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Jessica Simpson Gives Birth to Baby Girl Maxwell – Other Singers' Odd Baby Names

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 8:12 am

It's about time! After being overdue by more than nine days Jessica Simpson finally gave birth in Los Angeles May 1st to baby girl Maxwell Drew Johnson. The pop singer is engaged to Eric Johnson.

Jessica tweeted about the baby news and posted on her website after the birth. "Eric and I are elated to announce the birth of our baby Maxwell Drew Johnson 9 lbs. 13 oz. 21 ," she said.

Fellow friends and celebs teased the blonde star about her overdue status before the birth on Twitter.

"How has Jessica Simpson still not given birth to this baby? I'm getting frightened," joked Chelsea Handler.

Katy Perry was also curious about the birth. "Has Jessica Simpson had that baby yet?! I'm getting anxious."

Many fans seem to be rather upset over the masculine name pick for a baby girl. Maxwell is by far the least strange name chosen by a celebrity; at least she isn't named Apple or Coco, but is it an odd name for the child? We take a look at the weirdest baby names chosen by our favorite musicians.

Mariah Carey

One year ago Miss Mimi gave birth to twins while husband Nick Cannon played Mariah's 1995 Madison Square Garden performance of her song "Fantasy" in the birthing room. Weird, right? Well, not as weird as the twins' chosen names. The celeb couple picked Moroccan for the baby boy and Monroe for the baby girl. Marilyn Monroe is an idol of Carey's, hence the name for the girl, but the boy's name was picked on a room in the couple's house. That's right. The kid was named after their living room, essentially. Apparently the Moroccan room was where Cannon proposed to the singer. We don't really understand it, but at least the kid is cute.

Beyonce

When Beyonce and Jay Z announced their highly anticipated daughter had been born, everyone wanted to know the name. Some suspected it would be straight up odd considering Bey and Jay are considered hip-hop royalty, but no one could have ever guessed Blue Ivy. Sure, the name is unusual but what was even creepier about the name announcement was the way some people reacted. Certain critics claimed the name was a secret code that proved membership into an occult secret society, the Illuminati. They claimed Blue stood for Born Living Under Evil and Ivy stood for Illuminati's Very Youngest. We're pretty skeptical of the claims, but we suppose we'll never know.

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The Doorsie Awards!

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With another Premier League season in the can (a contender for Sky's close-season slogan), it is time for Early Doors to blow the cobwebs off its filthy dinner jacket and substitute safety pins for cufflinks.

It's time for ED's legendary end-of-season awards: The Doorsies!

TWITTER TWIT OF THE SEASON Joey Barton: Why do people always want to solve any conflict with a fight? As a pacifist, I find it incredible........ #mindboggles

This before peacefully getting sent off for an elbow on Carlos Tevez, then earning two violent conduct charges for apparently kicking Sergio Aguero and attempting to nut Vincent Kompany. ED can only dream about what might have happened had Mario Balotelli not been restrained by team-mates.

Ryan Babel: I don't know, I think the ref was on drugs.

Babel hits out at Thorsten Kinhofer, who sent him off during Hoffenheim's recent defeat to Hertha Berlin. Fortunately for Kinhofer, he was not given the full Howard Webb Photoshop treatment.

Nathan Eccleston: I aint going to say attack don't let the media make u believe that was terrorist that did it. #O.T.I.S. ['Only the Illuminati Succeed'].

The Liverpool youngster marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist atrocities by blaming the masons. Way to cosy up to the club's American owners, Nathan.

And the winner is... JOEY BARTON!

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On Iowa Daily Briefing 5.15.12 — Crystal over roses

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Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany talks with the media during a news conference, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Chicago. Delany addressed questions about conference expansion, sticking with the time frame he laid out in December when he said the league would explore its option over the next 12 to 18 months. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

CHICAGO The Big Ten wants to own the Rose Bowl, and so it will, along with their buddies from the Pac-12. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany has made this clear since college football has veered into serious talk about a playoff last month.

What can Delany and the league expect to gain from playing the Rose Bowl chip? Probably not much.

The playoff models are a major topic of discussion for the Big Tens illuminati, which meets today and Wednesday in Chicago. The Big Ten is in with the playoff state of mind, but it does want some stickiness with the Rose. Makes sense, of course, but is it viable? Is it that big of a deal? Do players whove grown up in the Big Ten footprint identify with the Rose as the ultimate prize anymore?

If Im the Big Ten, my play is from home playoff games. That is a game changer. Rather than play an SEC team in a national semifinal at a sunny place in Florida, get the SEC team at, say, Ann Arbor in December. Weather could be the great equalizer, although the way Nick Saban builds teams at Alabama, it probably wont mean a whole lot. Sabans teams are armadillos, weather-proof, defense-first armadillos.

The Big Ten is going to want to get something out of the playoff discussions. Will it be protecting the Rose Bowl, which hasnt been the sole domain of Big Ten/Pac-12 since 2002, be it? Its a thought, but its sunk by sentiment and the fact that TCU, Oklahoma and Texas have played in Rose Bowls more recently than a lot of Big Ten teams (Iowas last appearance was 1991).

Everything is on sale here, lets stop pretending it isnt. Tradition wears a Nike swoosh. The Rose Bowl isnt and hasnt been the top of the mountain in college football for a long time. The crystal football is the thing, and a playoff gets the Big Ten to the table.

