Tournament: VBT | Round: 3 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
A is the text.  The countries the aff endorses a change to should implement and enforce a base royalty on resources with resource super profits tax in personam of resource extraction companies.  
Mining Tax no date “The Facts” http://www.mining-tax.com.au 12/27/13 SH

Presently, mining companies … mining tax comes in.”

Otto et al 1 clarifies what the world of the CP looks like,

James Otto, Craig Andrews, Fred Cawood, Michael Doggett, Pietro Guj, Frank Stermole, John Stermole, and John Tilton   “Mining Royalties  A Global Study of Their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society “ ©2006   The World Bank http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTOGMC/Resources/336099-1156955107170/miningroyaltiespublication.pdf 12/27/13 SH

A corporate profits… realized by a mine”

B is the competition.  2 ways.
A. Mutual exclusivity
B. Net benefits
C is the solvency. CP solves the aff through deterrence. Taxes deter companies from expanding and staying in business,
James Otto, Craig Andrews, Fred Cawood, Michael Doggett, Pietro Guj, Frank Stermole, John Stermole, and John Tilton   “Mining Royalties  A Global Study of Their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society “ ©2006   The World Bank http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTOGMC/Resources/336099-1156955107170/miningroyaltiespublication.pdf 12/27/13 SH
“Optimal level of… the tax increase”
D is net benefits.
A. CP key to helping increase growth, MT 3,

Mining Tax no date “The Facts” http://www.mining-tax.com.au 12/27/13 SH

Economic modelling by… rise by 0.7.”

A bigger mining tax would help ease economic stress and increase growth, Hutchens,

Gareth Hutchens February 9, 2012 “Bigger mining tax would 'help ease economic stress'” http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bigger-mining-tax-would-help-ease-economic-stress-20120208-1rf15.html 12/27/13 SH

“A BIGGER mining… change,'' he said”
B. Nuclear war, terrorism, democratic backsliding Harris and Burrows
Harris and Burrows 9 - *PhD in Euro History, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit
Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer is a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf
Increased Potential for Global Conflict

“Of course, the… eat-dog world.”

Tournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 2 | Opponent: Alex Yoakum | Judge:
A. Text: The USFG will implement automatic and same-day registration, proportional representation, weekend voting, and will mail ballots to voters. I reserve the right to clarify.
B. Competition: Competes via net benefits
C. Solvency: Making registration easier and having proportional representation solves the voter turnout problem.

Arend Lijphart, political science professor at the University of California, “The Problem of Low and Unequal Voter Turnout – and What We Can Do About It” 1998

First of all, American political . . . turnout was just 5 percent! 

And, weekend voting and mail ballots increase voter turnout too.

Arend Lijphart, political science professor at the University of California, “The Problem of Low and Unequal Voter Turnout – and What We Can Do About It” 1998

Franklin (1996, 226–30) has found … 10 percentage points.

Tournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 5 | Opponent: Matthew Meyer | Judge:
Obama has the upper hand in the debt ceiling fight --- pol cap is key. Kapur 9/9,
Kapur, 9/9 --- TPM’s senior congressional reporter and Supreme Court correspondent
(9/9/2013, Sahil, “Is House GOP Backing Down In Debt Limit Fight?” http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/09/house-gop-cantor-memo-debt-ceiling-cr-sequester-immigration.php)

House Republicans are
of discretionary spending.” 

The aff would trade off with Congress’s ability to avert the shutdown - GOP has momentum and will, but they need literally every hour to get it done
Frank James, 9-13-2013, “Congress Searches For A Shutdown-Free Future,” NPR, http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/09/13/221809062/congress-searches-for-a-shutdown-free-future

The only thing
we'll let you know."
Compulsory voting kills political capital—Republicans are against compulsory voting—they want to win elections. TIME writes,

Eric Liu, writer for Time Magazine, “Should Voting be Mandatory", 2012

 Some Republicans will
Republicans could benefit.

