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

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

The debate regarding raising the US's debt limit remains at the top of Congress' and the President's agenda. This file contains updates to this scenario. The 1NC contains updates to the uniqueness debate, as well as new evidence that Obama's political capital is key to getting the debt ceiling raised. The argument you want to make is that Obama's PC will allow him to sell the idea that the debt ceiling has to be raised. Obama has said that he is unwilling to negotiate (tie raising the debt ceiling to Obamacare funding, spending cuts, etc.) so he needs his PC so that he can convince the GOP to send him a clean bill. Also included are aff answers to this as well as other popular scenarios like Syria strikes and immigration reform.
 
As a bonus, I have included impacts on the Syria debate both ways, as well as updates to another popular DA - the China sphere of influence DA. That evidence is all from this month and includes 1NC quality evidence.
 
 
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.
 
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Thursday File – 9/19/13. 1
Neg. 4
Shell 5
2NC Overview.. 8
Uniqueness/Link. 9
Uniqueness Wall 2NC. 10
AT: U O/W Link. 12
AT: Syria Thumper. 14
AT: Syria Thumper – Will Pass – Won’t Cost Capital 17
AT: Syria Thumper – Strikes Increase Capital 18
AT: Syria Thumper – No Vote in Congress. 19
AT: Continuing Rez Thumper. 21
AT: Budget Thumper – Not Top of Docket. 22
AT: Short Term Spending Thumper- Will Pass – Won’t Cost Capital 23
AT: Health Care Thumper. 24
AT: Budget Thumper – Not Top of Docket. 29
PC Key. 30
2NC Yes Spillover. 33
2NC Docket Link. 34
AT: PC Low.. 36
AT: No Pol Cap – Gallup Poll 37
AT: Obama Won’t Spend Capital on Debt Ceiling. 38
Links – Econ Engagement Costs Capital 40
AT: Dickinson. 42
AT: Winners Win. 44
AT: GOP Link Turn. 45
Impact. 47
AT: 2011 Means Impact is N/U.. 48
Default Coming Soon. 50
Econ Uniqueness – Reverse Causal – Default. 51
Econ Uniqueness – Consumer Confidence High. 52
AT: Not Global Decline. 53
Default Bad – Econ. 54
Default Bad - Credit Rating. 56
Default Bad - Dollar. 58
Econ Decline = War. 59
Econ Leadership – 2NC. 61
Spending Cuts Bad – Hege 2NC. 62
Yes Spending Cuts. 63
Spending Cuts Bad – Military Cuts Internals. 65
Military Cuts Impact Ext. - Hegemony. 66
Military Cuts Impact – Economy Module 2NC. 68
Spending Cuts Bad - Agencies. 70
2NC- Food Crisis Impact. 73
Aff - General 76
Immigration Thumper 2AC. 77
PC Wrong – 2AC. 78
Winners Win – 2AC. 79
Winners Win – 1AR. 80
Aff – Debt Ceiling. 81
Won’t pass. 82
AT: PC Key. 83
Uniqueness Overwhelms. 84
Immigration. 86
Will Pass. 87
Won’t Pass 2AC. 88
Won’t Pass 1AR. 89
Syria Strikes. 91
No Strikes. 92
AT: PC Key. 94
Obama Will Strikes Without Congress. 95
Strikes Good – Iran Prolif. 96
Strikes Good – Obama Cred. 97
Strikes Good – Moral Obligation. 98
Strikes Good – Impact Turn Wall 99
Strikes Good – AT: Retaliation (Russia). 101
Strikes Bad – Russia/China Relations. 102
Strikes Bad – Hege/Mid East Influence. 103
Strikes Bad – Asia Pivot. 104
Other. 105
China LA Influence High 1NC. 106
Ext – China Influence Up. 107
US-China Relations High. 109

This file contains high-quality updates from 2013 on the hegemony debate, including:
 
- A new terminal impact (hege solves war/prolif)
 
- Sustainability both ways (including answers to offshore balancing)
 
- Answers to common impact turns (China war, econ, terror)
 
- Some A+ cards that decline is manageable/doesn't cause power vacuums
 
 
This file is completely underlined and highlighted and well worth the price, considering the debate community isn't likely to lose its fascination with US primacy any time soon (read: you can use this file for years to come).
 
