Tag Archive | Ryan Grim
March 29, 2012  

Countdown Thursday 3/29/2012

Keith is off tonight. He sounded sick yesterday. Eliot Spitzer is subbing.

In other news “Anchorman” will get a sequel, so Keith tweeted:

  • July ’04: Me (wearing burgundy) + Will Ferrell (as Burgundy) as if “Anchorman” were a doc http://t.co/9Xi4AC0z *May not play on mobiles

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Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93 (down at the moment)

also http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=7338 (down at the moment)

(direct stream http://tvborinquen.com/current.php up,  http://tvborinquen.com/?p=121 if you get an error)

YT links are only segments that were not posted on Current.com.

Tonight on Countdown

Guests: Andrew Kroll(MoJo), Paul Butler(Georgetown Law), Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Joe Williams(Politico), Robert Reich(former US Sec. of Labor), Derrick Pitts(astronomer)

Topics: GOP candidates, SCOTUS on ACA/HCR, oil subsidies

YT additionals: Tale Of The Tape, The End Is Near, TMO, Crude Fight

Full show transcript March 29 is online. All transcripts and bonus material will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

March 13, 2012  

Countdown Tuesday 3/13/2012 in memory of Theodore C. Olbermann

Theodore C. Olbermann 1929 – 2010
Theodore C. Olbermann

“My Dad was my biggest booster…He was my inspiration, and will always remain so… He is as much my hero now, as he was when I was five years old.“

http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2010/03/13/theodore-c-olbermann-1929-2010/

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Overseas viewers now have to remember to watch Countdown at midnight GMT.

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93

also http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=7338 (down at the moment)

(direct stream http://tvborinquen.com/current.php  down at the moment)

We now have YT links again. But only segments that were not posted on Current.com.

Tonight on Countdown

  • #ShowPlug 1: On the Big Show tonight, Romney says Santorum is to his left; Santorum calls him a Socialist. This is increasingly hilarious.
  • #ShowPlug 2: AL/MS results; the wins against Voter ID laws; Rebekah Brooks arrested again, now PM David Cameron touched by MurdochGate
  • #ShowPlug 3: What Limbaugh’s Limbo on local commercials means + my note on the continuing Limbaugh nonsense that “everybody does it.”
  • Breaking News: Romney today in Missouri: “Planned Parenthood, we’re going to get rid of that.” Videotape, now, on Countdown

Guests: David Catanese(Politico), Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Heather McGhee(Demos), David Folkenflik(NPR), Irin Carmon(Salon), Sam Seder(Majority Report)

Topics: GOP candidates, war on women, NotW/Murdoch phonehacking scandal, Limbaugh backlash, Voter ID laws

YT additionals: Breaking News, Voter ID Laws, TMO, Primaries

Full show transcript March 13 is online. All transcripts and bonus material will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

March 8, 2012  

Countdown Thursday 3/8/2012

Keith announced yesterday that Worst Persons will be suspended, again.

But he tweeted:

  • On suspending Worsts, we will still be covering those kind of stories, and at greater length. They just won’t have the name “Worsts.”

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93

also http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=7338

(direct stream http://tvborinquen.com/current.php  )

We now have YT links again. But only segments that were not posted on Current.com.

Tonight on Countdown

Guests: Ryan Grim(HuffPo), David Catanese(Politico), Benjy Sarlin(TPM), Mark Potok(Southern Poverty Law Center), former Rep Lincoln Davis, Maysoon Zayid(comedian)

Topics: GOP candidates, Obama’s reelection chances, increase of nationalistic hate groups

YT additonals: Desperate Candidates, The Party Divide, TMO, Genderal Affairs

Full show transcript March 8 is online. All transcripts and bonus material will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

March 6, 2012  

Countdown Tuesday 3/6/2012 Super Tuesday 3-hour Special

Countdown starts at 8pm with 3-hour Special coverage (TWR starts after that at 11pm).