And this is empirically proven in Pennsylvania. Economist writes, 

Economist, “If America had compulsory voting, would Democrats win every election?” 2012

Democrats are pretty
them from Philadelphia.
This will destroy the U.S. and global economy. Davidson 9/10,
 (Adam - co-founder of NPR’s “Planet Money” 9/10/2013, “Our Debt to Society,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/our-debt-to-society.html?pagewanted=alland_r=0)) 9/10/13

This is the
riskier and costlier.
This means nuclear war. Friedberg and Schoenfeld 8
Aaron, Prof. Politics. And IR @ Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and Visiting Scholar @ Witherspoon Institute, and Gabriel, Senior Editor of Commentary and Wall Street Journal, “The Dangers of a Diminished America”, 10-28, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html

Then there are...with external adventures

Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction. Larry

Founder of NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association  Larry, “RACING TOWARD EXTINCTION,” Dec 10, http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/racing.htm  

We have greatly changed our...escalation would follow.

Tournament: Greenhill Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Annie Kors | Judge:
Obama singularly focused on the fiscal crisis—his political capital will resolve it before shutdown and default
Jonathan Allen, Politico, 9/19/13, GOP battles boost President Obama, dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=17961849-5BE5-43CA-B1BC-ED8A12A534EB

There’s a simple reason . . . should pay its bills

Capital is finite and spending it elsewhere prevents a deal
Moore, 9/10/13 - Guardian's US finance and economics editor. (Heidi, “Syria: the great distraction” The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/10/obama-syria-what-about-sequester)

The country will . . . one at a time.

Tournament: Greenhill Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Emma Weddle | Judge:
Ferguson 91 “Interpretation and Genealogy in Feminism Chicago Journal Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter, 1991 322-339
An important tension. . . categories of male and female. 

Links are clear coming off the Aff case

Hope 12 (Allison Hope) “A Penis and a Dress: Why the Gender Binary Needs to Go Away” Huffington Post 05/22/2012
If your genitalia . . .and limiting categories

Rebecca Mirabelli ““My Anatomy, Your Sex: Deconstructing the sex/gender binary and heteronormativity through the isolation of gender from sexuality” http://youngchicagoauthors.org/girlspeak/blog/essays-articles/my-anatomy-your-sex-deconstructing-the-sexgender-binary-and-heteronormativity-through-the-isolation-of-gender-from-sexuality-by-rebecca-mirabelli

In a patriarchal. . . dismantling into nothing.

Tournament: TOC | Round: 3 | Opponent: JP S | Judge: Eric Beane
Global Warming isn't happening all that fast and the warming that has happened has not been man-made. New Studies prove. Monkton 13, 

Christopher Monkton. "Global warming is ‘no longer a planetary emergency’
 August 28, 2013  http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/28/global-warming-is-no-longer-a-planetary-emergency/
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, reporting from Erice, Sicily

ERICE, SICILY – It’s official. . . a planetary emergency.”

Extraction of resources are the main cause of CO2 and other greenhouse gases into the environment, EDF explains,
EDF ENVIRONMENTAL Defense Fund “How are humans responsible for global warming?” http://www.edf.org/climate/human-activity-is-causing-global-warming
Greenhouse gases trap. . . contains a unique fingerprint.

First, Warming is good for biodiversity. New studies prove. (This turns your biodiversity advantage) Lemonick.

Michael Lemonick. Global Warming Good for Biodiversity? Only at a Big Cost.  9/4/2012. (Mr. Lemonick covered science and the environment for TIME magazine for nearly 21 years, where he wrote more than 50 cover stories, and has also written for Discover, Scientific American, Wired, New Scientist and The Washington Post. Lemonick is the author of four books, and a cover story for TIME was featured in the anthology “Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007.” He has taught science and environmental journalism at Princeton, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and New York Universities. He holds a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University.) http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/global-warming-good-for-biodiversity-only-at-a-huge-cost-14941

A study just out. . . includes the human race.