 
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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2013 Hege Ups 1
Hege Good 2
Hege Good – General – Solves Global Problems 3
Hege Good – Nuke Prolif/War 5
Hege Good – Checks China Hege 7
Hege Good - Econ 8
Hege Good – Transition Wars 9
AT: Hege Bad – Unsustainable (Econ) 10
AT: Hege Bad – Econ 11
AT: Hege Bad – Counterbalancing 12
AT: Hege Bad – War (Proxy Wars/Draw-in) 13
Hege Bad 15
Hege Bad – Unsustainable/Econ 16
Hege Bad – Transition is Smooth/Gradual 17
Hege Bad – Balancing 18

This is a relatively short file that contains some quick hits on the major issues related to climate change. All the cards are from 2013 and all but one is from March.
 
Items include:
 
- A 1AC quality card that warming is happening, caused by humans, and that now is key
 
- Cards both ways on the study released earlier this month that volcano emissions are slowing the rate of warming
 
- An answer to the classic "SO2 screw" (aerosol emissions prevent warming)
 
- A new ice age link saying that CO2 prevents a new ice age, along with a famine impact to ice age
 
- A slew of cards questioning the ideas that 1) warming is happening and 2) if it is happening, that CO2 is what is causing it
 
 
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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2013 Warming Ups 2
Yes Warming 3
New Warming Impact 4
AT: SO2 Screw 6
AT: Volcanoes Slow Warming 7
No Warming 8
Global Cooling 9
Warming Slowing 10
CO2 Defense/Warming Natural 12
Ice Age Link – Warming Prevents It 14
Ice Age Bad – Famine 15

This file includes comprehensive answers to growth bad/dedev arguments. Everyone is reading econ advantages this year and lots of people are resorting to dedev as a generic negative strategy. My experience has taught me that when negative teams win these debates it is usually because 1) the neg has evidence on an issue and the aff does not, or 2) the aff reads crappy evidence. This file solves both of these problems - no Mead/Kerpen/Bearden/Cook evidence here. Every card in the file - including the extensions - are ones you won't be embarrassed to give to a judge when she/he is sorting out the inevitable card war. There are a ton of extensions in the file so you don't have to worry about getting out-carded. I also included a section of the file to answer the most common "tricks" that also contains some creative arguments for you to read that will give any neg team a headache.
 
 
 
Why should I buy this file when there are perfectly good camp files out there?
 
1) This file includes evidence that a search of the high school and college caselists confirms have not been read in any debates yet. These cards are all from 2011 and 2012 and are cut from books.
2) It is organized into a frontline and every argument has pre-written extensions.
3) Every single card in the file is highlighted.
 
 
 
 
Background
 
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, dedev in general, or anything else about debate.
 
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Table of Contents
 
AT: Dedev 1
DeDev Frontline 2
Ext #2 – No Limits to Growth/Sustainability 8
Ext #3 – No Mindset Shift 12
Ext #4 – War 13
AT: K-Waves 17
Ext #5 – Space 18
Ext #6-8 – Environment 20
Generally Helpful Materials/Answers to Their Stuff 22
Bias/Epistemology 23
Growth Sustainable - Nanotech 26
Growth Sustainable – AI Solves 27
Growth Sustainable – Robots 28
AT: Endocrine Disruption 29
AT: Overpopulation 31
AT: Growth Killing VTL/Rights 34
AT: Health/Disease 35

This week's Thursday File updates the Obama Good elections DA. It includes extensive uniqueness work both ways from the last few days that takes into account the news of the week (Romney's 47% gaffe, Obama's surge in several swing states). In addition to general uniqueness, I cut cards on the race in some of the biggest swing states. Since most of you probably already know what impact scenario you are reading, I decided to focus more on the link debate and answering some common impact turns. The link turn shield includes a new card from Orski (a common 1NC link author) from this week. The impact turn cards are originally researched answers to impact turns that many teams have been running.
 
Aside from the elections debate, I included updated answers to many agenda DAs teams could run. As an added bonus, I included some new impact cards, including the best impact to warming (in terms of being high-quality and short) since Tickell, and some economy updates.
 
Good luck at Greenhill or wherever you are debating this weekend!
 
