier Oil PICText: The United States Federal Government should normalize trade relations with the Republic of Cuba for all sectors except drilling in the Republic of Cuba( ) Turn – plan causes drilling.Embargo discouraging Cuban drilling – makes other countries more appealing.Krauss ’12 Lifting embargo uniquely causes drilling. Prefer daily drilling damage over unlikely accidental catastrophe.White ’10 Biodiversity in specific hotspots checks extinction. Key to ag, medicine, and ecosystemsMittermeier ’11 Extinction is the gravest consequence of the biodiversity crisis, since it is¶ irreversible Caribbean is one such hotspot.CEPF ’10 The Caribbean Islands Hotspot is one of the world’s greatest centers of biodiversity and¶ | 11/23/13 |
Russia Oil DATournament: New Trier | Round: 5 | Opponent: Northside College Pre DD | Judge: Lee Quinn Russia OilA. Uniqueness – oil prices are rising on demandAFP, 8-29-13 World oil prices rose on Friday, energised by hopes that recent strong global economic B. The plan triggers an OPEC flood - even if they don’t displace the transportation sector - drops the price below 24100Schelmetic 11 What do you do when you’re a theocratic ruler of an oil-rich nation C. Perception of demand decreases in the future causes the Saudis to backstop quickly reducing pricesMorse, Executive Adviser at Hess Energy Trading Company and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy Policy in 1979-81, and Richard, a portfolio manager at Firebird Management, an investment fund active in eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, 2 A simple fact explains this conclusion: 63 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves D. Impact – lower oil prices cause Russian economic decline and massive instabilityAdomanis, Forbes, 12 I’ve long been of the opinion that a regime like Putin’s that is so clearly E. Russian decline goes nuclearFilger, founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.com, 9 In Russia, historically, economic health and political stability are intertwined to a degree | 11/23/13 |
Sea Turtles CPTournament: New Trier | Round: 5 | Opponent: Northside College Pre DD | Judge: Lee Quinn Sea TurtlesCP TEXT: The United States federal government should not substantially increase its economic engagement with Mexico through the funding and implementation of low carbon development strategies unless Mexico adopts and enforces legislation for sea turtle conservation abiding by standards outlined in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.CP’s conditional engagement solves case and prevents sea turtle population extinction.Center for Biological Diversity, 7-15-2013, a nonprofit membership organization known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action and scientific petitions, "Tell Mexico: Stop Killing Endangered Sea Turtles," http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13749 Each year at least 2,000 endangered loggerhead sea turtles are caught by shark Destruction of the sea turtle population causes extinction – brink is now.Todd Steiner, xx-xx-2010, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Executive Director at Turtle Island Restoration Network, San Francisco Bay Area, "Are Sea Turtles Worth Saving?" http://www.bonaireturtles.org/explore/are-sea-turtles-worth-saving/ Sea turtles demonstrate the ultimate lesson of ecology – that everything is connected. Sea | 11/23/13 |
States CPTournament: New Trier | Round: 5 | Opponent: Northside College Pre DD | Judge: Lee Quinn Text: The 50 state governments and relevant localities of the United States should establish clean energy funds or reorient existing clean energy funds to should substantially increase its economic engagement with Mexico through the funding and implementation of low carbon development strategies. Additional funds should be provided by raising the personal income tax by 1 percent on people with incomes over 24500,000.That solves clean energy development.Muro et al, senior fellow and director of policy for the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, 12 And so U.S. states, as classic "laboratories of experimentation," States can act internationally – solves the aff.Robinson, J.D. from Yale, 7 State and local governments are arguably seen as representing the U.S. government | 11/23/13 |
Worms DATournament: New Trier | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dexter MS | Judge: Linda Collier 1NCEnding the trade embargo undermines Cuba’s worm tech exports. Their expertise exist because of financial constraints – not choiceEwing, the Guardian, 2008 But when the USSR collapsed in 1990/91, Cuba’s ability to feed itself Worms are key to our planetary survival. Vermicomposting expertise is limitedBlakemore, ecologist, 2010 Can worms help save the planet? I think so and, before arguing my | 11/23/13 |
contact informationTournament: contact info | Round: 2 | Opponent: contact info | Judge: contact For advanced/complex questions, contact our A-Team: Niles North OW. They have a bid. | 2/18/14 |
contact informationTournament: contact info | Round: 2 | Opponent: contact info | Judge: contact For advanced/complex questions, contact our A-Team: Niles North OW. They have a bid. | 2/18/14 |
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