5/12 to 5/16/2025 Bill Meyer Show Blog and Guest Info

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Friday 05-16-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information

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6:35 Claudia Rowe has been writing about the hallways where kids and government clash for more than 30 years. A native of New York City now living in Seattle, her reporting on racially skewed school discipline for The Seattle Times helped to change education laws in Washington State and her coverage of Latino youth gangs was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Rowe has also written for The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Amazon Original Stories. In 2018 she received the Washington State Book Award for her true crime memoir The Spider and the Fly (Dey Street). She is a member of the editorial board at The Seattle Times, where she writes about foster care, juvenile justice, and public education.

More at: www.ClaudiaRoweJournalist.com

Claudia’s latest book which we discuss today is Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care, which Abrams Books will publish on May 20th. It’s about America’s foster care-to-prison pipeline. Conservative estimates suggest that about 20 to 25 percent of prison inmates are “alumni” of the foster care system. Clearly, something is terribly wrong.

Wards of the State starts with the story of Maryanne who had been arrested for murder by the time she was 16. In and out of foster and adoptive homes since age 10, she’d run away, been trafficked and assaulted, and finally pointed a gun at the latest man to take her into his car. She pulled the trigger and fled. But with no family to turn to and few reliable friends, it didn’t take long for the police to catch up with her.

The book goes on to acquaint us with five other foster kids, including an 18-year-old sleeping on the New York City subways; a gangbanger-turned graduate student; and a foster child who is now a policy advisor to the White House. Author Claudia Rowe paints a visceral survival narrative showing exactly where, when, and how the system channels children into locked cells. Balanced with accounts from psychologists, advocates, judges, and foster parents, Wards of the State paves a road to reform by pulling back the curtain on a broken system and the searing realities faced by kids who may be sitting in classrooms next to your own children.

 7:10 Greg Roberts from www.RogueWeather.com with today’s outdoor report!

7:35 Dr. Dennis Powers – www.DennisPowersBooks.com retired professor of Business Law at SOU, analyzes yesterday’s Supreme Court Hearings on Birthright Citizenship and the Nationwide Court Injunction Issue.

8:45 Grants Pass City Council President Victoria Marshall joins the show to talk the homelessness lawsuits, how we “got here”, and the impact of HB 3151 from the 2021 legislature which has burdened cities with homeless rules.

 Monday night 5/19, 6pm at the City Council Chambers, 101 NW A street in Grants Pass, the Council is holding a listening and learning session for

the public to attend, ask questions and get educated on HB 3151.

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Thursday 05-15-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information

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6:35 Jack Cashill, amazing author and journalist (one of my favorites) Today we talk about his Substack post about whether Public Schools actually WANT boys to read? He digs into a reading list at an elite public school in Maryland…nothing there a male would want to read and devour. Here’s a taste of his substack post and it’s worth your subscription: https://jackcashill.substack.com/p/do-educators-want-boys-to-stop-reading

 

 

 

 

7:10 Dennis Kneale, author of The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk. An admiring portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur from the former CNBC host and Forbes editor.

HERE’S THE BOOK: The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk

Dennis Kneale, author of The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk, is an award-winning journalist, media strategist, advisor to senior executives, and the host of the What’s Bugging Me podcast, hosted by the Ricochet network. He was an anchor at CNBC and at Fox Business Network, after serving as a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal and managing editor of Forbes. He helped write Wealth Mismanagement: A Wall Street Insider on the Dirty Secrets of Financial Advisers and How to Protect Your Portfolio, by Ed Butowsky. Kneale lives in New York City.

8:10 Kim Andresen, co-presenter of the 5/29 and 5/30 conference in Medford – AI FOR GOOD  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-for-good-conference-tickets-1349218762639

Whatever level of AI experience you have, this conference can get you educated and involved and learn how to make it work for you and your business!

