Month: October 2015

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of October 5-11, 2015

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On October 5, 2015

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HOTtopics1. Will President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act?
2. How can more physicians be encouraged to adopt e-health records?
3. Should the U.S. make a manned Mars mission a priority?
4. How many Supreme Court justices will the next President appoint?
5. Should the Affordable Care Act be extended to cover illegal immigrants?
6. Has the Benghazi special committee been useful?
7. Is Jason Chaffetz the Speaker of the House that Republicans need?
8. Would holding gun manufacturers liable for shootings violate the Second Amendment?
9. How should the U.S. respond to increased Russian intervention in Syria?
10. Should the U.S. adopt a nationalist economic policy?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of October 5-11, 2015

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HOTtopics1. Will climate change produce the next refugee crisis?
2. Is trade the new “great game” of the world’s major powers?
3. Will the easing of the U.S. embargo actually prove damaging to the Cuban economy?
4. Has Hezbollah been a significant loser in the Syrian Civil War?
5. Will the Bank of England raise interest rates before the Federal Reserve?
6. Would the Middle East be better off today if Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gaddafi had never been removed from power?
7. How should Israel react to the Abbas’s claim that the Palestinians are no longer bound by the Oslo Accords?
8. Was the recent Portuguese election a setback for pro-austerity forces?
9. Will the European refugee crisis force early elections in Germany?
10. Can Afghanistan fight off the Taliban without American support?

R&D from Prepd: Weekly Roundup for the Week of September 28-October 4, 2015

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On October 2, 2015

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l_2Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete!  Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests.

Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of September 28-October 4, 2015.

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R&D from Prepd: Catalan Independence

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On October 1, 2015

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l_2Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete!  Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests.

This R&D provides resources on Spain’s Catalan independence movement.  The region, which enjoys some political and cultural autonomy, has created some headaches for Spanish authorities in recent years.  Last year, Artur Mas, who heads the Catalan regional government, called a referendum on Catalan independence, a referendum that Spanish authorities refused to recognize.  After Mas promised that independence would come if pro-independence parties won a majority in regional elections, Spain moved to indict him for abuse of power.  The Catalan independence movement is one of many independence movements forming in Europe, with the other notable one being Scotland’s drive for independence from Great Britain.

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