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NFL (NSDA) Thursday File
By Team Chillz
This weeks Thursday (or Saturday rather) file includes THREE disadvantages for NFL Nationals. In addition to updates to the GOP and Dems DA's for midterms, there is a brand new Highway Trust Fund DA that is perfect NFL. The Highway Trust Fund will be out of money by August and 700,000 people will be out of jobs. The Disad says that Congress will reach a bipartisan deal to keep infrastructure projects funded and that these projects are vital to competitiveness and economic growth. The plan would disrupt this bipartisan compromise because it is unpopular in Congress etc etc.
In the wake of Eric Cantor's surprising defeat in his Virginia primary, this weeks file also includes updates in the world of midterms.
Finally, the file includes answers to any possible agenda disadvantage you could possible debate this weekend. Enjoy!
This week's file was authored by Chris Carey, a sophomore debate at the University of Kansas. As a college debate, Chris has participated in the outrounds of CEDA, UMKC, and several other tournaments.
NFL Thursday File
GOP Good DA 3
***1NCs 4
1nc Immigration Reform – Econ 5
***UQ 11
2nc UQ Wall 12
GOP Win – at: Cantor = Dems Win 14
GOP Win – at: too early 15
GOP Win – CFL UQ 16
GOP Win – at: UQ Overwhelms/Demographics 20
GOP Win – at: Dems Take House 21
***Links – Country Specific 23
Link – Cuba 24
Link – Cuban Embargo – Latinos 25
Link – Cuban Embargo – General Public 26
Link – Cuba Travel Restrictions 28
Link – Mexico Relations 29
Link – Mexico Oil 30
Link – Mexico NAFTA Reform 31
Link – Mexico Drug Trafficking 32
Link – Mexico Border Security 33
***Links – Generic 36
Link – Oil Dependence 37
Link – Trade 38
Link – Global Warming 40
***Link UQ 42
Link UQ – Latino Turnout Low 43
Link UQ – at: Latino Apathy 45
Link UQ – at: Latino Turnout High 46
Link UQ – Enthusiasm/Motivation 47
***Internals 49
Link – Healthcare 50
Democrats Base Turnout Key 51
Democrats Base Intensity Key 53
Democrats Fundraising Key 54
Latinos Tunrout K2 Dems 55
Black Turnout K2 Dems 57
at: Foreign Policy Doesn’t Matter 58
at: Healthcare Most Important 59
***Impacts – Turns Case 61
Turns Case – Conflict Escalation 62
***Impacts – Immigration 64
2nc/1nr GOP Congress = Immigration 65
CIR K2 LA Relations 68
CIR K2 LA Relations 69
LA Relations – Laundry List 1NC 71
CIR K2 Econ 73
***at section 76
at: Obamacare Thumper 77
at: Independents Key 78
***Aff Answers 80
Econ = Top Issue 81
Foreign Policy =/= Matter 82
Link N/U – Latino Turnout High 83
Link N/U – Alt Causes to Low Latino Turnout 84
No Link – Global Warming Link (for warming affs) 85
No Internal Link – at: Dem Turnout Key 86
No Internal Link – at: Latino Turnout 88
No Impact to GOP Congress 89
No Impact to GOP Congress – Immigration 91
No Impact to GOP Congress – Iran Sanctions 92
Dems Good DA 94
***1NCs 95
1nc Warming 96
***UQ 99
2nc UQ Wall 100
***Links 104
Link – Unpopular Policies 105
Link – Oil Dependence 106
Link – GOP Obstructionism 107
Link – Foreign Aid Unpopular 108
Link – Mexico Generic 110
Link – Mexico Renewables 111
Link – New Free Trade Agreements 112
Link – Appeasement 114
Link – Liberal Agenda 115
Link – Cuba 116
Link – Cuba Lobby/at: Cuba Poll 117
Link – Venezuela Unpopular 118
***Impacts – Turns Case 120
Turns Case – Cuba 121
***Impacts – Warming 123
2nc GOP Congress = Warming 124
Transportation DA 128
***Neg Transportation DA 130
1nc 131
2nc UQ Wall/Bipart Key 134
2nc UQ at: Tax Code No Pass 136
2nc UQ – Top of the Agenda 138
2nc HTF k2 Econ 139
2nc HTF k2 Econ – at: Reid Plan Kills Growth 142
2nc Impact UQ – Econ Brink 143
2nc Growth Good 144
***Aff Transportation DA 147
2ac HTF No Pass 148
1ar UQ – Cantor 150
1ar UQ – Competing Proposals 152
2ac HTF – Reid-Paul Bill Kills Growth 154
1ar HTR Kills Growth 155
Agenda DA’s – Aff Answers 157
Generic No Pass – Cantor 158
Generic No Pass – House GOP 159
Generic No Pass – Midterms 160
Obama PC Ineffective 162
Obama No PC – Approval Ratings 163
Obama No PC – Bergdahl Transfer 164
Obama No PC – EPA Regs 165
Obama No PC – Student Loans 166
Unemployment Bill No Pass 167
CIR No Pass 168
TPA No Pass 173
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CFL Thursday File
By Team Chillz
So Congress has decided to check out until summer and the chances of anything significant passing are slim. Therefore, this weeks Thursday File features two brand new midterms DA's as well as answers to potential agenda disads teams might read. The file includes a GOP Good DA with an immigration impact as well as a Dems Good DA with a warming impact. Finally, this weeks Thursday File includes links to all the topic countries and most affirmatives you could possibly debate. Enjoy!
This week's file was authored by Chris Carey, a sophomore debater at the University of Kansas. As a college debater, Chris has participated in the outrounds of CEDA, UMKC, and several other tournaments.
CFL Thursday File 3
Midterms 5
GOP Good DA 7
***1NCs 8
1nc Immigration Reform – Econ 9
***UQ 14
GOP Win 15
GOP Win – at: UQ Overwhelms/Demographics 18
GOP Win – at: Dems Take House 19
***Links – Country Specific 21
Link – Cuba 22
Link – Cuban Embargo – Latinos 23
Link – Cuban Embargo – General Public 24
Link – Cuba Travel Restrictions 26
Link – Mexico Relations 27
Link – Mexico Oil 28
Link – Mexico NAFTA Reform 29
Link – Mexico Drug Trafficking 30
Link – Mexico Border Security 31
***Links – Generic 34
Link – Oil Dependence 35
Link – Trade 36
Link – Global Warming 38
***Link UQ 40
Link UQ – Latino Turnout Low 41
Link UQ – at: Latino Apathy 43
Link UQ – at: Latino Turnout High 44
Link UQ – Enthusiasm/Motivation 45
***Internals 47
Link – Healthcare 48
Democrats Base Turnout Key 49
Democrats Base Intensity Key 50
Democrats Fundraising Key 51
Latinos Key to Dem Victory 52
at: Foreign Policy Doesn’t Matter 54
at: Healthcare Most Important 55
***Impacts – Turns Case 57
Turns Case – Conflict Escalation 58
***Impacts – Immigration 60
2nc/1nr GOP Congress = Immigration 61
CIR K2 LA Relations 64
CIR K2 LA Relations 65
LA Relations – Laundry List 1NC 67
CIR K2 Econ 69
***at section 72
at: Obamacare Thumper 73
at: Independents Key 74
***Aff Answers 76
Econ = Top Issue 77
Foreign Policy =/= Matter 78
Link N/U – Latino Turnout High 79
Link N/U – Alt Causes to Low Latino Turnout 80
No Link – Global Warming Link (for warming affs) 81
No Internal Link – at: Dem Turnout Key 82
No Internal Link – at: Latino Turnout 84
No Impact to GOP Congress 85
No Impact to GOP Congress – Immigration 87
No Impact to GOP Congress – Iran Sanctions 88
Dems Good DA 90
***1NCs 92
1nc Warming 93
***UQ 97
Dems Win 98
***Links 100
Link – Unpopular Policies 101
Link – Oil Dependence 102
Link – GOP Obstructionism 103
Link – Foreign Aid Unpopular 104
Link – Mexico Generic 106
Link – Mexico Renewables 107
Link – New Free Trade Agreements 108
Link – Appeasement 110
Link – Liberal Agenda 111
Link – Cuba 112
Link – Cuba Lobby/at: Cuba Poll 113
Link – Venezuela Unpopular 114
***Impacts – Turns Case 116
Turns Case – Cuba 117
***Impacts – Warming 119
2nc GOP Congress = Warming 120
Agenda DA’s 124
***Aff Generic 126
No Pass – Midterms 127
Obama PC Ineffective 129
***TPA 131
No Pass 132
***CIR 135
No Pass 136
***Warming 140
No Pass 141
***Minimum Wage 143
No Pass 144
***Unemployment 146
No Pass 147
***Water Bill 149
UQ Overwhelms – Passage Inevitable 150
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Thursday File, 4/10/20104
This Thursday file includes a whole new scenario on the Middle East Peace Process as well as an Immigration Reform DA. In addition, it includes updates on patent reform, minimum wage, tpp, and nsa. As a bonus the file includes a Delay CP (which will solve for all the politics scenarios since most votes are coming up within the next week or so) as well as a DeDev impact turn frontline (since a lot of politics impact scenarios are the economy).
The file was made by Joe Leeson-Schatz, Director of Debate at Binghamton University
***PEACE PROCESS DA***. 2
SHELLS & OVERVIEWS. 3
1NC SHELL. 4
Block Overview.. 8
UNIQUENESS. 9
Uniqueness. 10
ANSWERS TO.. 12
AT: No Brink. 13
AT: Peace Talks Dead. 14
AT: Peace Process Fails. 15
AT: US Involvement Irrelevant. 17
AT: No Timeframe. 19
AT: Can Focus On Multiple Things. 20
AT: Plan Is Irrelevant. 22
AT: No Risk of Escalation. 23
LINKS. 24
Cuba. 25
Venezuela. 26
Mexico. 27
IMPACTS. 28
Iranian Proliferation. 29
Terrorism.. 30
UN Credibility. 31
AFF ANSWERS. 32
Peace Talks Dead. 33
AT: Kerry Says Talks Alive. 35
Palestinians Won’t Negotiate. 36
Peace Talks Bad. 37
***IMMIGRATION***. 38
SHELLS & OVERVIEWS. 39
1NC Shell 40
UNIQUENESS. 43
Passing Now.. 44
Obama Using PC Now.. 46
Bipartisan Support Now.. 47
ANSWERS TO.. 48
AT: GOP Will Block. 49
AT: Don’t Need Congressional Action. 51
AT: Executive Order Solves. 52
AT: Backlog Prevents Solvency. 53
IMPACTS. 54
Economy. 55
Latin America. 57
Civil Rights. 58
AFF ANSWERS. 59
Won’t Pass. 60
Not Obama’s Agenda. 62
Obama’s PC Use is Bad. 63
***TPP DA***. 64
UNIQUENESS. 65
April 24th Timeframe. 66
Final Stages Now.. 67
INTERNALS. 68
Congressional Support K2 Passage. 69
Focus Needed for Passage. 71
IMPACTS. 72
Asian Hegemony. 73
AFF ANSWERS. 74
Won’t Pass. 75
Impact Turns. 78
***MINIMUM WAGE***. 79
UNIQUENESS. 80
Will Pass Now.. 81
April 28th. 82
ANSWERS TO.. 83
AT: Increase Bad for Economy. 84
AT: PC Not Key to Passage. 86
AFF ANSWERS. 87
Won’t Pass. 88
Raise Kills Jobs. 89
No Impact. 91
***PATENT REFORM***. 92
UNIQUENESS. 93
Will Pass Now.. 94
ANSWERS TO.. 96
AT: Don’t Need Congressional Action. 97
IMPACTS. 98
Economy. 99
AFF ANSWERS. 100
Won’t Pass. 101
Delayed Again. 102
***NSA REFORM***. 103
UNIQUENESS. 104
NSA Reforms Being Pushed Now.. 105
ANSWERS TO.. 106
AT: XO Solves. 107
AFF ANSWERS. 108
Won’t Pass. 109
Obama’s Proposal Meaningless. 110
Don’t Need Congressional Action. 112
***GENERIC POLITICS***. 113
ECONOMY UPDATES. 114
Global Economy Strong Now.. 115
Economy Impacts. 116
DeDev Impact Turn. 118
INTERNALS DEBATE. 123
AT: Winners Win. 124
PC IRRELEVANT. 125
Obama Can’t Pass Anything. 126
***DELAY CP***. 127
SHELL & NOTES. 128
1NC Shell 129
Notes. 130
ANSWERS TO.. 131
AT: Delay CP Bad. 132
AT: Perm – Do Plan In a Month. 135
AT: Perm – Do Both. 136
AT: Timeframe to Solvency Deficit. 137
ADDITIONAL NEG CARDS. 138
Delay K2 Foreign Policy Education. 139
Delay K2 Policy Education. 141
Resolved Means Immediate 142
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Thursday File, 4/3/20104
4/3/2014 Thursday File
Produced by: Joe Leeson-Schatz, Director of Debate at Binghamton University
File includes 3 full scenarios: Wages, Patent Reform, and NSA Reform. All claim to be coming up to a vote next week. File also includes generic uniqueness updates and immigration updates.
***WAGES DA***. 2
SHELLS & BLOCK OVs. 3
Short Shell 4
Long Shell 7
Short Shell Overview.. 11
Long Shell Overview.. 14
UNIQUENESS. 17
Will Pass Now.. 18
Pushing Now.. 21
Top of Docket. 25
INTERNALS. 26
PC Key to Wage Increase. 27
ANSWERS TO.. 28
AT: Thumpers. 29
AT: GOP Will Block. 30
AT: Will Kill Jobs. 31
AT: Econ Collapse Doesn’t Cause War. 32
AT: No Brink to Econ Collapse. 34
IMPACT SCENARIOS. 36
Impacts - Economy. 37
Impacts - Sexism.. 39
AFF ANSWERS. 40
Non-Unique - Won’t Pass Now.. 41
Non-Unique - No Chance for Compromise. 42
No Impact - States Solve. 43
Impact Turn - Hurts Economy. 44
***PATENT REFORM DA***. 46
SHELLS & BLOCK OVs. 47
Short Shell 48
Long Shell 51
Universal Overview.. 55
UNIQUENESS. 56
April 8th Timeframe. 57
Passing. 58
AT: Delay On Vote. 60
INTERNALS. 61
PC Key. 62
Obama Pushing. 63
ANSWERS TO.. 65
AT: Reform Doesn’t Solve. 66
AT: Reform Doesn’t Solve (Fee Shifting). 68
AT: Squo Solves. 69
AT: Courts Solve. 70
AT: XO Solves. 72
IMPACT SCENARIOS. 74
Economic Competitiveness. 75
Green Tech. 77
Nanotech. 81
Nanotech (Health). 87
Pharmaceuticals. 90
AFF ANSWERS. 91
Won’t Pass. 92
Patent Reform Kills Economy. 94
No Impact. 96
***NSA DA***. 98
SHELL. 99
Universal Shell 100
UNIQUENESS. 102
Will Pass Now.. 103
Obama Pushing Now.. 104
Vote Coming Next Week. 106
ANSWERS TO.. 107
AT: NSA Power Solves Terrorism.. 108
AT: Congressional Action Not Needed. 109
AT: NSA Good. 110
IMPACTS. 111
Civil Liberties. 112
EU Alliance. 114
Environment. 117
UN Credibility. 120
AFF ANSWERS. 121
NSA Regulations Don’t Solve. 122
Impact Turn - Trojan Horse. 124
Impact Turn - Hurts Internet Freedom.. 126
Impact Turn - Terrorism.. 127
***GENERIC POLITICS***. 130
IMMIGRATION UPDATES. 131
Still On Table. 132
Will Pass Now.. 133
Is Dead. 134
No Impact. 135
NEGATIVE. 136
Obama Popularity On Rise. 137
AT: Obama PC On Venezuela Now.. 138
AFFIRMATIVE. 139
No PC Now.. 140
Obama Spending PC On Latin America Now.. 142
LINKS & LINK TURNS. 143
Engagement Popular. 144
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Thursday file 3-13
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It's a bit of a slow week in politics, but that won't stop cross-x from bringing you the best politics stuff out there. This weeks scenario is minimum wage hike, which is being pushed by Obama and fellow dems. It includes econ and poverty impacts, with a few extra turns case goodies. We also have updated the UQ for Iran sanctions, and CIR, as well as giving you a litany of aff answers.
This week's file was authored by Luke Hartman and Kyle Klucas , two debaters at k-state, who collectively have attended a number of national level tournaments, and assist in coaching local Kansas debate.
