Archive for December, 2008
Happy New Year
I hope everyone has a joyous and safe new year! Share on Facebook
Guantanamo Inherency
This article has some good cards in it for Guantanamo Bay cases: The State Department on Tuesday reported progress in contacts with European countries on resettling detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Resettlement of prisoners would speed the closure of the controversial facility that has housed terrorism suspects from Afghanistan and [...]
Another Obama article
Not sure how much will happen in the early days of the new administration – but lots of articles (2)describing a big change in policy! Share on Facebook
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Cuba’s economy growing
Another great uniqueness card for any Cuba Economy card – right now Cuba’s economy is currently growing. Here is a (perhaps) more credible article from the AP. Note: this blogger doesn’t think we should rely on these numbers… Share on Facebook
Cuba Poised For Change
Interesting article here on the future of Cuba. During a recent visit, some young Cubans were so frustrated and impatient that they felt the only option was to leave the country. One student even said he was prepared to go to Haiti. Views on Fidel’s brother, Raul, who is now President, are mixed as many [...]
Cuba Tourism
If you are running a Cuba Tourism Disadvantage here is a great card for uniqueness – Tourism is improving in Cuba! Share on Facebook
US News & World Reports
One of the benefits of this topic for NFA-LD is that US-Cuban relations are in the news all the time. While that may complicate the debate by changing the political landscape all the time it also keeps the debate fresh and interesting! Here is an article from US News & World report on Obama’s approach [...]
New SoCal NFA-LD Tournament at RCC!
Thanks to Sydne and Mark for offering to host a new NFA-LD tournament at Riverside City College on January 17, 2009! Here is the tournament invitation for more information. Registration is now available at forensicstournament.net If your school is interested in attending please leave a comment so RCC can start planning. Share on Facebook
US and Latin America
Some really great information in this article from Bloomberg News on the state of US relations with Latin America. Could use a lot in here to update cards from the Fall Semester – also could be useful in debating uniqueness on any relations disadvantages. Almost two centuries after President James Monroe declared Latin America a [...]
Some Neg Ground?
US-Russian relations have been cooling lately due to oil issues – anyone seen 13 days recently? Add on to that the events in Georgia and I’m seeing a potentially big Russia Disadvantage with this topic a la the China DA (actual DA) on the Greater Horn topic. Thesis: Right now Russia & Cuba have warming [...]
What happens during a NFA-LD debate round? Pt 2 of 2
If you are new to NFA-LD you may be wondering what does a NFA-LD debate round ‘look like?’ In an earlier post here, I discussed the constructive speeches and cross examination periods. This post will now cover the rebuttals: 1AR This is a really important speech in the round. It is hard for me to [...]