Thursday File 9-20 1
New Uniqueness 3
1NC Obama Win 4
Obama Wall Uniqueness Wall 5
Obama Win 7
Obama Win – Wisconsin 8
Obama Win – Virginia 9
Obama Win – Florida 10
Obama Win – Michigan 11
AT: Obama Lose – Romney Fundraising 12
AT: Uniqueness Overwhelms – Link Outweighs 13
Romney Win 14
AT: Romney 47% Gaffe 15
AT: Romney Middle East Gaffe 16
Senate Elections – GOP Losing 17
Old Uniqueness 18
General 19
Obama Win - Florida 20
Obama Win – Michigan 21
Link 22
Link Turn Shields 23
AT: Ohio Link Turn 25
Econ Key To Election 27
Space Links 28
Gas Tax Links 29
Aff – Obama Taking Credit For Investment Now 30
Impact 31
AT: Strikes Good – Iran Prolif 32
Ext – No Impact To Prolif 33
AT: Prolif Emboldens Iran 34
AT: Prolif Leads to Terrorist Handoff 35
AT: Prolif Leads to ME Prolif/Spills Over 36
AT: Health Care Bad – Can’t Repeal 37
AT: Health Care Bad – Econ 38
AT: LOST Bad – Won’t Pass 39
Ext – LOST Won’t Pass 40
AT: LOST Bad – General Impact Turn 41
Ext – AT: Impact Turns 43
AT: LOST Bad – Econ 44
AT: LOST Bad – Hege 45
AT: LOST Bad – Key to Diplomacy 46
Agenda Updates 47
AT: Obama Good DAs – General 48
AT: Jackson-Vanick – Won’t Pass 49
AT: Jacson-Vanick – Doesn’t Solve Relations 50
AT: Fiscal Cliff – Won’t Pass 51
AT: Fiscal Cliff – Fiscal Cliff Good 52
Ext – Fiscal Cliff Good 53
AT: Doesn’t Solve Deficit 55
AT: Defense Cuts Impact 56
General Impact Work 57
Econ Decline Bad – This Recession Is Different/AT: Resilient 58
Warming Bad – Extinction 59
Other 60
Econ Up 61
Housing Market Up 62
Tourism Industry Up 63
Russia Econ Low 64
 
Bio -
My name is Brad Meloche. Over the last four years as a debater for Wayne State University, I have reached the elimination rounds and received speaker awards at multiple local and regional tournaments and qualified for the 2012 NDT. As a four year debater for Groves High School (MI), I reached elimination rounds at Harvard, New Trier, and East Grand Rapids, as well as having great local success. As a coach for Seaholm High School, I have coached debaters to the elimination rounds of multiple national tournaments, including the 2011 NCFL national tournament. I also coached and judged at the 2011 Tournament of Champions for Brother Rice High School.

This file contains affirmative answers to the scenario contained in yesterday's Thursday File (continuing resolution/fiscal cliff).
 
In addition to some solid evidence that there won't be a deal reached before the elections, the file includes some cards for teams who want to impact turn the fiscal cliff as well as answers to major negative impact scenarios (econ, defense cuts). Even if you are link turning, the answers to the impact scenarios are worth the $3, because this scenario will be run all semester and the Thursday file doesn't have these arguments.
 
As an added bonus I included:
- some elections updates (all from 9/7)
- recent answers to scenarios that were put out at camps but not answered in the Thursday File (Jackson-Vanik and LOST)
 
Seriously, this file is a steal considering I basically did your work vs. this week's Thursday file.
 
Good luck at Wake and Westminster!
 
~Brad
 
AT: Fiscal Cliff/Random Ups (The Friday File?) 1
Fiscal Cliff 2
Won’t Pass 3
Fiscal Cliff Good – Econ 4
Ext – Fiscal Cliff Good 5
AT: Doesn’t Solve Deficit 7
AT: Defense Cuts Impact 8
Elections 9
Obama Win 10
AT: Obama Good Scenarios – Gridlock 11
Swing State Independents Key 12
Jackson-Vanik 13
Won’t Pass 14
PNTR Good – Econ 15
PNTR Doesn’t Solve Relations 16
LOST 17
Will Pass – After Election 18
Won’t Pass 19
 
Bio -
My name is Brad Meloche. Over the last four years as a debater for Wayne State University, I have reached the elimination rounds and received speaker awards at multiple local and regional tournaments and qualified for the 2012 NDT. As a four year debater for Groves High School (MI), I reached elimination rounds at Harvard, New Trier, and East Grand Rapids, as well as having great local success. As a coach for Seaholm High School, I have coached debaters to the elimination rounds of multiple national tournaments, including the 2011 NCFL national tournament. I also coached and judged at the 2011 Tournament of Champions for Brother Rice High School.