Second, Warming helps the economy.  New Studies prove. This controls the internal link to your poverty advantage that has links of off increase in growth. Whittington.

Mark Whittington. "Economic Study Suggests that Some Global Warming is Good for the Planet" 10/22/13 http://voices.yahoo.com/economic-study-suggests-some-global-warming-is-12367430.html?cat=57
Next Big Future reports. . . storms) are about 0.2."

Global economic downturn causes nuclear war. Harris and Burrows, 

Harris and Burrows counselor in the National Intelligence Council, the principal drafter of Global Trends 2025; member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit  “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis”, Washington Quarterly, http://www.twq.com/09april/docs/09apr_burrows.pdf

Increased Potential for. . . dog-eat-dog world.

Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction. Ross,

Founder of NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association  Larry, “RACING TOWARD EXTINCTION,” Dec 10, http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/racing.htm  

We have greatly. . . probable escalation would follow.

Tournament: TOC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Ben Ulene | Judge: Dylan Scher
Epistemological starting points of morality miss the boat.  In seeking an origin for knowing why things are right and wrong, we miss the fact of things that actually are right and wrong.  Divine Command Theory escapes this problem because instead of knowing why things are moral and immoral, we can know ethics exist without knowing why they exist. Peoples 1.

Dr. Glenn Peoples (PhD, Philosophy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand). “Divine Command Ethics: Ontology versus epistemology.”  Accessed 12/11/12.   http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/divine-command-ethics-ontology-versus-epistemology/

As readers will. . . makes them so.

Divine Command Theory does not prevent others who do not know God from being moral, too.  They, cannot however, give an adequate account of the moral truths.  This is because arguments against Divine Command theory are epistemically based, not ontologically based.  Prefer my standard because I offer ontological justifications.  Peoples 2.
Dr. Glenn Peoples (PhD, Philosophy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand). “Divine Command Ethics: Ontology versus epistemology.”  Accessed 12/11/12.   http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/divine-command-ethics-ontology-versus-epistemology/

Given the fundamentally. . . that God exists.

Morality, therefore is objective and from God alone.  What matters is God’s claims of what is right and wrong.  The obvious question is how do we know God exists and how do we know what God’s convictions are.

First, God exists. Cosmology: there are multiple warrants Craig 1.
Craig, ’10 – William Craig earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England, before taking a doctorate in theology from the Ludwig Maximiliens Universitat-Munchen, West Germany, at which latter institution he was for two years a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Universite Catholique de Louvain.. (William Lane, No Date, The New Atheism and Five Arguments for God http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticleandid=8088 JB) 

1 Everything that begins. . . , and unimaginably powerful.

And, the God that exists is the Christian God, revealed fully in the incarnation – that is in Jesus Christ.  Craig 2.
Craig, ’07 – William Craig earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England, before taking a doctorate in theology from the Ludwig Maximiliens Universitat-Munchen, West Germany, at which latter institution he was for two years a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Universite Catholique de Louvain.. (William Lane, No Date, Subject: Independent Sources for Jesus' Burial and Empty Tomb http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticleandid=7047 JB) 

I'm glad to clarify. . . is very powerful, indeed.

I contend God wants us to prioritize resource extraction.
1.Jesus encouraged his disciples to go fish—that’s resource extraction – and he tells them to do it in all 4 gospels
2. God gave us dominion over his creation, it’s ours to use whatever ways we want with free will. The Author of Genesis writes, Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.Genesis 1:28 in all English translations
 God blessed them. . . on the ground

3 is capitalism. God loves capitalism and policies like resource extraction - New Testament scholars agree. Hovlind explains ACTS.
"Godonomics: A Pastor and Rabbi Agree (God loves Capitalism)." November 2013. Chad Hovind is Senior Pastor of Horizon Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Moody Bible College in Chicago, majoring in pastoral ministry and communication. His love for ministry and creativity can be seen in many forms: leading teams, expository teaching, acting, and video production. He has served as pastor at two high-impact churches in Georgia: Cumberland Community Church and New Community Church. Chad received an M.A. in Ministry from Moody Graduate School in 2008.  
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godonomics/2013/11/godonomics-a-pastor-and-rabbi-agree-god-loves-capitalism.html#ixzz2pTPJozol
The New Testament. . . lying to God.