Caucuses:

Alaska (27 delegates) Romney

Idaho (32) Romney

North Dakota (28) Santorum (Romney third, Paul second)

Primaries:

Georgia (76) Gingrich

Massachusetts (41) Romney

Ohio (66) Romney

Oklahoma (43) Santorum

Tennessee (58) Santorum

Vermont (17) Romney (Santorum third, Paul second)

Virginia (49, only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul on the ballot) Romney

(437 delegates in total. some states have proportional allocation, not winner takes all and Santorum has some districts he can’t get delegates, even if he wins)

http://current.com/election2012/

http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-republican-primary-schedule/

http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012/03/super-tuesday-2012-results/

Visit Countdown’s website: Countdown with Keith Olbermann for videos and transcripts of pre-Super Tuesday analysis.

Follow on Twitter: @CountdownKO, @KeithOlbermann, #CountdownKO.

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93

also http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=7338

(direct stream http://tvborinquen.com/current.php

We now have YT links again. But only segments that were not posted on Current.com.

Tonight on Countdown

Guests: David Shuster, Craig Crawford, Nia-Malika Henderson(WaPo), Eliot Spitzer, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Heather McGee(Demos), former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Amanda Becker(Roll Call), Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Sam Seder(Majority Report)

Topics: GOP candidates/Super Tuesday

Full show transcript March 6 is online. All transcripts and bonus material will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

March 1, 2012  

Countdown Thursday 3/1/2012

In respect of the sudden death of Andrew Breitbart, all mashup videos were apparently removed from the Countdown website. The transcripts are still online, of course.

He wasn’t mentioned on the show.

Current cut two repeats of Countdown at noon and 3pm ET so it airs now 8pm ET (live) / 11pm / 2am / 7am. (TYT and TWR also cut their reruns)

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93

also http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=7338

(direct stream http://tvborinquen.com/current.php

alternatively:  http://www.rentadrone.tv/special-viewings/ (down at the moment)

We now have YT links again. But only segments that were not posted on Current.com.

Tonight on Countdown

  • #ShowPlug 1: Senate defeats Blunt Amendment, denying Romney chance to voice 3rd different position on it. @RyanGrim on bill, politics
  • #ShowPlug 2: Michigan awards both at-large delegates to Romney; Santorum cries fix. Joe @jdub321 Williams on GOP campaign
  • #ShowPlug 3: GOP tries to pin price of gas on POTUS as President Clinton preposterously endorses Keystone XL Pipeline. W/ @BrianBeutler
  • #ShowPlug 4: NewsCorp shareholders push to push James Murdoch out; Rupert to testify to Leveson Inquiry. w/Guardian’s @EdPilkington
  • #ShowPlug 5: Comical Sheriff Arpaio goes full birther in bizarre news conference. @ChristFinnegan gives him the serious analysis he merits
  • #ShowPlug Last: As bomb squad examines package at his home, did Rush Limbaugh mean to call own wife & 40 million US women, “sluts”?

Guests: Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Joe Williams(Politico), Brian Beutler(TPM), Ed Pilkington(The Guardian), Christian Finnegan(comedian)

Topics: GOP candidates, Blunt amendment, Keystone XL pipeline, birtherism

YT additional: Campaigns And Contraception I, Campaigns And Contraception II, Clog In The Pipeline, TMO

Full show transcript March 1 is online. All transcripts and bonus material will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

January 16, 2012  

Countdown Monday 1/16/2012 and Keith talking to Jerry Seinfeld

Keith will cover South Carolina on Saturday 1/21 in a Special at 6:30 pm.

On Monday, January 23, Keith will be at the Paley Center for Media New York

“Remembering Master Storyteller, Jean Shepherd: With Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Olbermann

…Jerry Seinfeld, will talk about how Shepherd influenced his work with Keith Olbermann. Friends and colleagues will also discuss how Shepherd practically invented talk radio…“

http://www.paleycenter.org/2012-spring-remembering-master-storyteller-jean-shepherd-with-jerry-seinfeld-and-keith-olbermann/

The event starts at 6:00 pm. Tickets are available on the website.

