Fans of I'm a Celeb declared that "Wagatha Christie was back" as Coleen Rooney once again demonstrated her knack for uncovering deceit. The spouse of footballer Wayne Rooney voiced her doubts about Love Island's Maura and Reverand Richard. The show began with teasers of what was to unfold in tonight's episode (November 22). Maura informed GK Barry that she and the Reverand had been "sleeping on the floor", before returning to the main camp to inform the others that it was a "junk yard". Discussing the supposed hardships that Maura and Richard were enduring, Grace stated: "I don't know if Maura is going to last there." The preview then switched to a shot of Maura sporting a huge smile, seemingly having a blast. In another snippet, Richard exclaimed: "It's not exactly tea and sandwiches, is it? " continuing the pretence. He further added: "We've got no food, we've got no comfort", while other clips showed them both snug in plush-looking beds with fruit in the fridge, reports . However, it appeared that Coleen was quick to catch on as she shared with her campmates: "I got this look and it was like they're not telling us the truth. I think there's something not right." Coleen's remarks sparked a frenzy on social media. One user took to X/ and posted: "Course it's Wagatha Christie Coleen that's able to rumble them #ImACelebGet this woman in the police force, she can solve anything." Another quipped, "Coleen really is Wagatha Christie isn't she #ImACeleb," as audiences were amused by her detective skills in the jungle. Meanwhile, a third fan chimed in: "Ooh, Wagatha Christie is on the case! You can't get anything past Colleen. #ImACeleb." Someone else humorously commented: "Hahah looks like Wagatha Christie does it again and susses out what's going on in the other camp [laughing face emojis] #imaceleb." The moniker "Wagatha Christie" was bestowed upon Coleen, 38, following her public accusation against fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy for allegedly leaking private stories to the pressan event that spiralled into a court case which "gripped the nation and became a daily spectacle" in 2022. Despite Vardy's libel action against Rooney, on July 29, the High Court ruled in Rooney's favour, determining that her accusatory posts were 'substantially true'.
Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and sheltersOpinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here . ••• The Dec. 2 editorial page featured a reprinted article from the editorial board of the Detroit News with the headline “Return auto industry to the free market.” The article states that President-elect Donald Trump is “promising to relieve the American automobile industry of the pressure from Washington to rapidly deliver an all-electric-vehicle future.” While there were many things in the article that caught my attention, the one that most stood out is that Trump plans to prohibit states from determining their own Corporate Average Fuel Economies. Trump believes that individual states should be able to regulate abortions as they choose, but not fuel economy. Additionally, the article states the current average price of a car is $50,000, leaving 60% of American households unable to buy a new car. That might be the average, but I can name 10 new cars that cost under $30,000 and countless more for under $40,000. What you can’t buy for under $50,000 is a full-size SUV or full-size, four-wheel drive, extended-cab pickup which just happens to have the highest profit margins for automakers and use the most gas. The article also complains about the government providing a $7,500 tax credit for EVs, saying the government has no business subsidizing auto sales. Not surprisingly they say nothing about the $20 billion subsidy the federal government provides the fossil fuel industry each year even though they are making record profits. And nowhere in the article is there any mention of what impact there will be on the climate if Trump’s proposals are implemented and progress in developing and selling EVs and providing recharging stations is short-circuited by a lack of federal support. Of course, Elon Musk will make sure Trump provides his SpaceX program the funds needed to develop transportation to Mars for our grandchildren if the Earth is no longer inhabitable. Roland Hayes, Shoreview ••• When I took economics many decades ago, I was taught that the free market did a poor job of including all the costs of a good. A favorite example was pollution dumped in rivers or spewed into the air because there was no charge for the disposal but there was a cost in the form of health impacts, environmental damage and recreational benefits lost. In today’s classroom, global warming would be added to the list of unreimbursed costs. These costs are termed “externalities” because they are outside of the free market calculus. Society bears the burden of externalities without being paid for the damages. How do you calculate the cost of the death of the planet through global warming? I don’t know, but that cost must be added back into the cost of a car, to the extent that a car contributes to the problem. The accepted mechanism for accomplishing this is government regulation. It might also include subsidies for new, expensive technology where the price of the technology will fall when it is widely accepted. Electric vehicles fit this definition. The reprinted Detroit News editorial does not acknowledge the failings of the free market. It reads like it was copied from an auto industry lobbying manifesto. If left to the free market, gas powered cars will be cheaper, EVs more expensive, the air dirtier, health poorer and the planet closer to its demise. Scott Nessa, St. Paul Bring Sack back Every day, from 2017 to 2021, I cut out Steve Sack’s Trump cartoons from the Star Tribune. I no doubt missed some, but I have placed the almost 150 Sack Trump cartoons in a binder and as I look at them, as time goes by the next four years, they will ignominiously remind me that history repeats itself. For example, the Star Tribune could rerun the Jan. 19, 2017 Sack cartoon in 2025, and it would be timely and appropriate ( tinyurl.com/MovingDayCartoon ). We miss Sack’s insightful commentary. Ron Engle, Minnetrista ••• During the first Trump term, cartoonist Sack drew a biting commentary on Trump’s immigration policy ( tinyurl.com/LadyLibertyCartoon ). It depicted the Statue of Liberty and a small child, crouched in the their respective cages, looking at each other. The child asks Liberty, “And what was your crime?” Liberty replies, ”I welcomed you.” I fear we are headed for a repeat of this cruelty with his second term. Please publish that cartoon again, preferably on the first page above the fold. Thank you. Deborah Webber, Richfield We must seek understanding What a beautifully written essay ( “From a place passed by: How I represent Minnesota now that I’m in college out East,” Strib Voices, Nov. 30). Having grown up in a town of 2,500 people in rural Missouri, spent nearly a decade in a Midwestern college town and then relocated here nearly 40 years ago, I can relate strongly to Jackson’s experience. I still remember the arrogant attending physician when I was doing an elective rotation at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Upon finding out that I attended the University of Missouri, he responded, “Oh, they have medical schools out there?” He then proceeded to let me know that his son was at the University of Virginia, and wondered if I’d ever heard of it. Ironically, I have lived in several states and traveled to 41 states, and my suspicion is that he had not ventured west of the Mississippi River — yet somehow felt superior because of that. It is understandable and natural for the place where we are from to hold a special place in our hearts that feels like “the best.” But Jackson is spot-on when she relates that it is human to fill in blanks with assumptions when we have no data or meaningful experience in other places — and those assumptions are most often superficial, lazy and completely wrong. Her last line was priceless: “There is so much more to the world, to this country even, than we think we know” — emphasis on “think.” There are a lot of wonderful places to live in this country, and I also wish what the author wishes — ”an attempt to understand,” acknowledging our presumptions for what they are, being open to learning about places that are not our own, and becoming more enriched as human beings in the process. Cindy Smith, Edina You missed a few things I read the article written by Elliott Hughes concerning the farewell town hall by Dean Phillips multiple times with interest and dismay ( ”Phillips feeling good exiting Congress despite ire of Democrats,” Nov. 27). I was there and I feel the article did not convey the more positive mood and message. The author disregarded Phillips’ comments about Braver Angels promoting bipartisan dialogue, that both sides on an issue can be right, that we are more alike than different, that 60% of bills passed in Congress pass with limited discussion on a bipartisan basis and that Phillips was a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. To me the author chose the most sensationalist comments to report on. I feel those choices were done to create a more provocative article and this goes against reaching common ground. I previously attended an introductory meeting put on by the Braver Angels organization, started in Minnesota, where the media was listed as one of the three main groups that, by their reporting, promoted division between liberals and conservatives. This article, through its focused comments, continues this in a somewhat softer way. As an independent I would favor more balanced reporting rather than concentrating on the more lurid details. In my opinion, this is usually done to promote sales by print media, continued listening to talk radio or watching television news. Sensationalism sells. Also, it would have been interesting to interview audience members as to why they gave him so many standing ovations. David Olson, Minnetonka
A role reversal doomed the No. 22 Xavier Musketeers in their only loss of the season, against Michigan at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Wednesday. Normally a team that avoids committing turnovers and pressures its opponent into making them, Xavier (6-1) will try to recapture its early-season winning form when it hosts South Carolina State on Sunday in Cincinnati. Through their six wins, the Musketeers had just 58 turnovers while forcing 82 by their opponents. But against the Wolverines, they lost the turnover battle 19-10 and the game 78-53. The Musketeers committed 14 turnovers in the first half and fell behind 41-30. Xavier head coach Sean Miller credited his team for typically playing an up-tempo style while avoiding mistakes, while also acknowledging that the turnover bug really bit them against the Wolverines. "We lost to a really good team; no shame in that," Miller said. "We, on top of that, didn't play well." "And that (avoiding turnovers) is something you (usually) do well? That's going to be hard to overcome against a quality team like Michigan." Leading scorer Ryan Conwell (17.6 points per game) gave the Musketeers a boost with 19 points. Zach Freemantle, second on the team at 15.4 ppg, added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Problematically, however, they also contributed to the turnover problem with three apiece. "We didn't play well enough to win the game," Miller said. "The game got out of hand. It's not like our guys quit. Their depth just continued to wear on us." The Musketeers also get 11 points and a team-high 4.4 assists per game from Dayvion McKnight. The guard had just one turnover against Michigan, but he also made just one of his eight shot attempts. Xavier may have an opportunity get right in the turnover area against the Bulldogs (4-4), who are No. 207 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.11. South Carolina State is fresh off an 82-53 road loss to Marshall on Wednesday, in a game in which turnovers weren't a huge problem. But assists and made shots were hard to come by for the Bulldogs. Leading scorer Drayton Jones (12.0 ppg) again paced his team in points with 10 vs. Marshall, but the Bulldogs as a team managed just six assists and shot terribly at the 3-point (18.8 percent) and the free-throw (47.1 percent) lines. Jones is also the team's leading rebounder with 5.1 a game, but no Bulldogs player is averaging more than two assists. It's all part of the learning process for coach Erik Martin, whose first team went 5-26 in 2022-23. The Bulldogs improved to 14-18 last season, including 9-5 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "The only way you can grow sometimes is by failure or by struggling," Martin said this offseason. "You have to fail in order to learn how to deal with failure and move on and become the person you're supposed to be." --Field Level MediaThe Green Party is set to suffer significant losses in the Irish General Election, with its leader expecting just a handful of parliamentarians to be returned. Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the party could not buck the trend in Ireland of junior coalition partners in Fine Gael and Fianna Fail governments losing support in subsequent elections. He said they expected to retain two to three seats out of the 12 they had won in the 2020 election on the back of a worldwide “Green wave”. “It’s hard for a smaller party in government, that’s long been the tradition, the history in Ireland. We hoped going into the election to buck that but we haven’t been able to buck that today.” Mr O’Gorman, a candidate in Dublin West, is among the outgoing Green Party TDs in a battle to retain their seats. Culture Minister Catherine Martin, who is fighting to remain a Green Party TD for Dublin Rathdown, said it was a “very tight” race in her four-seat constituency. “We go in (to government) not afraid of that because the issue of the climate and biodiversity crisis is (greater) than our survival,” she said on RTE Radio. “I stand over and am proud of our track record of delivery.” Junior minister Joe O’Brien is expected to lose his seat in Dublin Fingal, Neasa Hourigan is at risk in Dublin Central, while Wicklow’s Steven Matthews garnered just 4% of first preferences. Former Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, who announced his retirement from frontline politics in June, said his party had not had a good day. Arriving at the count centre at the RDS in Dublin, the outgoing environment minister told reporters: “If you don’t get elected you accept that, but you come back stronger and you learn lessons, and we’ve done that in the past and we will do that again.” He added: “No matter what the results today there will be a strong Green Party in Ireland, we have deep roots in the community and it’s a very distinct political philosophy and I think there is still space for that in Irish politics, for sure.” Mr Ryan said he did not believe his decision to retire, and the timing of his announcement, had affected the party’s showing. “Unfortunately – and this is just one of those days – we didn’t get the number of votes,” he said. He added: “We’ll look back and see what are the lessons, and what can we learn and what can we do differently. “It’s just one of those days when we didn’t have a good day.Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday. The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of study involving medicine, science, sport physiology and gender policy law. The updated policies would rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson, who missed qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open this year by one shot and came up short in LPGA Q-school. Davidson, who turned 32 on Tuesday, began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA's previous gender policy. She had won this year on a Florida mini-tour called NXXT Golf until the circuit announced in March that players had to be assigned female at birth. People are also reading... “Can't say I didn't see this coming,” Davidson wrote Wednesday on an Instagram story. “Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who is resigning in January, said the new gender policy "is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach." Ross D. Franklin, AP File By making it to the second stage of Q-school, Davidson would have had very limited status on the Epson Tour, the pathway to the LPGA. The LPGA and USGA say their policies were geared toward being inclusive of gender identities and expression while striving for equity in competition. The LPGA said its working group of experts advised that the effects of male puberty allowed for competitive advantages in golf compared with players who had not gone through puberty. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts “Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who announced Monday that she is resigning in January. "The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.” Mike Whan, the former LPGA commissioner and now CEO of the USGA, said it developed the updated policy independently and later discovered it was similar to those used by swimming, track and field, and other sports. United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan said the new policy will prevent anyone from having "a competitive advantage based on their gender." Matt York, AP File “It starts with competitive fairness as the North star,” Whan said in a telephone interview. “We tried not to get into politics, or state by state or any of that stuff. We just simply said, ‘Where would somebody — at least medically today — where do we believe somebody would have a competitive advantage in the field?’ And we needed to draw a line. “We needed to be able to walk into any women's event and say with confidence that nobody here has a competitive advantage based on their gender. And this policy delivers that.” The “Competitive Fairness Gender Policy” for the USGA takes effect for the 2025 championship season that starts with the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball on May 10-14. Qualifying began late this year, though there were no transgender players who took part. “Will that change in the years to come as medicine changes? Probably,” Whan said. “But I think today this stacks up.” The LPGA “Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility” would apply to the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour and qualifying for the tours. Players assigned male at birth must prove they have not experienced any part of puberty beyond the first stage or after age 12, whichever comes first, and then meet limitation standards for testosterone levels. The LPGA begins its 75th season on Jan. 30 with the Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. Sports Week in Photos: NBA Cup, NFL snow game and more Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. 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