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***NEG***. 6
Min wage. 7
1nc – econ. 8
2nc - short o/v. 11
1nc – poverty. 12
UQ.. 15
2nc – wall 16
Ext – public support. 18
Ext – Obama pushing. 19
Ext – GOP support. 20
Top of tha docket. 21
a/t ACA thumper. 22
a/t Hagel thumper. 24
i/l section. 25
pc Key. 26
a/t winners win. 28
pocaps real 29
a/t Hirsch. 30
Impacts. 31
K2 econ. 32
2nc – a/t cuts bad. 33
a/t hurts jobs. 35
Ext - data. 37
Global econ internal 38
Growth Turns terror. 39
Growth turns democracy. 40
CIR. 41
1nc – will pass. 42
2nc – it’s a priority. 44
Iran. 45
1nc – UQ.. 46
2nc – Obama still key. 47
2nc – lobbyists pushing. 48
***Aff Answers. 49
PC Low.. 50
A2 Top of the Docket. 52
Winners Win. 53
A2: Minimum Wage. 54
Won’t Pass. 55
Hurts Econ. 56
A2: Solves Poverty. 57
A2: Hagel Budget. 58
Won’t Pass. 59
Doesn’t Solve. 60
A2: CIR. 61
Won’t Pass. 62
PC Not Key. 63
Doesn’t Solve Econ. 64
***OLD THURS FILES. 65
Thursday File 3-6. 66
Negative. 67
Ukraine IMF Package 1NC. 68
Yes Passage. 70
Pol Cap Key. 72
Ukraine- IMF Reform Package Key. 73
AFF. 76
No IMF Reform.. 77
IMF Reform Not key. 81
No Immigration Reform.. 82
Executive Powers Solve. 84
No Trade Deal 85
No Tax Reform.. 86
No Iran Sanctions. 87
No Minimum Wage. 89
Yes GOP Midterms. 91
Healthcare Thumper. 92
Economy Thumper. 93
Immigration Reform Thumper. 94
Democrats Not Mobilized for Midterms. 95
Ukraine Thumper. 97
Yes Dems Midterms. 98
Thursday File 2-27. 101
NEG—Iran Sanctions. 102
Top Level 103
1NC DA.. 104
2NC OV.. 107
2NC Credibility. 108
Uniqueness. 110
2NC UQ.. 111
AT: UQ Overwhelms. 113
AT: Veto. 117
AT: Reid Blocks. 119
AT: Fights Now.. 123
AT: Thumper – Generic. 124
AT: Thumper – Defense. 126
Internals. 127
2NC PC Key. 128
AT: Winners Win. 130
Impacts. 131
2NC Iran Prolif. 132
2NC North Korea. 138
AT: No Deal Collapse. 141
AT: Can’t Trust Iran. 142
AT: Sanction Key to Iranian Compliance. 143
AT: Talks Fail 144
AT: Sanctions Good. 145
AT: No Strikes. 150
AT: Waivers. 154
NEG—Other Bills. 155
Immigration. 156
Will Pass. 157
Minimum Wage. 159
Will Pass. 160
Ukraine. 161
Won’t Pass. 162
AFF—Specifics. 163
Immigration. 164
Won’t Pass. 165
Iran. 166
Reid Blocks. 167
2AC Deal Fails. 169
1AR Deal Fails – Ext. 170
1AR Deal Fails – AT: Press TV.. 171
2AC No Prolif. 172
2AC No Impact. 173
2AC No Strikes. 175
1AR No Strikes – Ext. 176
1AR No Strikes – AT: Kristol 178
Minimum Wage. 179
Won’t Pass. 180
2AC Raise Bad. 181
1AR Raise Bad – Ext. 182
1AR Raise Bad – Statistics. 184
TPA.. 185
Won’t Pass. 186
Obama Not Pushing. 187
AT: Key to Trade. 189
AFF—Generic. 192
Thumpers. 193
Defense Budget. 194
Tax Reform.. 195
Winners Win. 196
2AC W/W... 197
1AR W/W – Ext. 199
1AR W/W – Foreign Policy. 201
1AR W/W – Bargaining. 202
Confrontation Good. 203
2AC Fights Good. 204
1AR Fights Good – Ext. 205
1AR Fights Good – Inevitable. 207
PC Fails. 208
2AC PC Fails. 209
1AR PC Fails – Ext. 210
1AR PC Fails – AT: SOTU.. 212
1AR PC Fails – AT: PC Solves. 213
Misc Updates. 215
Midterms. 216
GOP Lose / Dems Win. 217
GOP Win / Dems Lose. 218
Thursday File 2-20-14 [Old]. 220
*****General 221
2ac Iran Thumper. 222
2ac Immigration/Minimum Wage Thumper. 223
2ac No Pass – Election Year. 224
*****Immigration. 225
***Neg. 226
Yes Pass. 227
Yes Obama Push. 228
at: xo. 230
***Aff. 231
2ac No Pass. 232
1ar No Pass -- Elections. 233
1ar No Pass – Path to Citizenship. 235
1ar No Pass – at: House Dems Force Vote. 238
*****Iran. 239
***Neg. 240
1nc. 241
No Pass. 242
Sanctions Kill Diplomacy. 243
***Aff. 244
2ac Must Have. 245
2ac UQ Overwhelms the Link. 247
1ar UQ Overwhelms the Link. 249
1ar No Vote. 251
2ac Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable. 252
1ar Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable. 253
*****TPA.. 254
***Neg. 255
1nc Econ. 256
1nc Asia Pivot. 259
2nc UQ Wall 262
2nc Thumpers. 264
Yes Pass – at: Reid. 265
Yes Pass – at: Pelosi 267
Yes Pass – at: Biden. 269
Yes Pass – PC Key. 270
Yes Pass – PC Controls UQ.. 275
Yes Pass – at: no push. 277
Yes Pass – at: TPP. 279
2nc at: Minimum Wage Thumper. 280
2nc at: Iran Thumper. 281
2nc at: No Impact to TPA.. 282
2nc TPA k2 Econ. 283
2nc Impact – Decline = War. 286
2nc Internal Link – Trade. 289
2nc Asia Pivot Extension. 290
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – China War/Asian Stability. 295
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – Allied Prolif. 298
AT: Not Reverse Causal 299
1nc EU soft power. 302
Territorial Disputes. 304
Trade Impact – Quick. 306
1nc War. 307
The rise in. 308
Turns Case – Escalation. 309
Turns Case – Norms. 310
Turns Case – Terrorism.. 311
***Aff. 312
2ac No Pass. 313
1ar No Pass. 315
1ar No Pass – Reid/Pelosi 317
1ar No Pass – No Vote. 319
1ar No Pass – Europe. 321
2ac Thumpers. 322
1ar Thumpers. 323
1ar No Push/PC Fails. 324
1ar No I/L. 326
2ac No Impact – Trade. 329
2ac Asia Pivot. 331
2ac China War. 333
AT Solves Credibility. 334
Asia Prolif Inev. 335
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Thursday File 3-6. 1
Negative. 5
Ukraine IMF Package 1NC.. 6
Yes Passage. 8
Pol Cap Key. 10
Ukraine- IMF Reform Package Key. 11
AFF. 14
No IMF Reform.. 15
IMF Reform Not key. 19
No Immigration Reform.. 20
Executive Powers Solve. 22
No Trade Deal 23
No Tax Reform.. 24
No Iran Sanctions. 25
No Minimum Wage. 27
Yes GOP Midterms. 29
Healthcare Thumper. 30
Economy Thumper. 31
Immigration Reform Thumper. 32
Democrats Not Mobilized for Midterms. 33
Ukraine Thumper. 35
Yes Dems Midterms. 36
Thursday File 2-27. 39
NEG—Iran Sanctions. 40
Top Level 41
1NC DA.. 42
2NC OV.. 45
2NC Credibility. 46
Uniqueness. 48
2NC UQ.. 49
AT: UQ Overwhelms. 51
AT: Veto. 55
AT: Reid Blocks. 57
AT: Fights Now.. 61
AT: Thumper – Generic. 62
AT: Thumper – Defense. 64
Internals. 65
2NC PC Key. 66
AT: Winners Win. 68
Impacts. 69
2NC Iran Prolif. 70
2NC North Korea. 76
AT: No Deal Collapse. 79
AT: Can’t Trust Iran. 80
AT: Sanction Key to Iranian Compliance. 81
AT: Talks Fail 82
AT: Sanctions Good. 83
AT: No Strikes. 88
AT: Waivers. 92
NEG—Other Bills. 93
Immigration. 94
Will Pass. 95
Minimum Wage. 97
Will Pass. 98
Ukraine. 99
Won’t Pass. 100
AFF—Specifics. 101
Immigration. 102
Won’t Pass. 103
Iran. 104
Reid Blocks. 105
2AC Deal Fails. 106
1AR Deal Fails – Ext. 107
1AR Deal Fails – AT: Press TV.. 108
2AC No Prolif. 109
2AC No Impact. 110
The debate on Iran. 111
2AC No Strikes. 112
1AR No Strikes – Ext. 113
1AR No Strikes – AT: Kristol 115
Minimum Wage. 116
Won’t Pass. 117
2AC Raise Bad. 118
1AR Raise Bad – Ext. 119
1AR Raise Bad – Statistics. 121
TPA.. 122
Won’t Pass. 123
Obama Not Pushing. 124
AT: Key to Trade. 126
AFF—Generic. 129
Thumpers. 130
Defense Budget. 131
Tax Reform.. 132
Winners Win. 133
2AC W/W... 134
1AR W/W – Ext. 136
1AR W/W – Foreign Policy. 138
1AR W/W – Bargaining. 139
Confrontation Good. 140
2AC Fights Good. 141
1AR Fights Good – Ext. 142
1AR Fights Good – Inevitable. 144
PC Fails. 145
2AC PC Fails. 146
1AR PC Fails – Ext. 147
1AR PC Fails – AT: SOTU.. 149
1AR PC Fails – AT: PC Solves. 150
Misc Updates. 152
Midterms. 153
GOP Lose / Dems Win. 154
GOP Win / Dems Lose. 155
Thursday File 2-20-14 [Old]. 157
*****General 158
2ac Iran Thumper. 159
2ac Immigration/Minimum Wage Thumper. 160
2ac No Pass – Election Year. 161
*****Immigration. 162
***Neg. 163
Yes Pass. 164
Yes Obama Push. 165
at: xo. 167
***Aff. 168
2ac No Pass. 169
1ar No Pass -- Elections. 170
1ar No Pass – Path to Citizenship. 172
1ar No Pass – at: House Dems Force Vote. 175
*****Iran. 176
***Neg. 177
1nc. 178
No Pass. 179
Sanctions Kill Diplomacy. 180
***Aff. 181
2ac Must Have. 182
2ac UQ Overwhelms the Link. 184
1ar UQ Overwhelms the Link. 186
1ar No Vote. 188
2ac Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable. 189
1ar Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable. 190
*****TPA.. 191
***Neg. 192
1nc Econ. 193
1nc Asia Pivot. 196
2nc UQ Wall 199
2nc Thumpers. 201
Yes Pass – at: Reid. 202
Yes Pass – at: Pelosi 204
Yes Pass – at: Biden. 206
Yes Pass – PC Key. 207
Yes Pass – PC Controls UQ.. 212
Yes Pass – at: no push. 214
Yes Pass – at: TPP. 216
2nc at: Minimum Wage Thumper. 217
2nc at: Iran Thumper. 218
2nc at: No Impact to TPA.. 219
2nc TPA k2 Econ. 220
2nc Impact – Decline = War. 223
2nc Internal Link – Trade. 226
2nc Asia Pivot Extension. 227
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – China War/Asian Stability. 232
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – Allied Prolif. 235
AT: Not Reverse Causal 236
1nc EU soft power. 239
Territorial Disputes. 241
Trade Impact – Quick. 243
1nc War. 244
The rise in. 245
Turns Case – Escalation. 246
Turns Case – Norms. 247
Turns Case – Terrorism.. 248
***Aff. 249
2ac No Pass. 250
1ar No Pass. 252
1ar No Pass – Reid/Pelosi 254
1ar No Pass – No Vote. 256
1ar No Pass – Europe. 258
2ac Thumpers. 259
1ar Thumpers. 260
1ar No Push/PC Fails. 261
1ar No I/L. 263
2ac No Impact – Trade. 266
2ac Asia Pivot. 268
2ac China War. 270
AT Solves Credibility. 271
Asia Prolif Inev. 272
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Thursday File 2-27
By ARGogate
This week's Thursday File brings back the Iran Sanctions DA. The GOP has restarted a push in the Senate since most of the other major controversial bills have been taken off the table. The file contains everything you need to kick off the weekend with a strong politics scenario, as well as some innovative answers to aff arguments.
Additionally, updates have been included for Immigration, minimum wage, and Ukraine, if you prefer those
Included are a collection of updates to supplement your generic politics answers, such as new PC fails, winners win, and fights good cards - these are a must-have for any debater
Aff answers are also included, including impact turns to minimum wage increase and new internal link defense for TPA
This week's file was authored by Akash Gogate, a freshman debater at Emory University who has debated at many national tournaments in high school and college.
Contents:
***NEG—Iran Sanctions. 2
Top Level 2
1NC DA.. 3
2NC OV.. 6
2NC Credibility. 7
Uniqueness. 7
2NC UQ.. 8
AT: UQ Overwhelms. 10
AT: Veto. 14
AT: Reid Blocks. 16
AT: Fights Now.. 19
AT: Thumper – Generic. 20
AT: Thumper – Defense. 22
Internals. 22
2NC PC Key. 23
AT: Winners Win. 25
Impacts. 25
2NC Iran Prolif 26
2NC North Korea. 31
AT: No Deal Collapse. 33
AT: Can’t Trust Iran. 34
AT: Sanction Key to Iranian Compliance. 35
AT: Talks Fail 36
AT: Sanctions Good. 37
AT: No Strikes. 42
AT: Waivers. 46
***NEG—Other Bills. 47
Immigration. 47
Will Pass. 48
Minimum Wage. 49
Will Pass. 50
Ukraine. 50
Won’t Pass. 51
***AFF—Specifics. 52
Immigration. 52
Won’t Pass. 53
Iran. 53
Reid Blocks. 54
2AC Deal Fails. 55
1AR Deal Fails – Ext 55
1AR Deal Fails – AT: Press TV.. 56
2AC No Prolif 57
2AC No Impact 58
2AC No Strikes. 59
1AR No Strikes – Ext 61
1AR No Strikes – AT: Kristol 62
Minimum Wage. 62
Won’t Pass. 63
2AC Raise Bad. 64
1AR Raise Bad – Ext 65
1AR Raise Bad – Statistics. 67
TPA.. 67
Won’t Pass. 68
Obama Not Pushing. 69
AT: Key to Trade. 71
***AFF—Generic. 74
Thumpers. 74
Defense Budget 75
Tax Reform... 75
Winners Win. 75
2AC W/W... 76
1AR W/W – Ext 78
1AR W/W – Foreign Policy. 80
1AR W/W – Bargaining. 81
Confrontation Good. 81
2AC Fights Good. 82
1AR Fights Good – Ext 83
1AR Fights Good – Inevitable. 84
PC Fails. 84
2AC PC Fails. 85
1AR PC Fails – Ext 86
1AR PC Fails – AT: SOTU.. 88
1AR PC Fails – AT: PC Solves. 89
***Misc Updates. 91
Midterms. 91
GOP Lose / Dems Win. 92
GOP Win / Dems Lose. 93
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Thursday File February 20, 2014
By Team Chillz
This week's file features the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) DA. The TPA prevents Congress from adding amendments to previously negotiated trade deals and would make it easier for the president to finalize those deals. The file includes an econ/competitiveness impact as well as an Asia Pivot argument.
The file also includes a few cards for the Iran Sanctions DA as well as the Immigration DA, if that is your thing.
Finally, the file includes answers to all of the scenarios mentioned above as well as thumpers for any other scenario.
This week's file was authored by Chris Carey, a sophomore debater at the University of Kansas. As a college debater, Chris has participated in the outrounds of CEDA, UMKC, and several other tournaments.