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93.

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Keith is back from vacation.

Tonight on Countdown

  • #ShowPlug 1: Huntsman out, endorses man he called “unelectable” a week ago. @Niawapo Nia-Malika Henderson on Romney’s 98% nomination chance
  • #ShowPlug 2: Remaining turn to tax returns in desperate Stop-Mitt action ahead of SoCarolina. HuffPo’s @RyanGrim joins me
  • #ShowPlug 3: Rick Perry says “over the top” to call Taliban corpse desecration criminal. In fact, it’s a war crime W/ @JonSoltz of @VoteVets
  • #ShowPlug 4: Occupy on Martin Luther King Day w/ @UncleRUSH Russell Simmons; Occupy vs TWO Greyhound Bus Drivers in Worsts
  • #ShowPlugLast: And latest Jimmy O’Keefe sting – getting ballot for “dead” voter – fizzles b/c voter ISN’T DEAD. NOT DEAD voter joins us

Guests: Nia-Malika Henderson(WaPo), Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Jon Soltz(VoteVets), Russell Simmons(GlobalGrind.com), Robert William Beaulieu(undead voter)

Topics: GOP candidates, Occupy everywhere

YT alternatives: End Of The Hunt, Four To Go, “Reprehensible And Unacceptable”, TMO, Occupy The Dream, WPitW, “Dead” Voter Walking?

Full show transcript January 16 is online. All transcripts will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

January 6, 2012  

Countdown Friday 1/6/2012

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/93.

Tonight on Countdown

  • #ShowPlug 1: Strongest 6-months job growth since 2006, economy suddenly shaping up as Obama strongpoint for reelection.
  • #ShowPlug 2: Bill @BPShow Press, @Craig_Crawford, @RyanGrim on POTUS; GOP freakout, Santorum calling himself “Jesus Candidate”
  • #ShowPlug 3: Possible Santorum meant it as in “Jesus? I’M a candidate?” McCain also accidently endorses President Obama’s reelection
  • #ShowPlug 4: GOP never learns. Now Indiana is union battleground, as Super Bowl there approaches. NFL Players BLAST the effort
  • #ShowPlug 5: Penn St scandal worsens as memos show new President’s November concern was “controlling narrative,” not refunding donations
  • #ShowPlug Last: And Thurber at his best: attacking pigeons AND Gertrude Stein in “There’s An Owl In My Room.” See you at 8 ET.

Guests: Bill Press(Bill Press Show), Craig Crawford(CraigCrawford.com), Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Nancy Guyott(President AFL-CIO Indiana)

Topics: job growth, GOP candidates, Indiana GOP anti-union efforts, Penn State scandal

Thurber Reading: “There’s An Owl In My Room.“

YT alternative: Obama Jobs Boost I, Obama Jobs Boost II, Fools On Parade, TMO, Rights Fight, WPitW

Full show transcript  January 6 is online. All transcripts will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

October 7, 2011  

Countdown Friday 10/7/2011

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/?p=22.

Tonight on Countdown

  • ShowPlug1: Here come the attacks: #OWS is “a Paris mob” per Sen. Paul. “anarchists” per Pete King, “mobs occupying Wall Street” per Cantor
  • ShowPlug2: Cantor, w/unknowing irony, condemns “the pitting of Americans against Americans” (maybe it’s a GOP trademark violation)
  • ShowPlug3: GOP + Dem responses to #OWS w/HuffPo’s @RyanGrim ; what actual changes OWS could effect, w/Jeff Madrick of @RooseveltInst
  • ShowPlug4: Occupy in Pha, Portland, LA, burgeons. @TavisSmiley and @CornelWest join me live from #OccupyLA
  • ShowPlug5: + the question I got most asked yesterday in Zuccotti Park: where does #OWS fit in protest history? With @GregMitch
  • ShowPlugLast: My choice on Thurber tonight; Worsts: the tape to play the next time a conservative pretends he actually cared about 9/11

