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Trevon vs. Trayvon "Noon to12:15 for the next 40 days I will give 15 min a day in silence asking Creator how I can honor Trevon since the courts did not." -- motivational author Iyanla Vanzant, who, with her heart likely in the best of places, spelled Trayvon Martin's name incorrectly in the aftermath of the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. And a question... "Wonder if they got Zimmerman out of USA? Transit hotel in Moscow airport?" -- Matt Drudge. Editor recalls strange liverwurst phase "A 19-yr-old is about to win a PGA Tour event. When I was 19, I liked liverwurst sandwiches." -- The Hill's Managing Editor Bob Cusack. Weekend working habits... "You know you're getting old when you're up late on a Saturday night not partying but working -- and still awake by 8am. #morecoffee" -- Managing Editor, HuffPost Blog, Erin Ruberry. The Observer "For all the RW blogs who have set up their sites to be a bastion of racist reader comments, Zimmerman verdict has been a real home run." -- Media Matters' Eric Boehlert. Convo Between Two Journos: Politico's Thrush gets thrashed by FNC Contributor This morning's conversation is between Politico White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush and FNC media critic Richard Grenell. There's no real explanation why Politico Exec. Editor Jim VandeHei's name was added to both Thrush's and Grenell's tweets. VandeHei hasn't tweeted since May 1. THRUSH: "Me: Any violence in FL? Wife: U mean any kids shot for holding a candy bar? @JimVandeHei" GRENELL: "Unbiased 'reporter' from Politico>" THRUSH: "Explain the bias to me." GRENELL: "Oh God. This is a bigger problem than I thought." GRENELL: "Self defense, broken nose, MMA style beating, jury decision after evidence, your race baiting & idiotic tweet." THRUSH: "Gonna splain this nice and slow. I assumed there had been a race riot. Wife offered ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. Crazy, right?" GRENELL: "We now see why Politico is a lapdog for Obama @ the WhiteHouse. GZ got his nose broke, jury acquitted him. You pander to left. ... so 'another explanation' from you is to tweet an idiotic statement that panders to race rioters? #Journalism @JimVandeHei" Deep thoughts with BuzzFeed reporter "We need to have a national conversation on calls for national conversations." -- BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski. Dr. Russert weighs in "Well that's just great for heart disease patients." -- NBC's Luke Russert in reaction to a new study that says that fish oils may increase risk of prostate cancer. See here. Is "The Newsroom" realistic? ".@HBO Only in The #Newsroom... can people talk that way at work and not get their ass kicked." -- The Daily Caller's Alex Pappas in reaction to last night's season premiere of "The Newsroom." Politico Playbook Publish Time: 8:42 a.m. Reporter's story bounced from A1 "'In Ocean City, up in arms over drooping pants.' My Sunday A1 (which got bounced to A20, because...news happens)." -- WaPo's J. Freedom du Lac. Read the story here. Pool Party Chatter... Over the weekend politicos and journos convened for a pool/birthday party in northwest Washington. Guests were thrown in the pool when they least expected it. Conversation topics included the Kurt Bardella chapter of Leibo's This Town, whether Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer should get elected (the overall thought amid various groans was "no") and how KTVU-TV could have possibly screwed up those Asiana Airline pilot names. The favorite name among partygoers was: "Sum Ting Wong." A strong second: "Wi Tu Lo." There was also a conversational party game: Would you sleep with SO and SO? Partygoers, gay and straight, weighed in. This being Washington, names like House Speaker John Boehner and House Maj. Eric Cantor were among the choices. Most said yes to Boehner, with one male guest reasoning that he's the"Marlboro Man." Cantor was generally a yes, just so long as he doesn't speak. Photoshop expertise by Austin Price. We sincerely hope Thrush's body is better attached to his body than the above.

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