Thursday File 2-20-14 1
*****General 3
2ac Iran Thumper 4
2ac Immigration/Minimum Wage Thumper 5
2ac No Pass – Election Year 6
*****Immigration 7
***Neg 8
Yes Pass 9
Yes Obama Push 10
at: xo 11
***Aff 12
2ac No Pass 13
1ar No Pass -- Elections 14
1ar No Pass – Path to Citizenship 16
1ar No Pass – at: House Dems Force Vote 18
*****Iran 19
***Neg 20
1nc 21
No Pass 22
Sanctions Kill Diplomacy 23
***Aff 24
2ac Must Have 25
2ac UQ Overwhelms the Link 26
1ar UQ Overwhelms the Link 28
1ar No Vote 30
2ac Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable 31
1ar Diplomacy Fails/Sanctions Inevitable 32
*****TPA 33
***Neg 34
1nc Econ 35
1nc Asia Pivot 37
2nc UQ Wall 39
2nc Thumpers 41
Yes Pass – at: Reid 42
Yes Pass – at: Pelosi 43
Yes Pass – at: Biden 44
Yes Pass – PC Key 45
Yes Pass – PC Controls UQ 49
Yes Pass – at: no push 51
Yes Pass – at: TPP 53
2nc at: Minimum Wage Thumper 54
2nc at: Iran Thumper 55
2nc at: No Impact to TPA 56
2nc TPA k2 Econ 57
2nc Impact – Decline = War 60
2nc Internal Link – Trade 62
2nc Asia Pivot Extension 63
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – China War/Asian Stability 67
2nc Asia Pivot Impact – Allied Prolif 69
AT: Not Reverse Causal 70
1nc EU soft power 72
Territorial Disputes 74
Trade Impact – Quick 75
1nc War 76
Turns Case – Escalation 78
Turns Case – Norms 79
Turns Case – Terrorism 80
***Aff 81
2ac No Pass 82
1ar No Pass 84
1ar No Pass – Reid/Pelosi 86
1ar No Pass – No Vote 88
1ar No Pass – Europe 89
2ac Thumpers 90
1ar Thumpers 91
1ar No Push/PC Fails 92
1ar No I/L 93
2ac No Impact – Trade 95
2ac Asia Pivot 96
2ac China War 97
AT Solves Credibility 98
Asia Prolif Inev 99
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Thursday File 2-13-14
By South-X
This week's Thursday File brings you everything you could want for high school's biggest debate weekend. It includes 100% new evidence this week and updates for Iran, Immigration and TPA. In accordance with our tradition this week's file is authored by a group seeking to raise money for a debate charity the Indianapolis Urban Debate League.
Iran sanctions is the headliner in this file. The reason this scenario has staying power is because the Israel lobby has a lot of clout. It still makes sense in relation to the topic because Iran is very isolated from most 1AC impacts, and has very powerful interactions with multilateralism advantages.
Immigration reform has a less clear road ahead of it, but is still a major agenda item along with TPA. Even if you don't read these as the negative the extensive 2AC and 1AR blocks that are round ready will make sure that you are prepared to deal with these scenarios.
This week's file was authored by members of the University of Indiana debate team. The team has made resurgence in policy debate since its 2009 're-forming'. It is closely associated with the University's excellent School of Public and Environmental Affairs and its members are nationally competitive.
Contents
Iran Sanctions - Neg. 1
1NC. 2
1NC Iran Sanctions. 3
2NC Uniqueness. 6
2NC UQ Wall 7
2NC A/T: Veto. 10
2NC A/T: Iran Is Dead. 12
2NC A/T: UQ O/W Link. 13
2NC A/T: Israel Lobby Backed Off. 14
2NC A/T: Menendez. 15
2NC A/T: Reid. 16
2NC Internal Link. 17
2NC PC Key. 18
2NC Sanctions Bad – Agreement. 21
2NC Sanctions -> Sabatoge Process. 22
2NC A/T: Sanctions = Tool 23
2NC A/T: EU – Alt Cause. 24
2NC A/T: Violations. 25
2NC Impacts. 26
2NC Overview.. 27
2NC Iranian Economy. 28
2NC Iran – Central Asia. 30
2NC Iran – Heg. 34
2NC Iran – Iran Prolif. 36
2NC Iran – Iran War. 38
2NC Iran – Israeli Strikes. 40
2NC Iran– Shocks. 43
2NC Iran – Terrorism.. 45
Iran Sanctions – Aff. 47
2AC. 48
2AC Top Level 49
2AC XO Solves. 52
2AC No Israeli Strike. 53
1AR. 55
1AR – No Bill 56
1AR – No Momentum.. 57
Immigration Reform - Neg. 58
1NC Random Card. 59
1NC. 60
Immigration Reform – Aff. 61
2AC. 62
2AC CIR Top Level 63
1AR. 67
1AR – Won’t Pass. 68
1AR – Elections. 69
1AR – No Internal Link. 70
1AR – Immigration is Dead. 71
1AR – PC Sapped. 72
TPA – Neg. 73
1NC. 74
Really short. 75
Short. 76
Long. 79
The rise in. 81
Uniqueness. 83
A/T: Dems. 84
A/T Fast track dead. 85
A/T: Generic Thumper. 86
A/T: Obama Doesn’t Push. 87
A/T: Pelosi 89
A/T: Reid. 91
A/T: Senate. 94
A/T: UQ O/W the Link. 95
Bipartisan. 96
Likely but not guaranteed. 97
Internal Links. 98
PC Key. 99
PC Key – Interest Group Pressure. 101
PC Key – Prioritization. 102
Impacts. 103
Asia Pivot. 104
AT: Not Reverse Causal 106
China Rise. 109
Econ Competitiveness. 111
Economy. 113
EU soft power. 116
‘Global economic benefits. 118
Territorial Disputes. 119
Trade Impact – Quick. 121
War. 122
The rise in. 122
Turns case. 124
Escalation. 125
Norms. 126
Terrorism.. 127
TPA – Aff. 128
2AC UQ most recent. 129
2AC. 132
2AC TPA – Top Level 133
2AC TPP Talks Fail 135
1AR. 136
1AR TPA – Won’t Pass. 137
1AR TPA – Reid. 138
Unemployment – Aff. 139
2AC. 140
2AC Top Level 141
Generic Aff Updates. 142
2AC Thumpers. 143
2AC Obama Loses – Everything. 144
2AC Always Switching. 145
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Thursday File 2-6
By bencosmef
This week's Thursday File includes a new immigration reform scenario (plus aff answers), as well as updates for other scenarios.
This week's author is Francisco Becosme, he debated at Wake Forest University where he appeared in the octofinals of Harvard, Texas, and GSU, and was invited to participate in the prestigious Pittsburgh Round Robin. Currently, he is a capitol hill staffer who actually works in this area every day. He has in the past helped the Bronx Science team and has coached numerous successful high school teams.
Thursday File 2-6-2014. 2
Thumpers. 7
Laundry List Thumper. 8
Iran Thumper. 9
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 10
AT: NSA Thumper. 11
Yes Political Capital 12
Immigration Reform.. 13
Neg – Immigration Reform.. 14
1NC Immigration Reform.. 15
Yes Immigration Reform – U 2NC.. 16
Yes Immigration Reform- Obama Signaled Support 18
House GOP Compromise. 19
Yes Immigration Reform- Political Capital Key. 20
Immigration Reform- Overcome Politics. 21
Yes Immigration Reform – AT: Election Year. 22
Yes Immigration Reform - Hispanics. 24
AT Halting Deportation Immigration Thumper. 25
Yes Senate Compromise. 26
Aff- Immigration Reform.. 27
No Immigration Reform- Timing. 28
No Immigration Reform – Obama and Enforcement of Border Security. 30
No Immigration Reform – Republican Political Posturing for Delay. 33
No Immigration Reform – Election Year and Senate Conference. 34
No Immigration Reform – Low Obama Trust 35
No Immigration Reform - Labor. 36
No Immigration Reform- Republican Divisions. 39
No Immigration Reform- Republican Opposition. 41
No Immigration Reform - Obamacare. 42
No Immigration Reform – Timing of Legal Status. 43
No Immigration Reform – Paul Ryan. 44
No Immigration Reform- Obama’s Trust Deficit 45
No Immigration Reform – Primaries will derail 46
No Immigration Reform- Distracts from Obamacare. 47
Obama’s Pol Cap Not Key. 48
Obama Not Pushing. 49
Fast-Track Trade Agreement 50
Yes Fast Trade Trade Agreement 51
AT: Reid Blocks. 52
No Fast Track. 53
Iran Sanctions. 56
No Iran Sanctions. 57
Yes Iran Sanctions – Floor Vote. 61
Debt Ceiling. 63
Yes Clean Debt Ceiling. 64
Minimum Wage Increase. 67
No Minimum Wage. 68
OLD THURSDAY FILE. 70
Trade Promotion Authority. 71
1NC. 72
Uniqueness. 74
PC is Key. 76
Impacts. 80
Key to Trade. 81
Key to Jobs. 84
Key to Trade Leadership. 85
Key to Trade Agreement Negotiation. 88
Asian Heg Good – Proliferation. 93
TPA Key to EU Trade Agreement. 95
EU Trade Agreement Key to the Economy. 97
EU Trade Agreement Key to Eurozone. 98
Eurozone Collapse Impact. 99
Eurozone Crisis – Hegemony Impact. 101
Competitiveness. 104
Economic Decline Impact. 106
Aff. 108
No Uniqueness. 109
Obama not pushing for TPA.. 112
TPA Bad – Environment. 113
TPA Bad – Oversight. 116
Immigration. 119
Uniqueness. 120
PC is key. 123
Tea Party Key. 124
No Reform Now.. 125
Minimum Wage. 127
Uniqueness. 128
PC Key. 129
Impacts. 130
A/T Job Loss. 133
Affirmative. 134
Iran Sanctions. 135
Uniqueness. 136
Affirmative. 138
Uniqueness Overwhelms the link. 139
Debt Ceiling. 141
Will pass. 142
Will not pass. 144
Unemployment. 145
Negative General 146
A/T Thumpers. 147
A/T Political Capital 148
Executive Order. 149
Affirmative General 150
No Political Capital 151
Thumpers. 152
Previous Thursday File. 154
Iran DA.. 155
Iran (1nc Shell). 156
Uniqueness Extensions. 158
UQ Wall: Sanctions Won’t Pass Now.. 159
UQ: Obama Has Capital 162
UQ: AT: Obamacare Thumper. 164
UQ: AT: No Vote. 166
UQ: AT: Vote A Long Way Off. 168
UQ: Obama Fighting Off Sanctions Now.. 169
UQ: Congress Pushing For Sanctions Now.. 171
UQ: AT: Israel Lobby Means Congress Won’t Cave. 172
UQ: AT: Veto means UQ overwhelms link. 173
UQ: Obama Veto Will Hold. 175
UQ: Now Key Time. 176
UQ: AT: Centrifuges kill the deal 177
Internal Links. 178
Internal Links: Political Capital Key to Fight Off Supporters. 179
Internal Links: AT: Winners Win. 185
Internal Links: Democrats Key. 186
Internal Links: Votes Can Shift. 187
Impacts. 190
Impacts: Sanctions = War. 191
Impacts: Iran Prolif Module. 197
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 201
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 206
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Can Be Waived. 207
Impacts: AT: Iran Will Cheat. 210
Impacts: Sanctions Bad/Diplomacy Works. 211
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Good. 212
Impacts: Diplomacy Succeeding Now.. 217
Impacts: Sanctions Undercut Diplomacy. 219
Impacts: Sanctions Empower Hardliners. 222
Impacts: Can Trust Rouhani 225
Impacts: AT: Khamenei, not Rouhani, is in charge. 226
Impacts: Deal Solves. 227
Impacts: Sanctions Kill Unity. 228
Impacts: AT: North Korea Proves Softline Fails. 229
Impacts: AT: Terrorism Turn/Sanctions Stop Iran Support of Terrorists. 230
Impacts: Turn Case Modules. 231
Impacts: Economy. 232
Impacts: Hegemony. 233
Impacts: Laundry List of Countries. 235
Impacts: Middle East War. 236
Impacts: Oil Prices. 238
Impacts: Proliferation. 239
Impacts: Syria Module. 240
AFF Answers. 243
Iran Answers (2ac Front-Line). 244
1ar: No Vote. 248
1ar: Political Capital Useless. 249
1ar: No Capital 250
1ar: Obamacare Thumper. 251
1ar: No War. 254
AFF Answers—Iran Prolif Answers. 255
Sanctions Good Impact Turns (2ac Front-Line). 256
Immigration Reform NEG Updates. 259
Immigration Reform Shell 260
UQ Wall: Immigration Reform Will Pass Now.. 264
UQ: Now Key Time. 266
UQ: AT: Only Piecemeal Reform Will Pass. 267
UQ: AT: Amnesty Provisions Doom Bill 268
UQ: Serious Commitment to IR Now.. 269
UQ: AT: Obama will pass it by executive order. 270
Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 271
Immigration Reform AFF Answers (2ac). 272
1ar: Obama Not Pushing Immigration Reform.. 274
1ar: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 275
Debt Ceiling Answers (2ac). 276
1ar: Extensions: UQ Overwhelms link. 278
Midterms Answers. 279
TPP AFF Answers. 281
Unemployment Benefits Answers. 282
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Thursday File 1-30
By thedudelacan
Politics for this week is a bit murky, mostly from a STOU that focused on executive orders rather than legislation. This week's file includes Trade Promotion Authority as the primary DA. TPA is still possible, but Obama didn't do himself any favors by barely mentioning fast track in his SOTU speech, thus the uniqueness is not as strong as it was last week. While strong arguments against passage of TPA, especially since Harry Ried came out against the legislation yesterday.
Immigration remains a strong option and there is momentum to pass. Although Obama didn't provide much support in the STOU address,, the House Republicans realize that passing some kind of immigration reform may be necessary for midterm elections. You should look out as to what happens later today regarding the House Republican's announcement regarding their immigration objectives. This may have an impact on the DA's uniqueness.
Iran is possible, but the uniqueness evidence may be too good. There doesn't seem to be much hope for a vote to happen.
Other possibilities including Debt Ceiling and Minimum wage are included, but do not seem to be viable possibilities for this week.
This file was completed by Donny Peters, Assistant Director of Forensics at California State University-Fullerton. Donny has coached successful CEDA/NDT teams at the novice, JV and Open levels. He has over 15 years of experience in the activity.
Thursday File, January 30, 2014
Trade Promotion Authority. 5
1NC.. 6
Uniqueness. 8
PC is Key. 10
Impacts. 14
Key to Trade. 15
Key to Jobs. 18
Key to Trade Leadership. 19
Key to Trade Agreement Negotiation. 22
Asian Heg Good – Proliferation. 27
TPA Key to EU Trade Agreement 29
EU Trade Agreement Key to the Economy. 31
EU Trade Agreement Key to Eurozone. 32
Eurozone Collapse Impact 33
Eurozone Crisis – Hegemony Impact 35
Competitiveness. 38
Economic Decline Impact 40
Aff. 42
No Uniqueness. 43
Obama not pushing for TPA.. 46
TPA Bad – Environment 47
TPA Bad – Oversight 50
Immigration. 53
Uniqueness. 54
PC is key. 57
Tea Party Key. 58
No Reform Now.. 59
Minimum Wage. 61
Uniqueness. 62
PC Key. 63
Impacts. 64
A/T Job Loss. 67
Affirmative. 68
Iran Sanctions. 69
Uniqueness. 70
Affirmative. 72
Uniqueness Overwhelms the link. 73
Debt Ceiling. 75
Will pass. 76
Will not pass. 78
Unemployment 79
Negative General 80
A/T Thumpers. 81
A/T Political Capital 82
Executive Order 83
Affirmative General 84
No Political Capital 85
Thumpers. 86
Previous Thursday File. 88
Iran DA.. 89
Iran (1nc Shell) 90
Uniqueness Extensions. 92
UQ Wall: Sanctions Won’t Pass Now.. 93
UQ: Obama Has Capital 96
UQ: AT: Obamacare Thumper. 98
UQ: AT: No Vote. 100
UQ: AT: Vote A Long Way Off. 102
UQ: Obama Fighting Off Sanctions Now.. 103
UQ: Congress Pushing For Sanctions Now.. 105
UQ: AT: Israel Lobby Means Congress Won’t Cave. 106
UQ: AT: Veto means UQ overwhelms link. 107
UQ: Obama Veto Will Hold. 109
UQ: Now Key Time. 110
UQ: AT: Centrifuges kill the deal 111
Internal Links. 112
Internal Links: Political Capital Key to Fight Off Supporters. 113
Internal Links: AT: Winners Win. 119
Internal Links: Democrats Key. 120
Internal Links: Votes Can Shift 121
Impacts. 124
Impacts: Sanctions = War. 125
Impacts: Iran Prolif Module. 131
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 135
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 139
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Can Be Waived. 140
Impacts: AT: Iran Will Cheat 143
Impacts: Sanctions Bad/Diplomacy Works. 144
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Good. 145
Impacts: Diplomacy Succeeding Now.. 150
Impacts: Sanctions Undercut Diplomacy. 152
Impacts: Sanctions Empower Hardliners. 155
Impacts: Can Trust Rouhani 158
Impacts: AT: Khamenei, not Rouhani, is in charge. 159
Impacts: Deal Solves. 160
Impacts: Sanctions Kill Unity. 161
Impacts: AT: North Korea Proves Softline Fails. 162
Impacts: AT: Terrorism Turn/Sanctions Stop Iran Support of Terrorists. 163
Impacts: Turn Case Modules. 164
Impacts: Economy. 165
Impacts: Hegemony. 166
Impacts: Laundry List of Countries. 168
Impacts: Middle East War. 169
Impacts: Oil Prices. 171
Impacts: Proliferation. 172
Impacts: Syria Module. 173
AFF Answers. 176
Iran Answers (2ac Front-Line) 177
1ar: No Vote. 181
1ar: Political Capital Useless. 182
1ar: No Capital 183
1ar: Obamacare Thumper. 184
1ar: No War. 187
AFF Answers—Iran Prolif Answers. 188
Sanctions Good Impact Turns (2ac Front-Line) 189
Immigration Reform NEG Updates. 192
Immigration Reform Shell 193
UQ Wall: Immigration Reform Will Pass Now.. 197
UQ: Now Key Time. 199
UQ: AT: Only Piecemeal Reform Will Pass. 200
UQ: AT: Amnesty Provisions Doom Bill 201
UQ: Serious Commitment to IR Now.. 202
UQ: AT: Obama will pass it by executive order. 203
Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 204
Immigration Reform AFF Answers (2ac) 205
1ar: Obama Not Pushing Immigration Reform... 207
1ar: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 208
Debt Ceiling Answers (2ac) 209
1ar: Extensions: UQ Overwhelms link. 211
Midterms Answers. 212
TPP AFF Answers. 214
Unemployment Benefits Answers. 215
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Thursday File Jan. 23
By rwgallow
There are a lot of different scenarios this week. I would run either Iran or immigration reform. Here is my breakdown of the literature on the different scenarios.