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Wednesday 05-14-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information

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6:35 Eric Peters automotive journalist with GREAT coverage on everything at the nexus of transportation and Politics – head to www.EPautos.com   

 7:10 Dr. Dana Cheng, co-founder of the Epoch Times. www.TheEpochTimes.com and discussion on the “Trump China Trade”.  

There’s more going on than meets the eye with the trade talks – especially from China’s point of view. 

 

The Epoch Times’s Dr. Dana Cheng, one of the newspaper’s founders, has sources inside China, and she also has deep knowledge of how the Chinese communist party thinks.

 

8:10 Richard Waldo, CEO and founder of the Oregon Defensible Space Foundation

www.Oregondefensablespacefoundation.com  or  www.odsfoundation.com   and also www.odsfoundation.org

(Richard’s notes to me earlier)

Richard has recently finalized the Oregon Defensible Space Foundation to fulfill a need within the Government Programs and actually getting the defensible space cleared rather than just educate the public and hope they do something. As you probably already know the current programs work like this: Government gets funding for a FireWise program that they hire lots of admin to put together a program that focuses on a problem, fire reduction, and then develops educational materials to send out to the community. Then offer classes to show how to do the work and then turn those people loose to gather their neighbors to help clear each others based off the Defensible Space protocols or a local report from the Fire Station. The challenge is what if the people are elderly, on a fixed income or don’t have the means to rent/purchase the equipment to do this? This is a large percentage of Southern Oregon. This is why much of the rural forested properties are listed as high fire danger and the fuel loads are really high.

 

Our Foundation is tackling the GAP that exists in these programs that come out from the State,County, Local and colleges! I would like to talk with you on our approach and goals to actually clear these lands! We will be training and employing the next generation of firefighters!

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Tuesday 05-13-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information

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6:35 Kevin Starrett from Oregon Firearms Federation – look out, more crazy gun bills moving.

The Senate Rules Committee heard SB 243A today.

 

The bill bans “rapid fire” devices (many of which are already illegal) creates yet another waiting period after the endless ones that will be in effect with 114, and vastly expands the places that are off limits to CHL holders.

 

It was the usual collection of lies, misinformation, and outright nonsense reinforced by the army of red shirted Karens bussed in to share their mutual ignorance.

 

If you attempted to watch it, you have our sympathies.

 

While the Chair of the committee can be forgiven for being hard to understand, (English is a second language to him) James Manning has no such excuse.

 

Manning cannot complete a thought without mentioning that he was “in the military”, claims to have been a “police officer” (something we have never been able to confirm) and reminds us that he has “shot a lot of guns.” (Ok, he cannot complete a thought period.)

 

But while Manning has a firmly established reputation for painfully low intellect, his rambling and incoherent blather today shot off the charts for stupidity.

 

Humans have not yet invented the words to describe the sheer magnitude of how mindless this man is.

 

Aside from the fact that he had no idea what was in the bill he was discussing, and aside from the fact that much of what he said was pure fabrication, his comments about women having the means to defend themselves against abusers was astonishingly ignorant and insulting. We will not try to reproduce it here because you would think we were making it up.

 

Senators Broadman and Prozanski came to support the bill and neither of them has a clue about what they are legislating. Prozanksi’s twisted (and wrong) explanation of what “rapid fire” devices entail was matched only by Broadman’s inability to name a single example of a CHL holder shooting up a city council meeting.

 

But neither could come close to Manning for sheer witlessness. That this man is voting on bills that will attack our freedoms is terrifying.

 

The submitted testimony is running 1259 against and 175 in favor and the legislative website wrongly attributes several opposing submissions to the “support” column. These are useful numbers as we are reminded to “make our voices heard.”

 

In fact, this morning, House Rep Jeff Helfrich sent out an email saying: “ This bill is a SERIOUS THREAT to your freedoms, and it could pass unless YOU stand up RIGHT NOW.” And “The Senate Committee on Rules is meeting TODAY, and we need you to ACT NOW. Register to testify in person or submit written testimony IMMEDIATELY.”