SPS is by far the biggest aff on this topic, but most teams read evidence that is at least a couple years old. This file includes evidence from 2012 that is high-quality and will allow teams to retire some of their old NSSO evidence. These articles are pretty hard to find and unless you have access to some pretty expensive journals, you aren't going to be able to cut them yourself.
 
In my opinion, these A+ cards that you can use in half of your debates for the rest of this year is worth the price, but as an added bonus I've included answers to common negative off-case positions and case arguments against this aff.
 
Every single card in this file was cut by me for this topic - this isn't recycled camp file crap.
 
I've included a paper version along with a paperless version.
 
PM if you have any questions.
 
Bio -
My name is Brad Meloche. I just finished my fourth year debate at Wayne State University. Over the last four years I have reached the elimination rounds and received speaker awards at multiple local and regional tournaments. In 2012 I qualified for the National Debate Tournament. As a four year debater for Groves High School (MI), I reached elimination rounds at Harvard, New Trier, and East Grand Rapids, as well as having great local success. As a coach for Seaholm High School, I have coached debaters to the elimination rounds of multiple national tournaments, including the 2011 NCFL national tournament. I also coached and judged at the 2011 Tournament of Champions for Brother Rice High School.
 
2012 SPS Aff Update 1
Case 2
Multi-Purpose Must-Read (1AC) 3
Key To Hege 4
Solves Econ/Military Leadership 5
Solvency – Feasible 6
AT: Solar Cell Production Hurts the Environment 7
Oil 8
Oil Impact – Eurozone/Global Econ 9
Oil Impact – Laundry List 11
Oil Impact – Election Add-on 13
Ext – Oil Key to Reelection 14
AT: Russia Oil 15
Warming 16
A2: Solar Radiation 17
A2: Volcanic CO2 18
A2: Lomborg 19
A2: Easterbrook 20
A2: Warming Good – Horseshoe Crabs 21
AT: Ethanol Adv CP 22
AT: Wind Adv CP 23
AT: DAs 24
AT: Launch DAs 25
AT: Geo Orbit DA 26

Economic growth bad. Pretty self-explanatory.
 
This argument has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last few years, playing a big part in some high-stakes rounds in both high school and college, including the 2010 TOC and the 2011 NDT final rounds. This argument is particularly useful on this year's space topic because everyone and their grandma has an econ advantage.
 
This file has all the standard cards that you'll need to win the growth bad debate, including a lot of cards you won't find in any camp file, including updated evidence from 2011. The shell is short so you can keep your options in the 1NC and expand on it later. This argument can also be used on the aff with affirmatives that don't claim econ advantages, but make sure it doesn't contradict with other claims you are making. This file has a proven track record on both the high school and college circuits.
 
I've included a paper version along with a paperless version.
 
As with my other files, if you buy my file I will help you out if you run into an argument you need help developing answers to.
 
At only $7, the price is pretty reasonable for an argument that can be used irregardless of topic for the rest of your career.
 
PM if you have any questions.
 
Bio -
My name is Brad Meloche. I'm a fourth year debater at Wayne State University. Over the last four years I have reached the elimination rounds and received speaker awards at multiple local and regional tournaments. As a four year debater for Groves High School (MI), I reached elimination rounds at Harvard, New Trier, and East Grand Rapids, as well as having great local success. As a coach for Seaholm High School, I have coached debaters to the elimination rounds of multiple national tournaments, including the 2011 NCFL national tournament. I also coached and judged at the 2011 Tournament of Champions for Brother Rice High School.
 