Iran: I would run Iran. The uniqueness is now going in the direction of the Menendez/Kirk legislation not passing, as two key Democrats have moved against the legislation in the last couple of days (Patty Murray and Elizabeth Warren). The impacts are spectacular, as even passage of the Menendez/Kirk bill would tank the Geneva accords, leading to a risk of Israeli strikes and Iranian proliferation. You don’t have a debate that is tied up in the economy, and you get large external impacts. You might have a little trouble with Uniqueness overwhelms the link, as it seems there is little chance of getting to the 67 votes to override the presidential veto (the measure has 59 votes now).
Immigration reform: it is viable, and would be my second choice. There are a lot of cards saying it will pass now, as the Republicans feel they must pass it quickly so they can begin campaigning for the midterms. I have two issues with immigration reform. First, the evidence that says Obama isn’t pushing it and giving the Republicans space to make a deal is very good—he isn’t investing political capital right now. Second, the impact is always a bit sketchy, as it is a long term economy style scenario that the AFF can probably access.
Unemployment benefits: I think this is a weak scenario. It probably won’t pass, as it got wrapped up in the overall employment bill and failed two procedural votes. The impact isn’t very good—the benefits are a drop in the bucket and are merely a redistribution of existing funds. Finally, it’s an economy scenario, which has empirically denied impacts and the AFF can probably access.
Debt ceiling: While possible, the fight isn’t till mid-February, and the evidence that the Republicans will cave and not make big demands this time is very good. While the NEG will try to spin this as uniqueness, I think the uniqueness overwhelms the link. Plus, the markets aren’t scared of a default this time so the “cause a fight which freaks out the markets†story isn’t very true.
Midterms: Too early and Obamacare is key to the election. Not much more to say.
TPP: There are some good specific thumpers, and it doesn’t look like it’s coming up for a vote.
All proceeds from this week’s Thursday File go to support the Howard College of Arts & Sciences minority scholarship.
Good luck, and feel free to email me any questions at rwlcgalloway@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ryan W. Galloway
Director of Debate
Samford University
Strategy Guide. 3
Iran DA.. 4
Iran (1nc Shell) 5
Uniqueness Extensions. 7
UQ Wall: Sanctions Won’t Pass Now.. 8
UQ: Obama Has Capital 11
UQ: AT: Obamacare Thumper 13
UQ: AT: No Vote. 15
UQ: AT: Vote A Long Way Off. 17
UQ: Obama Fighting Off Sanctions Now.. 18
UQ: Congress Pushing For Sanctions Now.. 20
UQ: AT: Israel Lobby Means Congress Won’t Cave. 21
UQ: AT: Veto means UQ overwhelms link. 22
UQ: Obama Veto Will Hold. 24
UQ: Now Key Time. 25
UQ: AT: Centrifuges kill the deal 26
Internal Links. 27
Internal Links: Political Capital Key to Fight Off Supporters. 28
Internal Links: AT: Winners Win. 34
Internal Links: Democrats Key. 35
Internal Links: Votes Can Shift 36
Impacts. 39
Impacts: Sanctions = War 40
Impacts: Iran Prolif Module. 46
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 50
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 55
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Can Be Waived. 56
Impacts: AT: Iran Will Cheat 59
Impacts: Sanctions Bad/Diplomacy Works. 60
Impacts: AT: Sanctions Good. 61
Impacts: Diplomacy Succeeding Now.. 66
Impacts: Sanctions Undercut Diplomacy. 68
Impacts: Sanctions Empower Hardliners. 71
Impacts: Can Trust Rouhani 74
Impacts: AT: Khamenei, not Rouhani, is in charge. 75
Impacts: Deal Solves. 76
Impacts: Sanctions Kill Unity. 77
Impacts: AT: North Korea Proves Softline Fails. 78
Impacts: AT: Terrorism Turn/Sanctions Stop Iran Support of Terrorists. 79
Impacts: Turn Case Modules. 80
Impacts: Economy. 81
Impacts: Hegemony. 82
Impacts: Laundry List of Countries. 84
Impacts: Middle East War 85
Impacts: Oil Prices. 87
Impacts: Proliferation. 88
Impacts: Syria Module. 89
AFF Answers. 92
Iran Answers (2ac Front-Line) 93
1ar: No Vote. 97
1ar: Political Capital Useless. 98
1ar: No Capital 99
1ar: Obamacare Thumper 100
1ar: No War 103
AFF Answers—Iran Prolif Answers. 104
Sanctions Good Impact Turns (2ac Front-Line) 105
Immigration Reform NEG Updates. 108
Immigration Reform Shell 109
UQ Wall: Immigration Reform Will Pass Now.. 113
UQ: Now Key Time. 115
UQ: AT: Only Piecemeal Reform Will Pass. 116
UQ: AT: Amnesty Provisions Doom Bill 117
UQ: Serious Commitment to IR Now.. 118
UQ: AT: Obama will pass it by executive order 119
Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 120
Immigration Reform AFF Answers (2ac) 121
1ar: Obama Not Pushing Immigration Reform... 123
1ar: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 124
Debt Ceiling Answers (2ac) 125
1ar: Extensions: UQ Overwhelms link. 127
Midterms Answers. 128
TPP AFF Answers. 130
Unemployment Benefits Answers 131
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Thursday File 1-16
By bencosmef
Table of Contents
Table of Contents. 1
NEGATIVE.. 5
Immigration Reform.. 6
Immigration Reform 1NC.. 7
Immigration 2NC.. 9
Yes Immigration Reform- Compromise. 13
Yes Immigration Reform- Timing- Primaries. 14
Yes Immigration Reform- Coalitions. 15
Yes Immigration Reform- Moderate Republicans. 16
Yes Immigration Reform- Govt Shutdown. 17
Yes Immigration Reform- Momentum.. 18
Yes Immigration Reform- Boehner incremental approach. 19
Yes Immigration Reform- Chamber of Commerce. 21
Yes Immigration Reform- Latinos. 22
Yes Immigration Reform - Generic. 23
Obama Will Compromise. 24
Yes Immigration Reform- Senate Republicans. 25
THUMPERS. 26
Yes Political Capital 27
No Political Capital 29
AT Employment Thumper. 30
AFF ANSWERS. 31
AT: Immigration Reform.. 32
No Immigration Reform- Legislative Calendar. 33
No Immigration Reform- Conservative Right 34
No Immgration Reform - Optics. 35
No Immigration Reform- Obamacare. 36
A2 Thumpers. 38
Unemployment Extension. 39
Yes Iran Sanctions. 42
Reid Won’t Put Iran Up for a Vote. 43
No Iran Sanctions. 44
Reid Will Cave and Put it up for a vote. 47
Immigration Reform.. 50
1NC Immigration Reform.. 51
U- Yes Pass- 2NC.. 53
U- Yes Pass- Boehner and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 56
U- Yes Pass- Republican - Priority. 58
U- Yes Pass- Boehner Push. 59
U- Yes Pass- Republicans Support 62
U- Yes Pass- AT Tea Party. 63
Top Priority. 64
AT Elections. 66
Delay Link. 68
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform.. 69
AT No Political Capital – Immigration Reform.. 70
Iran Sanctions. 71
1NC Iran Sanctions. 72
U- 2NC Iran Sanctions Won’t Pass. 74
U- Uncertain. 75
Yes Floor Vote. 76
Thumpers. 77
General Thumper. 78
Yes Political Capital 80
AT Spending Fight Thumper. 81
AFF ANSWERS. 82
2AC Immigration Reform.. 83
1AR- Won’t Pass. 86
Yes Iran Sanctions. 87
2AC Tax Reform.. 89
2AC Unemployment Insurance. 90
2014 Elections- Republicans Will Win Senate. 97
Yes Spending Bills. 100
Previous Thursday File. 101
Immigration. 102
1NC.. 103
Uniqueness. 110
Geneeral 111
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform.. 116
Boehner on board. 117
A/T NO Political Capital 119
Top Priority. 120
Impacts. 121
Key to Economy. 122
Prevents Russia & China war. 126
Prevents War:General 128
Hegemony. 129
Econ Impact – Warming. 131
Affirmative. 132
Unemployment Benefits. 134
Uniqueness. 135
Economy. 137
Obama pushing UB.. 138
Top of docket 140
Democrats pushing UB.. 141
A/T Unemployment low.. 142
A/T Quo will increase jobs. 143
Aff Answers. 144
Iran. 146
1NC.. 147
Sanctions Undermine Nuke Deal 152
Key to Middle East Peace. 153
Affirmative Answers. 154
Midterms. 155
GOP will take the Senate. 156
GOP will keep the house. 157
Midterms Key to Obama’s agenda. 158
Executive Orders. 159
Affirmative Answers: General 160
Thumpers. 161
Previous Thursday Files. 163
Negative Cards. 164
Iran Sanctions Obama Winning. 165
Congress United. 168
AT: Debt Ceiling Thumper. 171
AT: Nominations Thumper. 173
Political Capital High Now.. 175
Immigration Reform Will Pass. 176
Affirmative Cards. 178
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 179
Nomination Thumper. 181
Iran Sanctions Obama Losing. 183
Political Capital Low Now.. 186
Thumpers. 188
Immigration Reform Won’t Pass. 190
PREVIOUS THURSDAY FILES. 192
Iran Cards from 12/12. 193
U 1NC.. 194
U 2NC.. 196
AT Democrats Back from Deal 199
Yes House. 200
Menendez IL.. 202
AT Obama Veto. 204
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 205
AT: HC Thumper. 206
2NC Impact Overview.. 208
Turns Hegemony. 214
Turns US Credibility. 216
Turns Economy. 217
Central Asia Impact. 219
General Nuclear War Impact. 220
Middle East War Module. 221
Syria Module. 223
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 227
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 228
AT: Deal Fails. 229
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 230
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 234
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Thursday File 1-9
By bencosmef
This week's Thursday file contains a large update for immigration now that Congress is in session. It first bring you all the cards you need to run immigration reform in the new year, and to answer many of the common arguments that are popping up against the DA. In addition for the AFF there are 2AC blocks for Tax reform and unemployment, two other likely scenarios.
Thursday File 1-9-2014
Immigration Reform.. 5
1NC Immigration Reform.. 6
U- Yes Pass- 2NC. 7
U- Yes Pass- Boehner and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 9
U- Yes Pass- Republican - Priority. 10
U- Yes Pass- Boehner Push. 11
U- Yes Pass- Republicans Support. 13
U- Yes Pass- AT Tea Party. 14
Top Priority. 15
AT Elections. 16
Delay Link. 18
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform.. 19
AT No Political Capital – Immigration Reform.. 20
Iran Sanctions. 21
1NC Iran Sanctions. 22
U- 2NC Iran Sanctions Won’t Pass. 23
U- Uncertain. 24
Yes Floor Vote. 25
Thumpers. 26
General Thumper. 27
Yes Political Capital 28
AT Spending Fight Thumper. 29
AFF ANSWERS. 30
2AC Immigration Reform.. 31
1AR- Won’t Pass. 33
Yes Iran Sanctions. 34
2AC Tax Reform.. 36
2AC Unemployment Insurance. 37
2014 Elections- Republicans Will Win Senate. 41
Yes Spending Bills. 43
Previous Thursday File. 44
Immigration. 45
1NC. 46
Uniqueness. 51
Geneeral 52
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform.. 55
Boehner on board. 56
A/T NO Political Capital 58
Top Priority. 59
Impacts. 60
Key to Economy. 61
Prevents Russia & China war. 64
Prevents War:General 65
Hegemony. 66
Econ Impact – Warming. 67
Affirmative. 68
Unemployment Benefits. 69
Uniqueness. 70
Economy. 72
Obama pushing UB. 73
Top of docket. 74
Democrats pushing UB. 75
A/T Unemployment low.. 76
A/T Quo will increase jobs. 77
Aff Answers. 78
Iran. 79
1NC. 80
Sanctions Undermine Nuke Deal 84
Key to Middle East Peace. 85
Affirmative Answers. 86
Midterms. 87
GOP will take the Senate. 88
GOP will keep the house. 89
Midterms Key to Obama’s agenda. 90
Executive Orders. 91
Affirmative Answers: General 92
Thumpers. 93
Previous Thursday Files. 94
Negative Cards. 95
Iran Sanctions Obama Winning. 96
Congress United. 98
AT: Debt Ceiling Thumper. 100
AT: Nominations Thumper. 101
Political Capital High Now.. 102
Immigration Reform Will Pass. 103
Affirmative Cards. 105
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 106
Nomination Thumper. 107
Iran Sanctions Obama Losing. 108
Political Capital Low Now.. 110
Thumpers. 111
Immigration Reform Won’t Pass. 112
PREVIOUS THURSDAY FILES. 113
Iran Cards from 12/12. 114
U 1NC. 115
U 2NC. 117
AT Democrats Back from Deal 119
Yes House. 120
Menendez IL. 122
AT Obama Veto. 123
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 124
AT: HC Thumper. 125
2NC Impact Overview.. 126
Turns Hegemony. 131
Turns US Credibility. 133
Turns Economy. 134
Central Asia Impact. 136
General Nuclear War Impact. 137
Middle East War Module. 138
Syria Module. 140
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 143
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 144
AT: Deal Fails. 145
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 146
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 149
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Thursday File, January 2, 2014
By thedudelacan
The first Thursday file for 2014 includes Immigration Reform and Iran sanctions as complete 1NC ready arguments. The file also contains evidence for extending unemployment benefits and midterms that could easily be developed into viable disadvantages. Your best bet for this weekend is probably immigration reform. There is new optimism that the House is willing to take up immigration when they get back to work on the 6th.
This week's file is by Donny Peters, Assistant Director of Forensics at California State University Fullerton. Donny has coached many successful teams in CEDA and NDT at CSUF, Illinois State University, Wayne State University and West Virginia University.