 

What was most unusual about this email was that it did not direct readers to his fundraising page as virtually all of his almost daily emails do.

 

 

But even more interesting was a recent video Helfrich posted. In this video “Helfrich sits down with his mentor, Mike Reese—former Multnomah Sheriff, Portland Police Chief, and now Oregon Corrections Director. From their shared days as deputies to Mike’s decades of service, hear how he’s kept communities at the heart of law enforcement through every challenge.”

 

 

What did not get discussed in this conversation with Helfrich’s “mentor,” was Mike Reese’s ardent commitment to disarming civilians and his close association for years with militant anti-gun groups. Helfrich won’t mention it so we will.

 

This very dangerous bill is due for a work session on Wednesday at 1pm in Senate Rules.

 

Two amendments are being considered. The -7 and -9 amendments.

 

Amended or not this bill is a vicious attack on the most law abiding Oregonians. We keep being lectured to “make our voices heard.” Well we HAVE made our voices heard. When will the Republicans take a stand and stop this insanity?

 

 

 

 

7:10 Economist Mark Skousen – the author of “The Greatest American” Benjamin Franklin, the World’s Most Versatile Genius – https://skousenbooks.com/ols/products/the-greatest-american

BTW, Dr. Skousen is an 8th generation descendant of Franklin.

 

About Dr. Skousen: Mark Skousen holds the prestigious Doti-Spogli Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University and is a prolific author whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine. He regularly appears on Fox News, CNBC, and C-SPAN Book TV. As the founder and producer of FreedomFest, “the world’s largest gathering of free minds,” he attracts over 2,000 attendees annually to his conference. Dr. Skousen is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and the Council for National Policy. In 2006, he and his wife Jo Ann compiled and edited “The Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin,” published by Regnery. His newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, published by Eagle Publishing, serves approximately 15,000 subscribers.

 

7:35 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger with our weekly talk on politics, the state and you!

 

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Monday 05-12-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information

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6:35 Tim Keller is the Chairman & Founder, U.S. Diabetes Care. (More at www.USdiabetesCare.com ) Tim has 32 years of experience in the medical industry. His career started at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in June of 1989 where he became the orderly in surgery, quickly moved through many other positions. While he continued his career with St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, he took a second job at Holy Cross Living Center. Tim quickly built a personal brand that led to numerous awards and then to positions at Stryker, and later at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics. In these roles, Tim forged close partnerships with physicians. He then became a consultant in specialty retail pharmacy, through which he helped multiple companies in a distribution model set up national distribution and market penetration. Through these experiences, and being diagnosed with diabetes himself, Tim recognized a need for better diabetes care in the health care industry. Tim believes that USDC will be a paradigm shift in the way medicine will be provided to diabetics.

 

7:10 Jason Sullivan is a Contributor-at-Large for The Gateway Pundit, Founder and Publisher of UNLEASHED.news, Founder of ResultsIncorporated.com, and lead investigator specializing in Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and forensic investigations for Peter Ticktin, President Trump’s lead Florida attorney, at The Ticktin Law Group.

 

Jason Sullivan on Ukrainian Influences Behind Trump Assassination Attempts

 

3rd Would-Be Trump Assassin Plotted with Telegram Account Linked to Ukrainian Cell Number …

We’ve Identified the Account and Individual It’s Registered To.

 

by Jason Sullivan As seen in The Gateway Pundit

A newly unsealed FBI affidavit reveals that 17-year-old Wisconsin native Nikita Casap — who murdered his parents, stole $14,000 in cash, and plotted to assassinate President Trump using a militarized drone — was communicating via Telegram with an overseas phone number registered to Vodafone Ukraine, one of the country’s largest mobile carriers. 

As part of his diabolical plot, Casap brutally murdered his mother and stepfather to steal $14,000 in cash — money he intended to use to acquire a customized militarized drone capable of dropping and detonating an explosive device in an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.