Lets do the playoffs and lets do them the way the NFL does, home sites. If Lambeau Field can host an NFC title game, then Ann Arbor, Columbus, Madison, East Lansing, Lincoln and Iowa City can host national semifinals.

The Rose Bowl will fit in somewhere. Its not going to vanish, but the Big Ten needs to elevate its thinking to the crystal football. That is the thing.

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Barclay: Pistol Permit Renewal Yet Another Attack On Second Amendment Rights

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Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,IPulaski) said today (May 15) a bill (A380) that is moving quickly through the State Assembly and is currently on the legislative calendar for a vote is yet another attack on Second Amendment Rights the right to Bear Arms.

The Democratic majority-sponsored legislation would make it so that those holding a pistol permit would need to renew their permit every five years.

This proposal serves no purpose, other than to limit access for responsible citizens to protect themselves and their property and to infringe again on sportsmen. Its another layer of government and fees that responsible pistol permit owners do not need, said Barclay. In many cases, people invest in a pistol permit with the hope they will never have to use it to protect themselves from an intruder, for example. A pistol permit renewal of every five years is unnecessary.

Barclay said he will vote against this measure when it reaches the Assembly floor.

There are already enough safeguards in the law to protect those who might not be responsible from legally holding a gun permit, he said.

For example, it is illegal for a person convicted of a felony or a domestic violence misdemeanor, suffering from a mental incapacity or subject to an order of protection to possess firearms.

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Free Speech Center Sides with Panhandlers in Lawsuit Against City

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May 15, 2012

Lawyers representing a group of panhandlers who are suing the City of Charlottesville say their case received a big boost Tuesday when the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs Tuesday in the court of appeals.

Attorney Jeffrey Fogel released the following statement in response:

"We are very pleased with this development due to the prestige of the center, its connection to our community and its free speech wall within a short distance of where the city has prohibited certain free speech."

The five men - Albert Clatterbuck, Christopher Martin, Earl McCraw, John Jordan and Michael Sloan - with the help of Fogel filed a lawsuit last summer arguing that the city's panhandling ordinance on the Downtown Mall is unconstitutional and discriminates against homeless panhandlers.

The ordinance prohibits begging near restaurants, banks and within 50 feet of two streets - 2nd Street SE and 4th Street NE - that cross the busy pedestrian mall.

The city's request to have the lawsuit dismissed was granted by Judge Norman Moon in January. He wrote, "The ordinance does not distinguish between favored and disfavored solicitation, and it does not discriminate based on a solicitor's identity."

However, the panhandlers filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit a few weeks later. It's in that court that the Thomas Jefferson Center filed its brief in support of the panhandlers.

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Law banning insulting language 'is strangling free speech'

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While it was right to protect people against unjust discrimination and the incitement of violence against them, the campaign said, insulting behaviour was open to too much interpretation.

The campaign is using the slogan ''Feel free to insult me''.

Mr Davis said repeal was ''vital to protecting freedom of expression in Britain today''.

''Who should decide who is insulted? The police? A judge? The truth is that Section 5 is having a terrible, chilling effect on democracy today.''

A ComRes poll commissioned by the campaign suggested he would have the backing of a clear majority of MPs - with 62% saying it should not be for the state to ban insults.

Only 17% thought repeal would undermine the ability of the police to protect the public and one in five believed it would penalise minorities.

The campaign has secured a rare alliance of secularist and Christian groups.

Keith Porteous Wood, of the National Secular Society, said: ''Free speech is not free if it is available only to some and not others.

''Secularists, in defending free expression, must ensure that the law is fair to everybody and argue equally for the right of religious and non-religious people to freely criticise and exchange opinions without fear of the law - unless they are inciting violence.''

The Christian Institute's Simon Calvert said: ''Churches around the world find themselves in constant friction with aspects of the cultures in which they live. So free speech is vital to us all.

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Free speech 'strangled by law that bans insults' and has triggered series of controversial arrests

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Campaigners say Public Order Act is unclear and has resulted in string of controversial arrests Groups join forces to have insulting words or behaviour phrase removed from legislation Former shadow home secretary David Davis: 'Nobody likes to be insulted, but nor does anyone have a right not to be insulted'

By James Chapman

PUBLISHED: 17:37 EST, 15 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:35 EST, 16 May 2012

Reform: Campaign groups have urged Home Secretary Theresa May to modify the controversial Public Order Act

Theresa May is being urged to reform a controversial law which bans insulting words or behaviour amid mounting evidence that it is strangling free speech.

Campaigners say the Public Order Act is being abused by over-zealous police and prosecutors to arrest Christian street preachers, critics of Scientology, gay rights campaigners and even students making jokes.

Currently, Section 5 of the 1986 Act outlaws insulting words or behaviour, but what constitutes insulting is unclear and has resulted in a string of controversial arrests.

Human rights campaigners, MPs, faith groups and secular organisations have joined forces to have the insulting words or behaviour phrase removed from the legislation, arguing that it restricts freedom of speech and penalises campaigners, protesters and even preachers.

Former shadow home secretary David Davis, a leading campaigner for civil liberties, said reform was vital to protecting freedom of expression in Britain today.

There is a growing list of examples where the law against using insulting language has led to heavy-handed action by police and prosecutors. It is not only distressing for the individuals concerned, it constitutes a threat to Britains tradition of free speech, he said.

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