Contents
Thursday File, Jan. 2, 2014. 1
Immigration. 4
1NC. 5
Uniqueness. 10
Geneeral 11
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform.. 14
Boehner on board. 15
A/T NO Political Capital 17
Top Priority. 18
Impacts. 19
Key to Economy. 20
Prevents Russia & China war. 23
Prevents War:General 24
Hegemony. 25
Econ Impact – Warming. 27
Affirmative. 28
Unemployment Benefits. 29
Uniqueness. 30
Economy. 32
Obama pushing UB. 33
Top of docket. 34
Democrats pushing UB. 35
A/T Unemployment low.. 36
A/T Quo will increase jobs. 37
Aff Answers. 38
Iran. 39
1NC. 40
Sanctions Undermine Nuke Deal 44
Key to Middle East Peace. 45
Affirmative Answers. 46
Midterms. 47
GOP will take the Senate. 48
GOP will keep the house. 49
Midterms Key to Obama’s agenda. 50
Executive Orders. 51
Affirmative Answers: General 52
Thumpers. 53
Previous Thursday Files. 54
Negative Cards. 55
Iran Sanctions Obama Winning. 56
Congress United. 58
AT: Debt Ceiling Thumper. 60
AT: Nominations Thumper. 61
Political Capital High Now.. 62
Immigration Reform Will Pass. 63
Affirmative Cards. 65
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 66
Nomination Thumper. 67
Iran Sanctions Obama Losing. 68
Political Capital Low Now.. 70
Thumpers. 71
Immigration Reform Won’t Pass. 72
PREVIOUS THURSDAY FILES. 73
Iran Cards from 12/12. 74
U 1NC. 75
U 2NC. 77
AT Democrats Back from Deal 79
Yes House. 80
Menendez IL. 82
AT Obama Veto. 83
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 84
AT: HC Thumper. 85
2NC Impact Overview.. 86
Turns Hegemony. 91
Turns US Credibility. 93
Turns Economy. 94
Central Asia Impact. 96
General Nuclear War Impact. 97
Middle East War Module. 98
Syria Module. 100
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 103
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 104
AT: Deal Fails. 105
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 106
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 109
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Thursday File 12-19-2013
By South-X
This weeks Thursday file is a focused file on current uniqueness updates. It updates both Iran and Immigration for both sides, and addresses a series of potential uniqueness problems such as the debt ceiling, nominations, and the recent budget deal. The file also contains all the backfiles necessary for running Iran and immigration.
This file was written by Ross and Stephanie Garrett. Ross Garrett is an assistant debate coach at Kent Denver, and has previously coached for New Trier, Mountain Brook, and Samford University. His students have won top speaker at Blake, won the Emory tournament, appeared in elimination rounds at the TOC, and have received TOC bids at tournaments around the country. Samford appeared in the octofinals of the NDT and was ranked in the top 25 poll throughout his tenure. Stephanie Garrett is the head debate coach at Kent Denver, her teams have appeared in the elimination rounds at Wake Forest, New Trier, Iowa Caucus, Alta and finals of JV Glenbrooks, and are the Colorado state champions.
Negative Cards. 8
Iran Sanctions Obama Winning. 9
Congress United. 11
AT: Debt Ceiling Thumper. 13
AT: Nominations Thumper. 14
Political Capital High Now.. 15
Immigration Reform Will Pass. 16
Affirmative Cards. 18
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 19
Nomination Thumper. 21
Iran Sanctions Obama Losing. 23
Political Capital Low Now.. 25
Thumpers. 26
Immigration Reform Won’t Pass. 27
PREVIOUS THURSDAY FILES. 28
Iran Cards from 12/12. 29
U 1NC. 30
U 2NC. 32
AT Democrats Back from Deal 34
Yes House. 35
Menendez IL. 37
AT Obama Veto. 38
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 39
AT: HC Thumper. 40
2NC Impact Overview.. 41
Turns Hegemony. 46
Turns US Credibility. 48
Turns Economy. 49
Central Asia Impact. 51
General Nuclear War Impact. 52
Middle East War Module. 53
Syria Module. 55
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 58
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 59
AT: Deal Fails. 60
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 61
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 64
Aff- Budget Deal 66
No Farm Bill 67
Yes Farm Bill 69
No Immigration Reform.. 70
No Unemployment Insurance Benefits. 73
Aff- Budget Agreement. 74
Last week’s Thursday File. 75
Thursday File – 12/5/13. 76
Farm Bill 79
1NC Shell 80
2NC/1NR Overview.. 83
2NC/1NR Will Pass. 85
PC Key. 87
AT: HC Thumper. 89
Ext – Key to Food Prices. 90
A2: Food Impact Defense. 93
General 96
High Prices Bad – CCP.. 97
Russia Impact. 99
Pakistan Impact. 101
Moral Obligation Impact. 102
US Key to Global Food. 103
Turns Econ. 104
Iran Sanctions. 106
Iran Sanctions—1NC Shell 107
Uniqueness Extensions/Uniqueness. 109
2NC Impact Overview.. 110
Turns Hegemony. 115
Turns US Credibility. 117
Turns Economy. 118
Central Asia Impact. 120
General Nuclear War Impact. 121
Middle East War Module. 122
Syria Module. 124
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 127
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 128
AT: Deal Fails. 129
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 130
General 133
Theory. 134
A2: Bottom of Docket. 135
A2: Do Both. 136
A2: Fiat Takes out Link. 137
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No). 138
A2: K’s of Politics. 139
Generic. 140
Aff. 143
Top Level 144
2AC PC Low/Not Key. 145
PC Low.. 146
Farm Bill 147
Won’t Pass. 148
PC Not Key. 150
Resource Wars Defense. 151
Food Security Defense. 153
Iran Sanctions. 155
New Sanctions Will Pass. 156
2AC Iran Prolif Defense. 158
Ext – No Impact To Prolif. 159
AT: Prolif Emboldens Iran. 160
AT: Prolif Leads to Terrorist Handoff. 161
AT: Prolif Leads to ME Prolif/Spills Over. 162
Immigration. 163
Won’t Pass. 164
A2: PC Key. 165
1AR PC Not Key. 166
Obama PC Not Key. 167
Aging. 168
Agriculture. 170
Biotech. 172
Deficit. 173
India Relations Impact Answers. 176
Latin American Relations Impact. 177
A2: Nye. 179
Science Diplomacy Impact. 180
Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 184
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 187
ENDA.. 188
Won’t Pass. 189
AT: Will Pass – Public. 192
No Impact. 193
Immigration Reform BACKFILE. 194
Uniqueness Will Pass. 195
Internal Link Capital Key. 198
1NC. 200
Uniqueness. 203
Top of Agenda. 204
Will Pass- Conference. 205
Will Pass- Dialogue. 206
Will Pass- Momentum.. 207
A2: No Pass- Same as 2006. 208
A2: Boehner. 209
A2: Rubio Means No Pass. 210
Delay Link. 211
A2: Piecemeal 212
A2: Farm Bill Thumps. 213
Internal Links. 214
Political Capital Key to Immigration. 215
A2: No PC. 221
A2: Winners Win. 222
A2: Hirsh. 231
Dem Unity Key to PC. 233
Obama Pushing. 234
Popularity Key to PC. 235
GOP Key. 237
Boehner PC Key. 238
Speaker PC True. 239
Impacts. 241
A2: Kick the Can. 242
A2: XO Solves. 243
2NC Hegemony. 244
Agriculture Impact Module. 247
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag. 248
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag. 249
Alternative Energy Impacts. 250
Asian Wars. 251
China. 253
Competitiveness Impacts. 254
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness. 257
Cyber-Terrorism Module. 259
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 260
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy. 266
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied. 267
Econ Turns Environment Impacts. 268
Econ Impact – Protectionism.. 269
Econ Turns Russia/China Relations. 271
Econ Impact – War. 272
Econ Impact – Warming. 273
Hegemony Impact Module. 274
India Relations Module. 275
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient. 276
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations. 278
India Relations: Democracy Impacts. 279
India Relations: Economy Impacts. 280
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts. 281
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact. 282
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts. 283
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module. 284
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation. 285
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War. 286
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module. 288
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism.. 289
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module. 290
Latin American Relations Module. 291
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview.. 292
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations. 293
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient. 295
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time. 297
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key. 298
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves. 299
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios***. 300
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts. 301
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts. 302
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions. 303
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts. 304
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario. 305
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact. 306
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts. 307
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts. 309
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts. 310
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario. 311
Science Diplomacy Impact Module. 313
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy. 314
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module. 316
Science DiplomNegative Cards. 8
Iran Sanctions Obama Winning. 9
Congress United. 11
AT: Debt Ceiling Thumper. 13
AT: Nominations Thumper. 14
Political Capital High Now.. 15
Immigration Reform Will Pass. 16
Affirmative Cards. 18
Debt Ceiling Thumper. 19
Nomination Thumper. 21
Iran Sanctions Obama Losing. 23
Political Capital Low Now.. 25
Thumpers. 26
Immigration Reform Won’t Pass. 27
PREVIOUS THURSDAY FILES. 28
Iran Cards from 12/12. 29
U 1NC. 30
U 2NC. 32
AT Democrats Back from Deal 34
Yes House. 35
Menendez IL. 37
AT Obama Veto. 38
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 39
AT: HC Thumper. 40
2NC Impact Overview.. 41
Turns Hegemony. 46
Turns US Credibility. 48
Turns Economy. 49
Central Asia Impact. 51
General Nuclear War Impact. 52
Middle East War Module. 53
Syria Module. 55
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 58
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 59
AT: Deal Fails. 60
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 61
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 64
Aff- Budget Deal 66
No Farm Bill 67
Yes Farm Bill 69
No Immigration Reform.. 70
No Unemployment Insurance Benefits. 73
Aff- Budget Agreement. 74
Last week’s Thursday File. 75
Thursday File – 12/5/13. 76
Farm Bill 79
1NC Shell 80
2NC/1NR Overview.. 83
2NC/1NR Will Pass. 85
PC Key. 87
AT: HC Thumper. 89
Ext – Key to Food Prices. 90
A2: Food Impact Defense. 93
General 96
High Prices Bad – CCP.. 97
Russia Impact. 99
Pakistan Impact. 101
Moral Obligation Impact. 102
US Key to Global Food. 103
Turns Econ. 104
Iran Sanctions. 106
Iran Sanctions—1NC Shell 107
Uniqueness Extensions/Uniqueness. 109
2NC Impact Overview.. 110
Turns Hegemony. 115
Turns US Credibility. 117
Turns Economy. 118
Central Asia Impact. 120
General Nuclear War Impact. 121
Middle East War Module. 122
Syria Module. 124
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 127
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 128
AT: Deal Fails. 129
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 130
General 133
Theory. 134
A2: Bottom of Docket. 135
A2: Do Both. 136
A2: Fiat Takes out Link. 137
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No). 138
A2: K’s of Politics. 139
Generic. 140
Aff. 143
Top Level 144
2AC PC Low/Not Key. 145
PC Low.. 146
Farm Bill 147
Won’t Pass. 148
PC Not Key. 150
Resource Wars Defense. 151
Food Security Defense. 153
Iran Sanctions. 155
New Sanctions Will Pass. 156
2AC Iran Prolif Defense. 158
Ext – No Impact To Prolif. 159
AT: Prolif Emboldens Iran. 160
AT: Prolif Leads to Terrorist Handoff. 161
AT: Prolif Leads to ME Prolif/Spills Over. 162
Immigration. 163
Won’t Pass. 164
A2: PC Key. 165
1AR PC Not Key. 166
Obama PC Not Key. 167
Aging. 168
Agriculture. 170
Biotech. 172
Deficit. 173
India Relations Impact Answers. 176
Latin American Relations Impact. 177
A2: Nye. 179
Science Diplomacy Impact. 180
Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 184
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 187
ENDA.. 188
Won’t Pass. 189
AT: Will Pass – Public. 192
No Impact. 193
Immigration Reform BACKFILE. 194
Uniqueness Will Pass. 195
Internal Link Capital Key. 198
1NC. 200
Uniqueness. 203
Top of Agenda. 204
Will Pass- Conference. 205
Will Pass- Dialogue. 206
Will Pass- Momentum.. 207
A2: No Pass- Same as 2006. 208
A2: Boehner. 209
A2: Rubio Means No Pass. 210
Delay Link. 211
A2: Piecemeal 212
A2: Farm Bill Thumps. 213
Internal Links. 214
Political Capital Key to Immigration. 215
A2: No PC. 221
A2: Winners Win. 222
A2: Hirsh. 231
Dem Unity Key to PC. 233
Obama Pushing. 234
Popularity Key to PC. 235
GOP Key. 237
Boehner PC Key. 238
Speaker PC True. 239
Impacts. 241
A2: Kick the Can. 242
A2: XO Solves. 243
2NC Hegemony. 244
Agriculture Impact Module. 247
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag. 248
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag. 249
Alternative Energy Impacts. 250
Asian Wars. 251
China. 253
Competitiveness Impacts. 254
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness. 257
Cyber-Terrorism Module. 259
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 260
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy. 266
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied. 267
Econ Turns Environment Impacts. 268
Econ Impact – Protectionism.. 269
Econ Turns Russia/China Relations. 271
Econ Impact – War. 272
Econ Impact – Warming. 273
Hegemony Impact Module. 274
India Relations Module. 275
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient. 276
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations. 278
India Relations: Democracy Impacts. 279
India Relations: Economy Impacts. 280
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts. 281
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact. 282
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts. 283
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module. 284
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation. 285
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War. 286
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module. 288
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism.. 289
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module. 290
Latin American Relations Module. 291
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview.. 292
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations. 293
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient. 295
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time. 297
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key. 298
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves. 299
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios***. 300
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts. 301
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts. 302
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions. 303
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts. 304
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario. 305
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact. 306
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts. 307
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts. 309
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts. 310
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario. 311
Science Diplomacy Impact Module. 313
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy. 314
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module. 316
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module. 317
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module. 318
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact. 319
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link. 320
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts. 322
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact. 323
Turns Poverty/Structural Violence. 324
A2: Impact Turns. 325
AT: Brain Drain Turn. 326
AT: Overpopulation Turn. 328
AT: Wages Turn. 331
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Thursday File 12-12
By bencosmef
This week's Thursday File was a little delayed because the budget deal was still be debating and the best scenario was unknown for much of the day. In the end given the current state of the budget deal the best scenario for this weekend was Iran sanctions. This week's file updates the scenario.
Iran contains a big external impact to most AFFs. Because Obama is trying to prevent legislation it is much more realistic that he is able to do this in the current political climate. The file is primarily update with all the 1NC and 2NC uniqueness cards from today, and the backfile necessary to run the DA.
This week's author is Francisco Becosme, he debated at Wake Forest University where he appeared in the octofinals of Harvard, Texas, and GSU, and was invited to participate in the prestigious Pittsburgh Round Robin. Currently, he is a capitol hill staffer who actually works in this area every day. He has in the past helped the Bronx Science team and has coached numerous successful high school teams.
Thursday File 12-12
U 1NC. 5
U 2NC. 7
AT Democrats Back from Deal 9
Yes House. 10
Menendez IL. 12
AT Obama Veto. 13
AT: Johnson Shelved Decision. 14
AT: HC Thumper. 15
2NC Impact Overview.. 16
Turns Hegemony. 21
Turns US Credibility. 23
Turns Economy. 24
Central Asia Impact. 26
General Nuclear War Impact. 27
Middle East War Module. 28
Syria Module. 30
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 33
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 34
AT: Deal Fails. 35
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 36
Aff- Iran Sanctions. 40
Aff- Budget Deal 42
No Farm Bill 43
Yes Farm Bill 45
No Immigration Reform.. 46
No Unemployment Insurance Benefits. 49
Aff- Budget Agreement. 50
Last week’s Thursday File. 51
Thursday File – 12/5/13. 52
Farm Bill 55
1NC Shell 56
2NC/1NR Overview.. 59
2NC/1NR Will Pass. 61
PC Key. 63
AT: HC Thumper. 65
Ext – Key to Food Prices. 66
A2: Food Impact Defense. 69
General 72
High Prices Bad – CCP.. 73
Russia Impact. 75
Pakistan Impact. 77
Moral Obligation Impact. 78
US Key to Global Food. 79
Turns Econ. 80
Iran Sanctions. 82
Iran Sanctions—1NC Shell 83
Uniqueness Extensions/Uniqueness. 85
2NC Impact Overview.. 86
Turns Hegemony. 91
Turns US Credibility. 93
Turns Economy. 94
Central Asia Impact. 96
General Nuclear War Impact. 97
Middle East War Module. 98
Syria Module. 100
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 103
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 104
AT: Deal Fails. 105
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 106
General 109
Theory. 110
A2: Bottom of Docket. 111
A2: Do Both. 112
A2: Fiat Takes out Link. 113
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No). 114
A2: K’s of Politics. 115
Generic. 116
Aff. 119
Top Level 120
2AC PC Low/Not Key. 121
PC Low.. 122
Farm Bill 123
Won’t Pass. 124
PC Not Key. 126
Resource Wars Defense. 127
Food Security Defense. 129
Iran Sanctions. 131
New Sanctions Will Pass. 132
2AC Iran Prolif Defense. 134
Ext – No Impact To Prolif. 135
AT: Prolif Emboldens Iran. 136
AT: Prolif Leads to Terrorist Handoff. 137
AT: Prolif Leads to ME Prolif/Spills Over. 138
Immigration. 139
Won’t Pass. 140
A2: PC Key. 141
1AR PC Not Key. 142
Obama PC Not Key. 143
Aging. 144
Agriculture. 146
Biotech. 148
Deficit. 149
India Relations Impact Answers. 152
Latin American Relations Impact. 153
A2: Nye. 155
Science Diplomacy Impact. 156
Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 160
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 163
ENDA.. 164
Won’t Pass. 165
AT: Will Pass – Public. 168
No Impact. 169
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Thursday File - 12/5
By twoAC
This week's Thursday file contains two viable scenarios - the farm bill and Iran sanctions.