He actively coordinated an escape plan to Ukraine, even asking one handler if he could still live a “normal life” there — even if the world found out what he had done.

One of the Telegram accounts instructed Casap on how to hide the bodies of his parents, advising him to drag them into the basement to avoid detection.

Full Article here.

 

 

 

7:35 Capt. Bill Simpson from the Wild Horse Fire Brigade – a talk on Grok’s view of the Klamath Dam Removal and other WH news.

Even Grok said ask KRRC for the Report!
Can you list the toxins that CDM Smith found in the Copco and Iron Gate Lake sediments?

The CDM Smith/Stillwater Sciences study, titled Screening-Level Evaluation of Contaminants in Sediments from Three Reservoirs and the Estuary of the Klamath River, 2009-2011, identified several toxins in the sediments of Copco and Iron Gate Lakes. Based on the available information, the study reported the presence of the following contaminants:

  • Toxic Heavy Metals:
    • Chromium
    • Lead
    • Arsenic
    • Aluminum
  • Organic Toxins:
    • Dioxins (specifically noted as bio-accumulative “forever chemicals”)
    • DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, a persistent pesticide)
    • PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls, another class of bio-accumulative “forever chemicals”)

These toxins were found at varied levels in the lake bed sediments, which are primarily composed of 78% clay, a fine-grained material that can trap and concentrate pollutants, making them particularly harmful when disturbed (California Globe, 2024; Siskiyou News, 2024). The study suggested that dilution in the Klamath River might mitigate some toxic impacts, but critics argue this approach has led to accumulation and long-term pollution, as evidenced by the mass die-off of aquatic life following sediment release during the 2024 dam removal (Siskiyou News, 2024).

 

Note: The exact concentrations and full list of contaminants may require access to the complete CDM Smith report, which is referenced but not fully detailed in the provided sources. For precise data, you may need to obtain the report directly from the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) or relevant agencies. If you need assistance locating the report or further analysis, let me know!

Using the uploaded CDM Smith document, can you now list all the toxins in the Copco and Iron Gate Lake sediments?
CDM_2011_0119_Screening-Level-Evaluation-of-Contaminants-in-Sediments.pdf

The Screening-Level Evaluation of Contaminants in Sediments from Three Reservoirs and the Estuary of the Klamath River, 2009-2011 by CDM Smith and Stillwater Sciences identifies several toxins, referred to as Chemicals of Potential Concern (COPCs), in the sediments of Copco 1 and Iron Gate Reservoirs. These toxins were detected through sediment sampling and analysis, with some exceeding freshwater, marine, or human health screening levels, indicating potential ecological or health risks. Below is a comprehensive list of all toxins identified in the sediments of Copco 1 and Iron Gate Lakes, based on the document’s findings, particularly from Chapter 3 and associated tables (Tables 2, 3, 4, and 5).

Toxins in Copco 1 and Iron Gate Lake Sediments

Copco 1 Reservoir

The following toxins were detected in Copco 1 Reservoir sediments, with some exceeding screening levels for freshwater (Table 2), human health (Table 3), or marine environments (Table 4), or noted as significant in dioxin/furan Toxic Equivalency (TEQ) evaluations (Table 5):

  • Toxic Heavy Metals:
    • Aluminum: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Arsenic: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
    • Chromium: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Copper: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Lead: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
    • Nickel: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
  • Organic Toxins:
    • Dioxins and Furans: Detected and evaluated using Toxic Equivalency (TEQ) calculations, with levels contributing to potential ecological and human health concerns (Table 5, pp. 3-25–3-29). Specific congeners not listed but included in TEQ analysis.
    • Dioxin-like PCB Congeners: Contributed to TEQ calculations, indicating bio-accumulative potential (Tables 5–7, pp. 3-25–3-29).
    • DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): Exceeded human health and marine sediment screening levels, noted as a persistent pesticide (Tables 3 and 4, pp. 3-8, 3-14).
    • PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls): Exceeded human health screening levels, with dioxin-like congeners posing bioaccumulation risks (Table 3, p. 3-8).
    • PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons): Specific compounds (e.g., Fluoranthene) detected, with some exceeding screening levels, contributing to ecological concerns (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Chlordane: Exceeded human health screening levels, noted as a persistent pesticide (Table 3, p. 3-8).