Other scriptures that support capitalism are Isaiah 65:21-22, Jeremiah 32:43-44, Acts 5:1-4, and Ephesians 4:28.

Fourth, Since we work so hard, property is our reward, Nash
Dr. Ronald Nash no date “Chrisitian Economics” http://www.allaboutworldview.org/christian-economics.htm SH

Our right to own. . . bring wealth” (Proverbs 10:4). - See more at: http://www.allaboutworldview.org/christian-economics.htm#sthash.xZcv3n6l.dpuf

Furthermore, we should renounce the finite world in favor of faith. Reject its contradiction, pain, and failures. Our reason fails in comparison to the truth found in faith. Moral uncertainty is only a step toward faith. Kierkegaard:
Infinite resignation is. . . not even attained infinite resignation.

Tournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 2 | Opponent: Alex Yoakum | Judge:
Immigration reform will pass. The Hill 8/21,

Mike Lillis, writer for The Hill, “Gutierrez: 'The majority already exists' on immigration reform”, 8/22

Comprehensive immigration reform . . . added, "already exists."  

Compulsory voting kills political capital—Republicans are against compulsory voting—they want to win elections. TIME writes,

Eric Liu, writer for Time Magazine, “Should Voting be Mandatory", 2012

 Some Republicans will oppose . . . One day Republicans could benefit.

And this is empirically proven in Pennsylvania. Economist writes, 

Economist, “If America had compulsory voting, would Democrats win every election?” 2012

Democrats are pretty. . .them from Philadelphia.

Immigration reform key to solving the nursing shortage. Hanlon Law Group 12, 

Hanlon Law Group, 2012, “Nursing Shortage Should Be Top Priority in Health Care and Immigration Reform,” www.visaandgreencard.com/CM/Articles/Nursing-Shortage.asp

As policymakers, special . . . health care system.

Nursing shortage impedes efforts to prepare for bioterror attacks. Oncology Times 07,

Oncology Times, 07, “Reps. Capps, LaTourette Call for Increased Funding of Nurse Education Programs,” http://journals.lww.com/oncology-times/Fulltext/2007/07100/Eye_on_Washington.4.aspx

Nurses also are the. . . to preparedness efforts.

Bioweapon use spreads globally and causes extinction – outweighs nuclear weapons. Steinbruner 97,
John Steinbruner, Brookings Senior Fellow, 1997, “Biological weapons: a plague upon all houses,”

Although human pathogens . . . not necessarily its outer limit.

Bioterrorism is a severe threat to the US. It is necessary to act now. The Commission the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism: 

“W O R L D   A T   R I S K” The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation  and Terrorism. First Vintage Books Edition: December 2008

The Commission believes . . . shrinking, not growing.

Tournament: VBT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
India relies on phosphate imports to secure their food supply since they are continually growing
RAJENDRA JADHAV October 21, 2013.  “India eyes phosphate projects in Russia to secure supply”. Reuters India http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/21/fertilisers-india-russia-idINDEE99K0BA20131021.
“India, one of the world's… investment, he added.”

Phosphate and environmentalism are in direct opposites. Pearce.
?Fred Pearce Yale 2011 “Phosphate: A Critical Resource?Misused and Now Running Low”. .http://e360.yale.edu/feature/phosphate_a_critical_resource_misused_and_now_running_out/2423/.
“If you wanted to… substitutes for phosphorus”

This leads to stability staggering in India and conflicts between India and Pakistan, empirically proven, Lagi et al,
Marco Lagi, Karla Z. Bertrand and Yaneer Bar-Yam , “The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East”. New England Complex Systems Institute, August 10, 2011.
“In 2011 protest… the global food supply system.”