Farm bill - the existing farm bill will expire at the end of the calendar year. If a new bill doesn't get passed by then food prices will spike and we get to see our own version of The Hunger Games. Seriously though, it would be bad for food prices and the file includes extensive evidence backing that up.
Iran sanctions - While a preliminary deal may have been reached, Congress wants to pass a package of sanctions that will be triggered if Iran reneges on the deal. Your argument is that such a package would signal that our negotiations were in bad faith and collapse the deal, enabling Iran prolif.
The file also includes affirmative answers to these scenarios and other DAs like immigration reform and ENDA,
Good luck this weekend and may the odds be ever in your favor,
BGM
I debated for four years at Groves High School in Beverly Hills, MI. During my senior year I debated almost exclusively on the national circuit, reaching elimination rounds at East Grand Rapids, New Trier, and Harvard. I have debated for four years at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, clearing at regional and national tournaments and during the 2011-12 season qualifying for the NDT. As a coach for Seaholm High School my debaters have reached elimination rounds at local and national tournaments.
Thursday File – 12/5/13 1
Farm Bill 4
1NC Shell 5
2NC/1NR Overview 8
2NC/1NR Will Pass 10
PC Key 12
AT: HC Thumper 14
Ext – Key to Food Prices 15
A2: Food Impact Defense 18
General 21
High Prices Bad – CCP 22
Russia Impact 24
Pakistan Impact 26
Moral Obligation Impact 27
US Key to Global Food 28
Turns Econ 29
Iran Sanctions 31
Iran Sanctions—1NC Shell 32
Uniqueness Extensions/Uniqueness 34
2NC Impact Overview 35
Turns Hegemony 40
Turns US Credibility 42
Turns Economy 43
Central Asia Impact 45
General Nuclear War Impact 46
Middle East War Module 47
Syria Module 49
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred 52
AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 53
AT: Deal Fails 54
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 55
General 58
Theory 59
A2: Bottom of Docket 60
A2: Do Both 61
A2: Fiat Takes out Link 62
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No) 63
A2: K’s of Politics 64
Generic 65
Aff 68
Top Level 69
2AC PC Low/Not Key 70
PC Low 71
Farm Bill 72
Won’t Pass 73
PC Not Key 75
Resource Wars Defense 76
Food Security Defense 78
Iran Sanctions 80
New Sanctions Will Pass 81
2AC Iran Prolif Defense 83
Ext – No Impact To Prolif 84
AT: Prolif Emboldens Iran 85
AT: Prolif Leads to Terrorist Handoff 86
AT: Prolif Leads to ME Prolif/Spills Over 87
Immigration 88
Won’t Pass 89
A2: PC Key 90
1AR PC Not Key 91
Obama PC Not Key 92
Aging 93
Agriculture 95
Biotech 97
Deficit 98
India Relations Impact Answers 101
Latin American Relations Impact 102
A2: Nye 104
Science Diplomacy Impact 105
Skilled Worker Impact Answers 109
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns 112
ENDA 113
Won’t Pass 114
AT: Will Pass – Public 117
No Impact 118
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Thursday File 11-21-2013
By South-X
This week's file focuses on Iran Sanctions. Right now, Obama is involved in meetings in Geneva with the P5+1. They're making progress, but can only come to an international agreement on Iran IF congress doesn't unilaterally pass the Iran legislation that is in the house. So, it's a little different spin to your usual political capital causes X legislation to pass This nuance should help you with teams who don't understand the DA, it is also very unique because it requires stopping legislation which is much more feasible in the current political landscape than other DAs. The impacts are huge from Iran, and should be external to most Latin America affirmatives.
We have included in the file AFF answers to Iran, Immigration, SNAP, and ENDA. Politics are in flux right now and you need to be prepared to answer a wide variety of positions. Neg updates are also included for immigration and ENDA. The backfile for those disads are in this weeks TF so you can run ANY of the three DAs mentioned. This file should provide you all the flexibility to finish your semester strong.
This file was written by Ross and Stephanie Garrett. Ross Garrett is an assistant debate coach at Kent Denver, and has previously coached for New Trier, Mountain Brook, and Samford University. His students have won top speaker at Blake, won the Emory tournament, appeared in elimination rounds at the TOC, and have received TOC bids at tournaments around the country. Samford appeared in the octofinals of the NDT and was ranked in the top 25 poll throughout his tenure. Stephanie Garrett is the head debate coach at Kent Denver, her teams have appeared in the elimination rounds at Wake Forest, Iowa Caucus, Alta and finals of JV Glenbrooks this season, and are the Colorado state champions.
Negative Cards 7
Iran Sanctions 8
Iran Sanctions—1NC Shell 9
Uniqueness Extensions—Iran Sanctions DA 11
2NC Impact Overview 15
Hegemony Impact 17
Economy Impact 18
Central Asia Impact 20
General Nuclear War Impact 21
US Credibility—Case Turn 22
AT: Iran Deal Won’t Happen 23
AT: Sanctions Won’t Hurt Deal 25
Immigration Reform 27
Uniqueness Will Pass 28
Internal Link Capital Key 31
ENDA 33
Will Pass 34
Affirmative Cards 35
Iran Sanctions 36
2AC Frontline 37
Uniqueness Deal Done Extensions 42
Uniqueness No P5 Deal 43
Immigration Reform 45
Won’t Pass 46
ENDA 48
Won’t Pass 49
SNAP 50
Snap 2AC Frontline 51
General AFF Cards 55
Winners Win 56
No Link 58
Obama PC Low Now 59
Uniqueness—Obama Winning Fight 61
***PRIOR FILES INCLUDED****
OLD Iran File 63
Iran 1nc Shell 64
Uniqueness Extensions 68
UQ: Top of the Docket 69
UQ: Current Diplomacy Succeeding 70
UQ: Now Key 71
Internal Link Extensions 72
IL’s: Capital Key 73
IL: Removing Sanctions Stops Prolif 75
IL: AT: Sanctions Good 78
IL: International Unity 80
IL: Obama Flexibility Key to Solve Iran 81
IL: AT: Waivers Solve 82
Impact Extensions 83
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad 84
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred 87
Impacts: Economy Module 88
Impacts: Hegemony 90
Impacts: Middle East War Module 91
Impacts: Syria Module 93
Impacts: AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 97
AFF Answers--Iran 98
2ac Iran Answers 99
AFF: No US-Iran War 102
OLD ENDA File 103
1NC 104
Uniqueness 109
2NC/1NR 110
Bipartisan support 113
A/T Boehner will block 116
ENDA Popular 118
Impacts 119
General 120
ENDA Key 121
Whiteness 122
Compulsory Heterosexuality 124
Root Cause 125
D-Rule 127
AIDS 128
A/T 2AC 129
A/T Winners win 130
A/T Intrinsicness 133
AT – Plan Popular with Public 134
AT – Bottom of the Docket 136
A/T Timeframe 137
A2: Do Both 138
A/T Political Capital 139
A/T No bipartisanship 140
A/T ENDA hurts businesses 141
OLD Immigration FILE 142
1NC 143
Uniqueness 146
Top of Agenda 147
Will Pass- Conference 148
Will Pass- Dialogue 149
Will Pass- Momentum 150
A2: No Pass- Same as 2006 151
A2: Boehner 152
A2: Rubio Means No Pass 153
Delay Link 154
A2: Piecemeal 155
A2: Farm Bill Thumps 156
Internal Links 157
Political Capital Key to Immigration 158
A2: No PC 164
A2: Winners Win 165
A2: Hirsh 174
Dem Unity Key to PC 176
Obama Pushing 177
Popularity Key to PC 178
GOP Key 180
Boehner PC Key 181
Speaker PC True 182
Impacts 184
A2: Kick the Can 185
A2: XO Solves 186
2NC Hegemony 187
Agriculture Impact Module 190
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag 191
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag 192
Alternative Energy Impacts 193
Asian Wars 194
China 196
Competitiveness Impacts 197
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness 200
Cyber-Terrorism Module 202
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy 203
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy 210
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied 211
Econ Turns Environment Impacts 212
Econ Impact – Protectionism 213
Econ Turns Russia/China Relations 215
Econ Impact – War 216
Econ Impact – Warming 217
Hegemony Impact Module 218
India Relations Module 219
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient 220
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations 222
India Relations: Democracy Impacts 223
India Relations: Economy Impacts 224
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts 225
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact 226
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts 227
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module 228
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation 229
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War 230
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module 232
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism 233
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module 234
Latin American Relations Module 235
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview 236
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations 237
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient 239
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time 241
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key 242
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves 243
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios*** 244
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts 245
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts 246
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions 247
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts 248
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario 249
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact 250
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts 251
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts 253
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts 254
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario 255
Science Diplomacy Impact Module 257
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy 258
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module 260
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module 261
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module 263
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact 264
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link 265
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts 267
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact 268
Turns Poverty/Structural Violence 269
A2: Impact Turns 270
AT: Brain Drain Turn 271
AT: Overpopulation Turn 273
AT: Wages Turn 276
Theory 278
A2: Bottom of Docket 279
A2: Do Both 280
A2: Fiat Takes out Link 281
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No) 282
A2: K’s of Politics 283
Generic 284
Aff 287
Immigration 288
No Pass- Conservatives 289
No Pass- Democrats 290
No Pass- Differences 291
No Pass- GOP Dislike of Obama 292
No Pass- Insurance Cancellation 293
A2: Passes- Business Leaders 294
A2: PC Key 295
1AR PC Not Key 296
Obama PC Not Key 298
Aging 299
Agriculture 302
Biotech 305
Deficit 306
India Relations Impact Answers 309
Latin American Relations Impact 310
A2: Nye 312
Science Diplomacy Impact 314
Skilled Worker Impact Answers 318
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns 321
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Thursday File 11/14
By thedudelacan
Immigration is nearly dead, and is probably dead for the foreseeable future so I have created 2 possible replacements. First is the Employment Non-discrimination Act or ENDA. This is a bipartisanship da, not a political captial. ENDA is key to stop employment discrimination against those who identify as LGBT. Bipart is key to get the bill to the floor where the evidence is rather conclusive that there is a majority who will vote for the bill. The second DA is an Iran sanctions political capital da. The Obama administration is working on a deal for Iran to stop is nuclear weapons program. There is good reason to think this deal will be done by the end of the month. Both Democrats and Republicans are against providing any significant concessions to Iran, thus they are working on legislation to block Obama from lifting any sanctions and they plan to add more. So in the status quo they can't get sanctions passed, but Obama needs is political capital prevent passage. Plan takes Obama's capital away, sanctions are passed and no Iran deal. I have included the Immigration DA in case you do not want to give up on it. Finally, the file provides many uniqueness answers regarding Obama's ability to influence, or Congress getting anything done.
Author: Donny Peters, Assistant Director of Forensics California State University Fullerton.
Donny has over 12 years coaching experience at the high school and college level. He has coached teams to national success at the novice, JV and Open levels including elimination rounds at CEDA and the NDT.
Thursday File, 11/14
ENDA 1
1NC 2
Uniqueness 6
2NC/1NR 7
Bipartisan support 9
A/T Boehner will block 12
ENDA Popular 14
Impacts 15
General 16
ENDA Key 17
Whiteness 18
Compulsory Heterosexuality 20
Root Cause 21
D-Rule 23
AIDS 24
A/T 2AC 25
A/T Winners win 26
A/T Intrinsicness 29
AT – Plan Popular with Public 30
AT – Bottom of the Docket 32
A/T Timeframe 33
A2: Do Both 34
A/T Political Capital 35
A/T No bipartisanship 36
A/T ENDA hurts businesses 37
Iran Nuclear Deal 38
Nuke Deal Good 1NC 39
Uniqueness 43
Political Capital Key 46
Sanctions will block Nuke Deal 48
Impacts 49
Immigration 53
1NC 54
Will pass 57
Obama Pushing Immigration Reform 58
Political Capital Key to Immigration 59
A2: Winners Win 62
A2: Kick the Can 68
A2: XO Solves 69
2NC Hegemony 70
Affirmative Answers 73
ENDA 74
Iran 77
Immigration 82
Generic Uniqueness Answers 84
Thumpers 89
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Thursday File 11-7
By chiefs
This week's Thursday file breaks new ground on immigration. Obama has just enough capital to get immigration through. The file has a litany of new cards and internal link evidence. This file includes amazing new impact defense to the common impact scenarios as well.
Kendall Kaut just finished his career at Baylor where he was a 3 time NDT qualifier. He has been in the outrounds of many tournaments including: GSU, UMKC, Northwestern, Kentucky, Wake and USC. In highschool, he finished 6th and was 13th speaker at the 2009 NFL national tournament. He has led labs at Baylor and the JDI.
Immigration 5
1NC 6
Uniqueness 9
Top of Agenda 10
Will Pass- Conference 11
Will Pass- Dialogue 12
Will Pass- Momentum 13
A2: No Pass- Same as 2006 14
A2: Boehner 15
A2: Rubio Means No Pass 16
Delay Link 17
A2: Piecemeal 18
A2: Farm Bill Thumps 19
Internal Links 20
Political Capital Key to Immigration 21
A2: No PC 27
A2: Winners Win 28
A2: Hirsh 37
Dem Unity Key to PC 39
Obama Pushing 40
Popularity Key to PC 41
GOP Key 43
Boehner PC Key 44
Speaker PC True 45
Impacts 47
A2: Kick the Can 48
A2: XO Solves 49
2NC Hegemony 50
Agriculture Impact Module 53
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag 54
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag 55
Alternative Energy Impacts 56
Asian Wars 57
China 59
Competitiveness Impacts 60
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness 72
Cyber-Terrorism Module 74
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy 75
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy 81
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied 82
Econ Turns Environment Impacts 83
Econ Impact – Protectionism 84
Econ Turns Russia/China Relations 86
Econ Impact – War 87
Econ Impact – Warming 88
Hegemony Impact Module 89
India Relations Module 90
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient 91
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations 93
India Relations: Democracy Impacts 94
India Relations: Economy Impacts 95
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts 96
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact 97
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts 98
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module 99
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation 100
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War 101
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module 103
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism 104
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module 105
Latin American Relations Module 106
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview 107
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations 108
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient 110
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time 112
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key 113
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves 114
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios*** 115
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts 116
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts 117
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions 118
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts 119
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario 120
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact 121
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts 122
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts 124
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts 125
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario 126
Science Diplomacy Impact Module 128
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy 129
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module 131
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module 132
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module 133
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact 134
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link 135
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts 137
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact 138
Turns Poverty/Structural Violence 139
A2: Impact Turns 140
AT: Brain Drain Turn 141
AT: Overpopulation Turn 143
AT: Wages Turn 146
Theory 148
A2: Bottom of Docket 149
A2: Do Both 150
A2: Fiat Takes out Link 151
A2: Introduction of plan triggers(vote No) 152
A2: K’s of Politics 153
Generic 154
Aff 157
Immigration 158
No Pass- Conservatives 159
No Pass- Democrats 160
No Pass- Differences 161
No Pass- GOP Dislike of Obama 162
No Pass- Insurance Cancellation 163
A2: Passes- Business Leaders 164
A2: PC Key 165
1AR PC Not Key 166
Obama PC Not Key 167
Aging 168
Agriculture 170
Biotech 172
Deficit 173
India Relations Impact Answers 176
Latin American Relations Impact 177
A2: Nye 179
Science Diplomacy Impact 180
Skilled Worker Impact Answers 184
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns 187
Thumpers 188
Farm Bill & Budget 189
Minimum Wage 190
A2: Immigration Top 191
Iran Sanctions 192
Iran Sanctions 193
No Relief 194
Delay Solves 195
A2: Obama Needs Capital to Prevent Tough Sanctions 196
A2: Iran Econ 197
A2: U.S.-Iran War 198
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Thursday File - 10/31
By twoAC
This week's Thursday file is all treats, no tricks. It updates the immigration reform disad that has been developing over the past few weeks, including plenty of cards from the past couple days that will help you scare your opponents into submission. Also included are affirmative answers to immigration, the Iran DA, and some other disads that have been creeping their way into the college debate circuit like the TPA, Farm Bill, and the 2014 midterms DAs. As an added bonus, I have included a new uniqueness card for the China SOI DA, as well as some random impact updates I have found in the last few weeks. Think of this as a king size candy bar at a fun size price. Happy Halloween, all! Hope to see you in Ann Arbor this weekend.