Guests: Ryan Grim(HuffPo), Jeff Madrick(Roosevelt Institute), Tavis Smiley(PBS), Dr. Cornel West(Princeton), Greg Mitchell(The Nation)

Topics: OccupyWallStreet/Occupy everywhere

Thurber Reading: “A Box to Hide in“

War of Words I, War of Words II, making history?, Occupy everywhere, TMO, WPitW

@JesseLaGreca tweeted during the night: I will be doing an interview w/ @KeithOlbermann tomorrow at 10am or so at Zuccotti Park/Liberty square. So excited can’t sleep #OccupyWallSt

Full show transcript October 7 is online. All transcripts will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

September 23, 2011  

Countdown Friday 9/23/2011

Current livestream is to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/?p=22.

http://www.rtvstream.com/st/crrnt.php  is no longer working.

Tonight on Countdown

  • ShowPlug1: Santorum says he didn’t hear booing of soldier, would’ve told crowd to stop. Didn’t stop him from hateful DADT answer
  • ShowPlug2: + Perry’s debate performance has GOP asking “Anybody Else?” @Markos Moulitsas, @Craig_Crawford on debate fiasco
  • ShowPlug3: GOP still holding government hostage unless they get more pollution + more unemployment. @RyanGrim on stopgap $ game
  • ShowPlug4: Nice Work, Einstein! Theory of Relativity questioned after particles go faster than light w/ @CoolAstronomer Derrick Pitts
  • ShowPlug5: Worsts: She co-chairs Perry’s state campaign AND raises the dead – and Billo calls 60%+ of country “morons”
  • ShowPlugLast: + Fridays with Thurber – from examined to examiner: “Draft Board Nights.”

Guests: Markos Moulitsas, Craig Crawford(Roll Call), Ryan Grim(HP), Derrick Pitts

Topics: GOP debate & candidates, Republicans holding government hostage & killing jobs, Neutrinos faster than light

Thurber reading: “Draft Board Nights.“

YT alternatives: GOP debate debacle I, GOP debate debacle II, shutdown showdown, TMO, Relatively Wrong, WPitW

Full show transcript September 23 is online. All transcripts will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

September 8, 2011  

Countdown Thursday 9/8/2011 Presidential Address Special

Tonight  Current will air a 2-hour special from 7pm till 9pm with the presidents speech followed by analysis.

There is also a live blog for the speech.

Current livestream is now to be found at http://www.thertv.eu/?p=22.

http://www.rtvstream.com/st/crrnt.php  is working, when rtv has a functioning live stream anywhere.

Official script and video of Obama’s speech. The fact sheet.

Tonight on Countdown

Presidential Address Special

  • ShowPlug1: Our live coverage of President Obama’s Jobs Address to Joint Session of Congress begins at 7 PM Eastern on @Current TV
  • ShowPlug2: POTUS emails supporters saying it’s “up to you” to pass what he’ll propose tonight. Mentions Congressional resistance, not GOP’s
  • ShowPlug3: Eliot Spitzer and economist JeffMadrick of @RooseveltInst join me before, after speech.Also after: @RyanGrim + @Markos Moulitsas
  • ShowPlugLast: Reaction from @SenatorSanders and Rep. @KeithEllison and @RepRaulGrijalva – Live, 7-9 ET, repeating 10-12 ET.

Guests: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Jeff Madrick, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Keith Ellison, Markos Moulitsas, Eliot Spitzer, Ryan Grim(HuffPo)

Topics: Obama speech, jobs, economy

YT alternatives:

Full show transcript September 8 is online. All transcripts will be on http://countdownlibrary.blogspot.com/

There are also segment transcripts which contain the related links to the story.

The TMO ones include links to the shown videos.

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