 
DeDev 1
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems 3
Overview 1/2 4
Overview 2/2 5
War 6
War Module 7
AT: Diversionary Wars 8
AT: Free Trade/Interdependence Solves War 9
Water Wars Module 10
Terrorism 11
Terrorism Module 1/2 12
Terrorism Module 2/2 13
Ext. Growth => Terrorism 14
Warming 15
Warming Module 16
Overpopulation 17
Overpopulation Module 18
Ext. Overpop Bad - Ehrlich 19
Disease 20
Disease Module 21
Ext. Growth => Disease 1/2 22
Ext. Growth => Disease 2/2 23
Ext. Disease => Extinction 24
Sharks 25
Sharks Module 26
Sustainability/Uniqueness 27
No More Growth – General 28
No More Growth – China 29
No More Growth – Metals/Minerals 30
AT: Infinite Growth 31
AT: Innovation Solves 32
AT: Space Solves 1/2 33
AT: Space Solves 2/2 34
AT: Restraining US Hege Solves 35
AT: Green Tech Solves Frontline 1/2 36
AT: Green Tech Solves Frontline 2/2 37
AT: Green Tech Solves – Ethanol 38
AT: Green Tech Solves – Nuclear 39
AT: Green Tech Solves – Wind 40
AT: Growth is Self-correcting 41
Solvency/Feasibility/Desirability 42
DeDev Solves Frontline 43
AT: Elite Backlash 44
AT: Growth = Human Nature/Biological 45
AT: Transition Wars 46
AT: No Transition – Past Declines Prove 47
AT: Great Depression/Mead (’92/’98/’09) 48
AT: Bearden 49
AT: Cook 50
AT: (Chris) Lewis 51
AT: Mead ’04 (US-China War) 52
AT: Nyquist 53
AT: Dedev => Environmental Collapse 54
AT: DeDev => Famine 55
AT: Hege 56
AT: Freedom 57
AT: Loose Nukes 58
AT: Racism 59
AT: Quality of Life 60
AT: Growth Key to GMOs 1/2 61
AT: Growth Key to GMOs 2/2 62
AT: Russia Econ 63

The Kato K is a critique of the way debaters frame nuclear war impacts.
 
The simplified version of the argument is this:
When we think of nuclear war only in the context of a global event that threatens the entire world/risks extinction, we forget about the ongoing nuclear violence that is being waged against what Kato calls the "Fourth World and Indigenous Peoples" in the form of nuclear testing, uranium mining, and nuclear waste disposal. This is bad because it functions as an "extermination" of these people. The alternative is to reject the aff's representations of nuclear war. Kato says this would result in a refocusing of priorities toward the structural causes of this violence.
 
This argument has been around for a while, but peoples' answers are terrible. Kato's original article in the journal Alternatives isn't very well known, so there aren't many authors who directly respond to his argument.
 
Besides the obvious shell and blocks, this file includes:
 
- Cards from the 2011 Kato interview conducted by Christopher Spurlock
- Comprehensive answers to hormesis (nuclear radiation good). If an aff team plans on going for this as their offense you should punish them.
- Card-by-card answers to the only camp 2AC answers that have been produced specifically to this K.
 
As an added bonus, if you buy this file and run in to an answer that I did not provide an answer to, I'll help you develop answers to the best of my ability.
 
At just $5.00, this file is well worth it. I have included a paper as well as a paperless version.
 
PM if you have any questions.
 
Bio -
My name is Brad Meloche. I'm a fourth year debater at Wayne State University. Over the last four years I have reached the elimination rounds and received speaker awards at multiple local and regional tournaments. As a four year debater for Groves High School (MI), I reached elimination rounds at Harvard, New Trier, and East Grand Rapids, as well as having great local success. As a coach for Seaholm High School, I have coached debaters to the elimination rounds of multiple national tournaments, including the 2011 NCFL national tournament. I also coached and judged at the 2011 Tournament of Champions.
 
Kato K of Nuclear Globalism 1
Shell 1/3 2
Shell 2/3 3
Shell 3/3 4
Overview 5
Link Ext. 1/2 6
Link Ext. 2/2 7
Extinction Link 8
Extinction/Futurism Link 9
AT: Link of Omission 10
Impact Ext. – No VTL 11
AT: US Doesn’t Test Anymore 12
AT: Perm – “Do Both†13
AT: Perm – “All Other Instances†14
AT: Perm – “Plan and non-mutually exclusive parts of the alt†15
AT: Perm – “Plan Then Alt†16
AT: Fear of Nuke War Good/Imagining Nuke War Good 17
Reps Shape Reality 1/2 18
AT: Hormesis – General 1/2 20
AT: Hormesis – General 2/2 21
AT: Hormesis – Informed Consent K 22
AT: Hormesis – Cancer 23
AT: Hormesis – Gingivitis 24
AT: Hormesis – HIV/AIDS 25
AT: They Want The Waste 1/2 26
AT: They Want The Waste 2/2 27
AT: Krishna (Perm Solvency) 28
AT: Liftin 29
AT: Baldonado (Disarm Solves) 30
AT: Truman 31