I debated for four years at Groves High School in Beverly Hills, MI. During my senior year I debated almost exclusively on the national circuit, reaching elimination rounds at East Grand Rapids, New Trier, and Harvard. I have debated for four years at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, clearing at regional and national tournaments and during the 2011-12 season qualifying for the NDT. As a coach for Seaholm High School my debaters have reached elimination rounds at local and national tournaments.
Email/fb me if you want to discuss this file or anything else about debate.
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Thursday File – 10/31/13 (Happy Halloween!) 2
Neg – Immigration DA.. 7
1NC Shell 8
Uniqueness Extensions. 11
UQ: Will Pass Now.. 12
UQ: Obama has capital now.. 21
UQ: Republicans Divided Now.. 22
UQ: Top of Docket 23
UQ: Obama will use capital on immigration reform... 26
UQ: Obama willing to go with piece by piece approach. 27
AT---Boehner 28
AT---UQ Overwhelms. 29
AT---Kick the Can. 30
AT---Piecemeal Reform Inev/Solves. 32
Top o Docket 33
AT---Thumper---Shutdown/Debt 34
AT---Thumper---Farm Bill 35
Link Extensions. 36
Links: Winners Win Answers. 37
Links: AT: “Go for the throat†Turn. 47
2NC/1NR Floor Time Link. 48
Internal Link Extensions. 49
Internals: Political Capital is Key. 50
Internals: Bipartisanship. 56
Internals: AT: Hirsh/Political Capital Doesn’t Exist 57
Internals: PC Key/A2 Obama Bad. 59
Internal Links: Popularity key to political capital 61
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Path to Citizenship. 63
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Skilled Worker Reform... 64
Internals: Republicans Key to Agenda. 66
AT---Unilateral Action. 68
Impacts. 69
Impact Overview.. 70
Impact Modules. 71
Agriculture Impact Module. 72
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag. 73
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag. 74
Alternative Energy Impacts. 75
Asian Wars. 76
China. 78
Competitiveness Impacts. 79
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness. 82
Cyber-Terrorism Module. 84
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 85
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy. 91
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied. 92
Econ Turns Environment Impacts. 93
Econ Impact – Protectionism... 94
Econ Turns Russia/China Relations. 96
Econ Impact – War 97
Econ Impact – Warming. 98
Hegemony Impact Module. 99
India Relations Module. 100
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient 101
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations. 103
India Relations: Democracy Impacts. 104
India Relations: Economy Impacts. 105
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts. 106
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact 107
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts. 108
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module. 109
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation. 110
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War 111
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module. 113
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism... 114
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module. 115
Latin American Relations Module. 116
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview.. 117
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations. 118
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient 120
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time. 122
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key. 123
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves. 124
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios***. 125
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts. 126
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts. 127
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions. 128
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts. 129
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario. 130
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact 131
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts. 132
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts. 134
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts. 135
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario. 136
Science Diplomacy Impact Module. 138
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy. 139
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module. 141
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module. 142
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module. 143
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact 144
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link. 145
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts. 147
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact 148
Turns Poverty/Structural Violence. 149
Immigration – AT: Impact Turns. 150
AT: Brain Drain Turn. 151
AT: Overpopulation Turn. 153
AT: Wages Turn. 156
Answers to: Theory Arguments. 158
AT: Non-Intrinsic: Pass the Plan and Do your scenario. 159
AT: “Say Noâ€. 161
AT: Plan is Bottom of the Docket 162
Neg – Iran DA.. 163
1NC Shell 164
Uniqueness Extensions. 168
UQ: Top of the Docket 169
UQ: Current Diplomacy Succeeding. 170
UQ: Now Key. 171
Internal Link Extensions. 172
IL’s: Capital Key. 173
IL: Removing Sanctions Stops Prolif. 175
IL: AT: Sanctions Good. 178
IL: International Unity. 180
IL: Obama Flexibility Key to Solve Iran. 181
IL: AT: Waivers Solve. 182
Impact Extensions. 183
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 184
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 187
Impacts: Economy Module. 188
Impacts: Hegemony. 189
Impacts: Middle East War Module. 190
Impacts: Syria Module. 192
Impacts: AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 195
AFF. 196
Top Level 197
PC Low.. 198
General Thumper/No Pass. 200
Health Care Thumper 201
Immigration. 202
Immigration Reform—2ac Front-line. 203
1ar Extensions: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 206
1ar: AT: Boehner will violate Hastert Rule. 215
1AR: AT---Conference Committee. 217
1AR---Kick the Can. 218
1AR---Kiss o Death. 219
1ar Winners Win: AT: Debt Ceiling Fight is big win. 220
1ar Extensions: Winners Win. 221
1ar: Obama Capital Not Key to Immigration Reform... 222
2ac: India Relations Impact Answers. 223
2ac vs. Latin American Relations Impact 224
2ac vs. Science Diplomacy Impact 226
2ac: Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 230
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 233
Iran. 234
2ac Iran Answers. 235
AFF: No US-Iran War 238
TPA.. 239
Won’t Pass. 240
PC not key. 241
Farm Bill 242
Won’t Pass. 243
Debt Ceiling Part 2. 245
2AC.. 246
2014 Midterms. 247
2AC Too Far Off. 248
UQ: Dems won’t retake House. 249
UQ: Republicans won’t gain Senate. 250
Other 251
Dip Cap Low.. 252
AT: Politics Turns Hege. 253
China Influence Up. 254
Manufacturing Up. 255
Iran Prolif Now.. 257
US-India Relations High. 258
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Thursday File 10-22 - Immigration
This week’s Thursday File brings you an updated version of the immigration disadvantage. Following the shutdown/debt ceiling debate, Obama emerged the winner and has the upper hand moving forward on immigration reform. However, he needs to maintain his political capital to shepherd a deal in the House that will garner Republican support. The uniqueness evidence is even better than last weeks. Also included are a wide variety of aff responses including no pass cards, a2 obama’s pc, and reasons the bill will inevitably be delayed but pass later. Additionally, there are some general thumpers/gridlock cards to deal with any other potential DA’s you might encounter. Happy debating
Strategy Guide. 5
Immigration Reform Shell 6
Uniqueness Extensions. 10
UQ: Will Pass Now.. 11
UQ: Obama has capital now.. 16
UQ: Republicans Divided Now.. 17
UQ: Top of Docket 18
UQ: Obama will use capital on immigration reform.. 21
UQ: Obama willing to go with piece by piece approach. 22
AT---Boehner 23
AT---UQ Overwhelms. 24
AT---Kick the Can. 25
AT---Piecemeal Reform Inev/Solves. 27
Top o Docket 28
AT---Thumper---Shutdown/Debt 29
AT---Thumper---Farm Bill 30
Link Extensions. 31
Links: Winners Win Answers. 32
Links: AT: “Go for the throat†Turn. 42
Internal Link Extensions. 43
Internals: Political Capital is Key. 44
Internals: Bipartisanship. 50
Internals: AT: Hirsh/Political Capital Doesn’t Exist 51
Internals: PC Key/A2 Obama Bad. 53
Internal Links: Popularity key to political capital 55
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Path to Citizenship. 57
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Skilled Worker Reform.. 58
Internals: Republicans Key to Agenda. 60
AT---Unilateral Action. 62
Impacts. 63
Impact Overview.. 64
Impact Modules. 66
Agriculture Impact Module. 67
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag. 68
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag. 69
Alternative Energy Impacts. 70
Asian Wars. 71
China. 73
Competitiveness Impacts. 74
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness. 77
Cyber-Terrorism Module. 79
Economy Impacts. 80
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 81
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy. 87
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied. 88
Environment Impacts. 89
Hegemony Impact Module. 90
India Relations Impacts. 91
India Relations Module. 92
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient 93
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations. 95
India Relations: Democracy Impacts. 96
India Relations: Economy Impacts. 97
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts. 98
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact 99
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts. 100
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module. 101
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation. 102
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War 103
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module. 105
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism.. 106
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module. 107
Latin America Relations Impacts. 108
Latin American Relations Module. 109
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview.. 110
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations. 111
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient 113
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time. 115
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key. 116
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves. 117
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios***. 118
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts. 119
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts. 120
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions. 121
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts. 122
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario. 123
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact 124
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts. 125
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts. 127
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts. 128
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario. 129
Protectionism Impact Module. 130
Russia Relations Impacts. 132
Science Diplomacy Impacts. 133
Science Diplomacy Impact Module. 134
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy. 135
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module. 137
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module. 138
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module. 139
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact 140
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link. 141
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts. 143
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact 144
War Impacts. 145
Warming. 146
Immigration – AT: Impact Turns. 147
AT: Brain Drain Turn. 148
AT: Overpopulation Turn. 150
AT: Wages Turn. 153
Answers to: Theory Arguments. 155
AT: Non-Intrinsic: Pass the Plan and Do your scenario. 156
AT: “Say Noâ€. 158
AT: Plan is Bottom of the Docket 159
AFF Answers—Immigration Reform.. 160
Immigration Reform—2ac Front-line. 161
1ar Extensions: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 165
1ar: AT: Boehner will violate Hastert Rule. 170
1AR: AT---Conference Committee. 171
1AR---Kick the Can. 172
1AR---Kiss o Death. 173
1ar Winners Win: AT: Debt Ceiling Fight is big win. 174
1ar Extensions: Winners Win. 175
1ar: Obama Capital Not Key to Immigration Reform.. 176
2ac: India Relations Impact Answers. 177
2ac vs. Latin American Relations Impact 178
2ac vs. Science Diplomacy Impact 180
2ac: Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 184
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 187
Iran 1nc Shell 188
Uniqueness Extensions. 192
UQ: Top of the Docket 193
UQ: Current Diplomacy Succeeding. 194
UQ: Now Key. 195
Internal Link Extensions. 196
IL’s: Capital Key. 197
IL: Removing Sanctions Stops Prolif 199
IL: AT: Sanctions Good. 202
IL: International Unity. 204
IL: Obama Flexibility Key to Solve Iran. 205
IL: AT: Waivers Solve. 206
Impact Extensions. 207
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 208
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 211
Impacts: Economy Module. 212
Impacts: Hegemony. 213
Impacts: Middle East War Module. 214
Impacts: Syria Module. 216
Impacts: AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 219
AFF Answers – general 220
General Thumper/No Pass. 221
Health Care Thumper 222
AFF Answers--Iran. 223
2ac Iran Answers. 224
AFF: No US-Iran War 227
AFF: AT: Debt Ceiling Part 2. 228
AFF--AT: 2014 Midterms DA’s. 229
UQ: Dems won’t retake House. 230
UQ: Republicans won’t gain Senate. 231
Collin Roark iis an assistant coach at the University of North Texas and has coached multiple college teams to late out-rounds of many national tournaments including Wake Forest (Octos), UT-Dallas (Finals), UNT (Finals), UMKC (Octos), Wichita State (First place). He has also been coaching high school debate for over 3 years. His students have been in elimination rounds of dozens of national tournaments, including semi-finals of the TOC and NDCA. He has worked at numerous debate camps and judged elimination of national tournaments, including finals of the TOC. He debated four years at Deer Park High School and four years and the University of Texas at Dallas where his accomplishments included: three time qualifier to the NDT, first-round bid to the NDT, octo-finals of the NDT, 1st place at the UMKC tournament, octo-finals of GSU, octos at Harvard (twice), semis of Georgia, semis of Emporia, Kentucky Rd Robin invite, Pittsburgh Rd Robin Invite, 1st place at the Arizona Debate Institute Fellows Tournament and numerous speaker awards.
He debated four years at Deer Park High School and four years and the University of Texas at Dallas where his accomplishments included: three time qualifier to the NDT, first-round bid to the NDT, octo-finals of the NDT, 1st place at the UMKC tournament, octo-finals of GSU, octos at Harvard (twice), semis of Georgia, semis of Emporia, Kentucky Rd Robin invite, Pittsburgh Rd Robin Invite, 1st place at the Arizona Debate Institute Fellows Tournament and numerous speaker awards.
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Thursday File 10-17-2013
By rwgallow
After a CRAZY week in politics, there are some new big things going on. I might be a little tired after staying up to catch up, so bear with me…
Immigration is back, and it’s not bad. There are some will pass cards, mostly predicated on Obama’s overwhelming victory in the shut-down fight. I went ahead and included a robust defense of the impacts to immigration reform as well as the updated uq since Obama’s Tuesday speech on Univision where he said he would push immigration reform first after the government closed.
I also wrote an Iran disad--Congress is rallying to increase sanctions on Iran now right after the government opens up—Obama will need political capital to decrease sanctions on Iran and prevent Iranian nuclear proliferation.
I put in answers to any new debt ceiling disad is months away, and looks weak after the Republicans capitulated this time. There is also a smattering of cards suggesting that the debt ceiling win might increase chances of a Democratic House take-over in 2014, so I included a couple of answers.
Also, all my profits from this week’s Thursday File will go toward a minority scholarship in the College of Arts & Sciences at Samford University.
Ryan Galloway is the director of Debate at Samford University, with a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, he also coached for Augustana and Baylor. Samford has had NDT octofinalists and top 25 teams during his tenure. He has worked with multiple NDT first round bid teams, and was named third best judge of the decade by his peers. He has regularly judged the elimination rounds of the NDT, TOC, and NDCA championship, and was a first round bid debater himself as a debater for George Mason University.