And, Indo-Pak conflict goes nuclear. Pakistan uses nukes immediately after conflict begins to ensure they have a leg in the war, Sharma
?Sharma, Vijay. "Pakistan Likely to Use Nuclear Weapons on India "a Few Days" into War: US Ambassador (Wikileaks) | Real Time News, India RTN Asia, 30 May 2011. Web. 23 July 2012. http://rtn.asia/509_pakistan-likely-use-nuclear-weapons-india-few-days-war-us-ambassador.
“The US ambassador to Pakistan, … equivalent aircraft," she said.”
Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction. Ross,

Founder of NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association  Larry, “RACING TOWARD EXTINCTION,” Dec 10, http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/racing.htm  
“We have greatly changed… escalation would follow”

Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Palatina AA | Judge: Chetan Hertzig
A) Our court system is perceived as legitimate now
Rosenberg, 09
(Gerald N. Rosenberg, Prof. of Political Science and law, University of Chicago, “CAN COURTS GENERATE SOCIAL CHANGE?” 2009  epstein.law.northwestern.edu/research/supctLawRosenberg.doc) BBL
Underlying this question. . . pricking powerful consciences.”...

B)  To prioritize truth-seeking over ACP would require a court decision, as ACP is considered a substantive right. But ACP has been the precedent for hundreds of years—it has been treated as a foundational right of the accused by common law and the Supreme Court, which means the aff would make our legal system look absurd.
Bondi ’10 (Bradley J. counsel to a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law, “No Secrets Allowed: Congress’s Treatment and Mistreatment of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Protection in Congressional Investigations and Contempt Proceedings”, Journal of Law and Politics, March 8 2010, http://www.cadwalader.com/uploads/books/3013d7d8852bb88ae77028a9bc31cb5c.pdf)
The attorney-client privilege . . . half his case.”16  

C) Overturning precedent politicizes the court, crushing legitimacy
Yoo ‘1 (Yoo 2k1, James, Professor, Law at University of California, berkely, and bush’s Lapdog, “In Defense of the Courts’ Legitimacy, 68 U Chi. L. Rev. 775, Proquest, http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=trueandrisb=21_T6897594105andformat=GNBFIandsort=nullandstartDocNo=1andresultsUrlKey=29_T6897594116andcisb=22_T6897594115andtreeMax=trueandtreeWidth=0andcsi=7358anddocNo=1)
How does the. . . follow principled rules.

D) Transitions are coming now and other nations look to the US as a model—US Court legitimacy is the critical factor in ensuring these nations grow into democracies
Suto ‘11, Research Associate at Tahrir Institute and J.D.  
07/15/11, Ryan Suto is a Research Associate at Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, has degrees in degrees in law, post-conflict reconstruction, international relations and public relations from Syracuse Law, “Judicial Diplomacy: The International Impact of the Supreme Court”, http://jurist.org/dateline/2011/07/ryan-suto-judicial-diplomacy.php
The Court is. . . not be wasted.

E) Democracy is key to prevent extinction
Diamond ‘95
(Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution senior fellow, co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, December 1995, A Report to the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, “Promoting Democracy in the 1990s: Actors and Instruments, Issues and Imperatives,” http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/1.htm)
OTHER THREATS This . . . can be built.

Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Anyone | Judge:
In the United States criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to take precedence over attorney-client privilege except in the case of state attorney-client privilege.

Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Anyone | Judge:
In the United States criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to take precedence over attorney-client privilege except in the case of state attorney-client privilege.

Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Palatina AA | Judge: Chetan Hertzig
Farm bill will pass but it’s very close --- impact is food price spikes
Reuters 11/11/13, “U.S. Congress has about 50/50 chance of passing farm bill in 2013 –analyst,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/usa-agriculture-farm-bill-idUSL2N0IX01T20131112
Nov 11 (Reuters) - The ... prices, Flinchbaugh said.

A push against attorney-client privilege would be overwhelmingly unpopular with today’s Congress and DRAIN Obama’s political capital—Congress views attorney-client privilege as the BACKBONE of the legal system
Bondi ’10 (Bradley J. counsel to a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law, “No Secrets Allowed: Congress’s Treatment and Mistreatment of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Protection in Congressional Investigations and Contempt Proceedings”, Journal of Law and Politics, March 8 2010, http://www.cadwalader.com/uploads/books/3013d7d8852bb88ae77028a9bc31cb5c.pdf)
Actions in recent . . . these important concepts.

Even if the aff implements a shift to truth-seeking through the Courts instead of by Obama pushing legislation through Congress, Obama will lose political capital by being forced to implement the decision
Bradley C. Cannon, Professor of Political Science, and Charles A. Johnson, Professor of Political Science at Texas AandM, 99, Judicial Policies, Implementation and Impact, p. 128
Like Congress, the . . . Supreme Court relationship.  

Political capital is key --- overcomes partisanship
Josh Lederman 10/18/13, reporter for the Associated Press, and Jim Kuhnhenn, “No safe bets for Obama despite toned-down agenda,” US News and World Report, http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2013/10/18/no-safe-bets-for-obama-despite-toned-down-agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Regrouping . . . for the American people."

New farm bill key to prevent a food price spike
Nelson 10/17/13 Joe Nelson, writer for WEAU news, “Obama, ag industry waiting for new Farm bill,” http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Obama-ag-industry-waiting-for-new-Farm-Bill-228259521.html
With the government. . . quit or retire.

Spike in food prices results in global instability, disease outbreak, and extinction
Brown 9 (Lester R, Founder of the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute “Can Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?” Scientific American, May, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=civilization-food-shortages)
The biggest threat . . . global civilization itself.

Tournament: VBT | Round: 2 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
Global econ is looking strong, Weisenthal 11/1,

JOE WEISENTHAL Nov 1, 2013 “Right Now, The Global Economy Is Looking Surprisingly Strong” http://www.businessinsider.com/october-global-economic-data-2013-11  12/26/13 SH

We're part-way… far so good

Gold mining is key to economies of developing countries, Oliphant,

Randal Oliphant Chairman of the World Gold Council “The direct economic impact of gold”. PWC. January 2013 SH
The economic contribution… of gold mining. 

Nuclear war, terrorism, democratic backsliding Harris and Burrows
Harris and Burrows 9 - *PhD in Euro History, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit
Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer is a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf
Increased Potential for Global Conflict
Of course, the… eat-dog world.

Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction. Ross.
Founder of NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association  Larry, “RACING TOWARD EXTINCTION,” Dec 10, http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/racing.htm  
We have greatly… escalation would follow.

Tournament: Greenhill Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Emma Weddle | Judge:
A. Affirmatives must defend compulsory voting.
Real World
Topic Education
Textuality

Tournament: Greenhill Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Annie Kors | Judge:
Youth vote for Democrats. Cozby 7/27,

Jordan Cozby, writer for Huffington Post, “Why the Democrats' Optimism Attracts Young Voters” 7/27/13

Today, the youth . . . nostalgic for the past.

Democratic control of Congress and the country causes nuclear war.

Mazurak 13 (Zbigniew, defense analyst with 6 years of experience in the field, specializing in the defense budget, nuclear weapons strategy, and missile defense. I also have B.A. and M.A. degrees in history "Stop the Democrats’ unilateral cuts in the US nuclear deterrent21" Conservative Daily News Jun 13, 2013

The Left never . . . true ideological allies.