Contents
Strategy Guide. 5
Immigration Reform Shell 6
Uniqueness Extensions. 9
UQ: Will Pass Now.. 10
UQ: Obama has capital now.. 13
UQ: Republicans Divided Now.. 14
UQ: Top of Docket 15
UQ: Obama will use capital on immigration reform... 17
UQ: Obama willing to go with piece by piece approach. 18
Link Extensions. 19
Links: Winners Win Answers. 20
Links: AT: “Go for the throat†Turn. 30
Internal Link Extensions. 31
Internals: Political Capital is Key. 32
Internals: Bipartisanship. 38
Internals: AT: Hirsh/Political Capital Doesn’t Exist 39
Internals: PC Key/A2 Obama Bad. 41
Internal Links: Popularity key to political capital 43
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Path to Citizenship. 45
Internals: Immigration Reform Includes Skilled Worker Reform... 46
Internals: Republicans Key to Agenda. 48
Impacts. 49
Impact Overview.. 50
Impact Modules. 52
Agriculture Impact Module. 53
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Ag. 54
Agriculture Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Sustainable Ag. 55
Alternative Energy Impacts. 56
Asian Wars. 57
China. 59
Competitiveness Impacts. 60
Competitiveness Internals: Immigration Reform Key to Competitiveness. 63
Cyber-Terrorism Module. 65
Economy Impacts. 66
Economy Impacts: Immigration Reform Key to Economy. 67
Economy Impacts: Skilled Workers Key to Economy. 73
Economy Impacts: AT: Impact Empirically Denied. 74
Environment Impacts. 75
Hegemony Impact Module. 76
India Relations Impacts. 77
India Relations Module. 78
India Relations—AT: Relations Resilient 79
India Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-India Relations. 81
India Relations: Democracy Impacts. 82
India Relations: Economy Impacts. 83
India Relations: Indian Economy Impacts. 84
India Relations: Iran Prolif Impact 85
India Relations: Laundry List Impacts. 86
India Relations Impacts: Prolif Module. 87
India Relations Impacts: Proliferation. 88
India Relations: Solves Indo-Pak War 89
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism Module. 91
India Relations Impacts: Terrorism... 92
India Relations Impacts: Warming Module. 93
Latin America Relations Impacts. 94
Latin American Relations Module. 95
Latin America Relations—Impact Overview.. 96
Latin America Internals: Immigration Reform Key to US-Latin American Relations. 97
Latin American Relations: AT—Relations Resilient 99
Latin American Relations—Now Key Time. 101
Latin American Relations: US Actions Key. 102
Latin American Relations: Even Watered Down Reform Solves. 103
***Latin American Relations Impact Scenarios***. 104
Latin American Relations—Alternative Energy Impacts. 105
Latin America Relations—Biofuels Impacts. 106
Latin American Relations: Democracy Impact Extensions. 107
Latin America Relations—Nuclear Power Impacts. 108
Latin American Relations: Oil Dependence Scenario. 109
Latin American Relations—Oil Prices Impact 110
Latin American Relations: Poverty Impacts. 111
Latin American Relations: Soft Power Impacts. 113
Latin America Relations: Solar-Wind Impacts. 114
Latin American Relations: Warming Impact Scenario. 115
Protectionism Impact Module. 116
Russia Relations Impacts. 118
Science Diplomacy Impacts. 119
Science Diplomacy Impact Module. 120
Science Diplomacy Internals: Visas Key to Science Diplomacy. 121
Science Diplomacy: China Impact Module. 123
Science Diplomacy: Disease Impact Module. 124
Science Diplomacy: Middle East Impact Module. 125
Science Diplomacy: Poverty Impact 126
Science Diplomacy: Soft Power Internal Link. 127
Science Diplomacy: War Impacts. 129
Science Diplomacy: Warming Impact 130
War Impacts. 131
Warming. 132
Immigration – AT: Impact Turns. 133
AT: Brain Drain Turn. 134
AT: Overpopulation Turn. 136
AT: Wages Turn. 139
Answers to: Theory Arguments. 141
AT: Non-Intrinsic: Pass the Plan and Do your scenario. 142
AT: “Say Noâ€. 144
AT: Plan is Bottom of the Docket 145
AFF Answers—Immigration Reform... 146
Immigration Reform—2ac Front-line. 147
1ar Extensions: Immigration Reform Won’t Pass Now.. 150
1ar: AT: Boehner will violate Hastert Rule. 154
1ar Winners Win: AT: Debt Ceiling Fight is big win. 155
1ar Extensions: Winners Win. 156
1ar: Obama Capital Not Key to Immigration Reform... 157
2ac: India Relations Impact Answers. 158
2ac vs. Latin American Relations Impact 159
2ac vs. Science Diplomacy Impact 161
2ac: Skilled Worker Impact Answers. 165
2ac: Skilled Workers Impact Turns. 168
Iran 1nc Shell 169
Uniqueness Extensions. 173
UQ: Top of the Docket 174
UQ: Current Diplomacy Succeeding. 175
UQ: Now Key. 176
Internal Link Extensions. 177
IL’s: Capital Key. 178
IL: Removing Sanctions Stops Prolif. 180
IL: AT: Sanctions Good. 183
IL: International Unity. 185
IL: Obama Flexibility Key to Solve Iran. 186
IL: AT: Waivers Solve. 187
Impact Extensions. 188
Impacts: Iran Prolif Bad. 189
Impacts: AT: Iran will be deterred. 192
Impacts: Economy Module. 193
Impacts: Hegemony. 194
Impacts: Middle East War Module. 195
Impacts: Syria Module. 197
Impacts: AT: Can’t Trust Rouhani 200
AFF Answers--Iran. 201
2ac Iran Answers. 202
AFF: No US-Iran War 205
AFF: AT: Debt Ceiling Part 2. 206
AFF--AT: 2014 Midterms DA’s. 207
UQ: Dems won’t retake House. 208
UQ: Republicans won’t gain Senate. 209
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Thursday File 10-10-2013
By bencosmef
Just when it looked like there was no real hope for a politics DA a new proposal is being thrown out to avoid the debt ceiling, and this week our file is up to date on that situation. An 11th hour proposal to raise the debt ceiling temporarily (about 6 weeks) to make time for negotiations and avoid default is now on the table. The proposal itself generated strong gains in the stock market proving just how viable resolving the debt ceiling is. This file was made by not only a great debate mind but also someone who actually works as a Capitol Hill staffer right now. Find out more about the author and file below.
While you might think that the government shutdown means that no politics scenario really has any impact the debt ceiling is really what has been moving markets. The markets went up even after the shutdown; it was only when there was talk about defaulting that they really reacted. The impact scenario for debt ceiling is still very real. Obama actually gave a press conference this week where he indicated that a lot of the executive workarounds are not legally viable damaging a lot of affirmative answers. Finally, it could never be a better time for the link scenario, how bizarre would it be for Obama to try and inject discussions about Latin America into the current debate, he already cancelled 1 foreign policy trip for this very reason.
This week's author is Francisco Becosme, he debated at Wake Forest University where he appeared in the octofinals of Harvard, Texas, and GSU, and was invited to participate in the prestigious Pittsburgh Round Robin. Currently, he is a capitol hill staffer who actually works in this area every day. He has in the past helped the Bronx Science team and has coached numerous successful high school teams.
Table of Contents. 2
1NC. 6
U 2NC. 8
Will Pass- Political Capital 9
Will Pass- Negotiations. 10
Will Pass- Rhetoric Shift. 11
Will Pass- Republicans Will Cave. 13
Will Pass- Senate Dems. 14
Will Pass- Senate Republicans. 15
Will Pass/Pol Cap Key- Public Opinion. 16
Obama is Spending Political Capital 17
A2 Obama Won’t Negotiate. 18
A2 No Political Capital 19
Pol Cap Key. 22
Single Focus IL. 24
AT XO Solves. 25
AT: Treasury Solves. 27
Yes Econ Collapse—Default. 28
Yes Economic Collapse. 31
AT: Shutdown Good—Debt Ceiling. 34
AT: Shutdown Good—Gridlock. 36
AT: No default (mitchell). 37
AT: Economy Resilient. 39
***2NC Overview***. 42
Link Alone Turns Case. 46
General/Engagement. 47
Democracy. 50
Latin Relations. 52
Mexico. 53
Trade/Protectionism.. 54
2nc food prices impact. 57
2NC Cyber. 59
2NC Oil Spills. 61
Aff. 64
Won’t Pass. 65
Political Capital Fails. 67
Pol Cap Not Key. 68
No Default- Treasury Checks. 70
**Last TF Politics 1NC’s**. 72
Bully Pulpit 1NC. 73
Party Unity 1NC. 77
Bully Pulpit 2NC Mechanics. 81
Bully Pulpit Key. 82
A2: Not Using Bully Pulpit. 84
2NC Delay Link. 85
A2: Compromise/GOP win Link Turn. 86
A2: Negotiations Solve. 87
A2: Obama Not Negotiating. 89
Party Unity 2NC Mechanics. 90
Dem Unity Now.. 91
2NC Uniqueness. 92
Will Pass- Boehner. 93
Will Pass- Budget $. 94
A2: Thumpers Generic. 95
A2: CR Thumper. 96
A2: Obamacare thumper. 98
A2: Uniqueness Overwhelms Link. 99
A2: No Pass-Revenue. 100
A2: Discharge Petition. 101
2NC Links. 102
Focus Key. 103
Negotiation Key(Don’t read unless making own scenario). 104
A2: No PC. 105
2NC Impacts. 106
A2: 14th amendment solves. 107
A2: CR Solves Debt Ceiling Impact. 108
AT: Other Unilat Action S. 109
A2: Treasury Solves. 110
A2: Shutdown Thumps. 111
A2: Just Recession. 112
Default Bad - Credit Rating. 113
Default Bad - Dollar. 115
Default Bad – Econ. 116
Econ Decline = War. 119
Econ Leadership – 2NC. 121
Spending Cuts Bad – Hege 2NC. 122
Spending Cuts Bad – Military Cuts Internals. 123
Yes Spending Cuts. 124
Military Cuts Impact Ext. - Hegemony. 126
Military Cuts Impact – Economy Module 2NC. 128
Spending Cuts Bad - Agencies. 130
2NC- Food Crisis Impact. 133
PC Mechanics. 135
AT: Dickinson. 136
AT: Winners Win. 138
Aff. 139
Generic Aff. 140
A2: Boehner Weak. 141
Boehner No PC. 142
PC Wrong – 2AC. 143
Winners Win – 2AC. 144
Winners Win – 1AR. 145
PC Low.. 146
A2: Debt Ceiling. 147
Uniqueness Overwhelms the Link. 148
1AR Uniqueness O/W the Link. 149
Won’t Pass. 150
A2: Business Solves. 151
A2: Bipartisanship Link. 152
A2: Negotiations Solve. 153
A2: Obama Meeting. 155
A2: PC/Bully Pulpit. 156
No Impact-Creditors. 157
No Impact-Obama. 158
No Impact-Payment. 159
PC Not Key. 160
PC Low.. 161
Concession Link Turn. 162
A2: Shutdown. 163
A2: Military Impact. 164
A2: Immigration. 165
Won’t Pass. 166
A2: Farm Bill 167
No Pass. 168
Already Expired. 169
Table of Contents. 2
1NC. 6
U 2NC. 8
Will Pass- Political Capital 9
Will Pass- Negotiations. 10
Will Pass- Rhetoric Shift. 11
Will Pass- Republicans Will Cave. 13
Will Pass- Senate Dems. 14
Will Pass- Senate Republicans. 15
Will Pass/Pol Cap Key- Public Opinion. 16
Obama is Spending Political Capital 17
A2 Obama Won’t Negotiate. 18
A2 No Political Capital 19
Pol Cap Key. 22
Single Focus IL. 24
AT XO Solves. 25
AT: Treasury Solves. 27
Yes Econ Collapse—Default. 28
Yes Economic Collapse. 31
AT: Shutdown Good—Debt Ceiling. 34
AT: Shutdown Good—Gridlock. 36
AT: No default (mitchell). 37
AT: Economy Resilient. 39
***2NC Overview***. 42
Link Alone Turns Case. 46
General/Engagement. 47
Democracy. 50
Latin Relations. 52
Mexico. 53
Trade/Protectionism.. 54
2nc food prices impact. 57
2NC Cyber. 59
2NC Oil Spills. 61
Aff. 64
Won’t Pass. 65
Political Capital Fails. 67
Pol Cap Not Key. 68
No Default- Treasury Checks. 70
**Last TF Politics 1NC’s**. 72
Bully Pulpit 1NC. 73
Party Unity 1NC. 77
Bully Pulpit 2NC Mechanics. 81
Bully Pulpit Key. 82
A2: Not Using Bully Pulpit. 84
2NC Delay Link. 85
A2: Compromise/GOP win Link Turn. 86
A2: Negotiations Solve. 87
A2: Obama Not Negotiating. 89
Party Unity 2NC Mechanics. 90
Dem Unity Now.. 91
2NC Uniqueness. 92
Will Pass- Boehner. 93
Will Pass- Budget $. 94
A2: Thumpers Generic. 95
A2: CR Thumper. 96
A2: Obamacare thumper. 98
A2: Uniqueness Overwhelms Link. 99
A2: No Pass-Revenue. 100
A2: Discharge Petition. 101
2NC Links. 102
Focus Key. 103
Negotiation Key(Don’t read unless making own scenario). 104
A2: No PC. 105
2NC Impacts. 106
A2: 14th amendment solves. 107
A2: CR Solves Debt Ceiling Impact. 108
AT: Other Unilat Action S. 109
A2: Treasury Solves. 110
A2: Shutdown Thumps. 111
A2: Just Recession. 112
Default Bad - Credit Rating. 113
Default Bad - Dollar. 115
Default Bad – Econ. 116
Econ Decline = War. 119
Econ Leadership – 2NC. 121
Spending Cuts Bad – Hege 2NC. 122
Spending Cuts Bad – Military Cuts Internals. 123
Yes Spending Cuts. 124
Military Cuts Impact Ext. - Hegemony. 126
Military Cuts Impact – Economy Module 2NC. 128
Spending Cuts Bad - Agencies. 130
2NC- Food Crisis Impact. 133
PC Mechanics. 135
AT: Dickinson. 136
AT: Winners Win. 138
Aff. 139
Generic Aff. 140
A2: Boehner Weak. 141
Boehner No PC. 142
PC Wrong – 2AC. 143
Winners Win – 2AC. 144
Winners Win – 1AR. 145
PC Low.. 146
A2: Debt Ceiling. 147
Uniqueness Overwhelms the Link. 148
1AR Uniqueness O/W the Link. 149
Won’t Pass. 150
A2: Business Solves. 151
A2: Bipartisanship Link. 152
A2: Negotiations Solve. 153
A2: Obama Meeting. 155
A2: PC/Bully Pulpit. 156
No Impact-Creditors. 157
No Impact-Obama. 158
No Impact-Payment. 159
PC Not Key. 160
PC Low.. 161
Concession Link Turn. 162
A2: Shutdown. 163
A2: Military Impact. 164
A2: Immigration. 165
Won’t Pass. 166
A2: Farm Bill 167
No Pass. 168
Already Expired. 169
Table of Contents. 2
1NC. 6
U 2NC. 8
Will Pass- Political Capital 9
Will Pass- Negotiations. 10
Will Pass- Rhetoric Shift. 11
Will Pass- Republicans Will Cave. 13
Will Pass- Senate Dems. 14
Will Pass- Senate Republicans. 15
Will Pass/Pol Cap Key- Public Opinion. 16
Obama is Spending Political Capital 17
A2 Obama Won’t Negotiate. 18
A2 No Political Capital 19
Pol Cap Key. 22
Single Focus IL. 24
AT XO Solves. 25
AT: Treasury Solves. 27
Yes Econ Collapse—Default. 28
Yes Economic Collapse. 31
AT: Shutdown Good—Debt Ceiling. 34
AT: Shutdown Good—Gridlock. 36
AT: No default (mitchell). 37
AT: Economy Resilient. 39
***2NC Overview***. 42
Link Alone Turns Case. 46
General/Engagement. 47
Democracy. 50
Latin Relations. 52
Mexico. 53
Trade/Protectionism.. 54
2nc food prices impact. 57
2NC Cyber. 59
2NC Oil Spills. 61
Aff. 64
Won’t Pass. 65
Political Capital Fails. 67
Pol Cap Not Key. 68
No Default- Treasury Checks. 70
**Last TF Politics 1NC’s**. 72
Bully Pulpit 1NC. 73
Party Unity 1NC. 77
Bully Pulpit 2NC Mechanics. 81
Bully Pulpit Key. 82
A2: Not Using Bully Pulpit. 84
2NC Delay Link. 85
A2: Compromise/GOP win Link Turn. 86
A2: Negotiations Solve. 87
A2: Obama Not Negotiating. 89
Party Unity 2NC Mechanics. 90
Dem Unity Now.. 91
2NC Uniqueness. 92
Will Pass- Boehner. 93
Will Pass- Budget $. 94
A2: Thumpers Generic. 95
A2: CR Thumper. 96
A2: Obamacare thumper. 98
A2: Uniqueness Overwhelms Link. 99
A2: No Pass-Revenue. 100
A2: Discharge Petition. 101
2NC Links. 102
Focus Key. 103
Negotiation Key(Don’t read unless making own scenario). 104
A2: No PC. 105
2NC Impacts. 106
A2: 14th amendment solves. 107
A2: CR Solves Debt Ceiling Impact. 108
AT: Other Unilat Action S. 109
A2: Treasury Solves. 110
A2: Shutdown Thumps. 111
A2: Just Recession. 112
Default Bad - Credit Rating. 113
Default Bad - Dollar. 115
Default Bad – Econ. 116
Econ Decline = War. 119
Econ Leadership – 2NC. 121
Spending Cuts Bad – Hege 2NC. 122
Spending Cuts Bad – Military Cuts Internals. 123
Yes Spending Cuts. 124
Military Cuts Impact Ext. - Hegemony. 126
Military Cuts Impact – Economy Module 2NC. 128
Spending Cuts Bad - Agencies. 130
2NC- Food Crisis Impact. 133
PC Mechanics. 135
AT: Dickinson. 136
AT: Winners Win. 138
Aff. 139
Generic Aff. 140
A2: Boehner Weak. 141
Boehner No PC. 142
PC Wrong – 2AC. 143
Winners Win – 2AC. 144
Winners Win – 1AR. 145
PC Low.. 146
A2: Debt Ceiling. 147
Uniqueness Overwhelms the Link. 148
1AR Uniqueness O/W the Link. 149
Won’t Pass. 150
A2: Business Solves. 151
A2: Bipartisanship Link. 152
A2: Negotiations Solve. 153
A2: Obama Meeting. 155
A2: PC/Bully Pulpit. 156
No Impact-Creditors. 157
No Impact-Obama. 158
No Impact-Payment. 159
PC Not Key. 160
PC Low.. 161
Concession Link Turn. 162
A2: Shutdown. 163
A2: Military Impact. 164
A2: Immigration. 165
Won’t Pass. 166
A2: Farm Bill 167
No Pass. 168
Already Expired. 169
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