Iron Gate Reservoir

The following toxins were detected in Iron Gate Reservoir sediments, with some exceeding screening levels or noted in TEQ evaluations:

  • Toxic Heavy Metals:
    • Aluminum: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Arsenic: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
    • Chromium: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Copper: Exceeded freshwater sediment screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Lead: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
    • Nickel: Exceeded freshwater and human health screening levels (Tables 2 and 3, pp. 3-3, 3-8).
  • Organic Toxins:
    • Dioxins and Furans: Detected with TEQ contributions, indicating potential risks (Table 5, pp. 3-25–3-29).
    • Dioxin-like PCB Congeners: Included in TEQ calculations, with bioaccumulation concerns (Tables 5–7, pp. 3-25–3-29).
    • DDT: Exceeded human health and marine sediment screening levels (Tables 3 and 4, pp. 3-8, 3-14).
    • PCBs: Exceeded human health screening levels, with bio-accumulative properties (Table 3, p. 3-8).
    • PAHs: Detected, with some compounds exceeding screening levels (Table 2, p. 3-3).
    • Chlordane: Exceeded human health screening levels (Table 3, p. 3-8).

Additional Notes

  • Screening Levels and TEQ Analysis: The document lists toxins exceeding freshwater (e.g., Effects Range Low, Probable Effect Concentration), human health (e.g., California Human Health Screening Levels), or marine (e.g., Effects Range Median) screening levels, indicating potential risks (Tables 2–4, pp. 3-3–3-14). Dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like PCBs were evaluated using TEQ calculations to assess cumulative toxicity, with results suggesting low but non-negligible risks (Section 3.5, pp. 3-22–3-27).
  • Sediment Composition: Sediments in both reservoirs are 78% clay, which traps toxins, increasing bioaccumulation risks when disturbed, as noted in critiques of the 2024 dam removal (Siskiyou News, 2024).
  • Context with WHFB: The WHFB’s rewilding plan, relocating horses to wilderness areas, could mitigate environmental impacts by reducing sediment disturbance risks compared to dam removal, aligning with concerns about toxin release (Wild Horse Fire Brigade, n.d.-b).
  • Data Limitations: The document’s screening-level approach does not provide exact concentrations for all toxins, and some (e.g., specific PAH compounds) are generalized. Appendix A and Tables 2–4 provide the most detailed COPC lists, but further data (e.g., raw sediment concentrations) would require the full report’s appendices, not fully excerpted here.

Comprehensive List of Toxins

Combining the findings for both reservoirs, the toxins in Copco 1 and Iron Gate Lake sediments include:

  • Toxic Heavy Metals:
    • Aluminum
    • Arsenic
    • Chromium
    • Copper
    • Lead
    • Nickel
  • Organic Toxins:
    • Dioxins and Furans
    • Dioxin-like PCB Congeners
    • DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
    • PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
    • PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, e.g., Fluoranthene)
    • Chlordane

Sources

If you need specific concentration data, further analysis of the document’s appendices, or assistance obtaining the full report, please let me know!
Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret.
Founder – Exec. Director – Wild Horse Fire Brigade
Ethologist – Author – Conservationist
Wild Horse Ranch
P.O. Bx. 202 – Yreka, CA 96097
Phone: 858. 212-5762

 

8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, www.DennisPowersBooks.com , retired professor of Business law discusses the latest Trump Lawfare AND his “Fave Trumpisms”.

 

8:35 Mike Gregoric – Rogue Valley Vibes publisher and Warren Blenkush, editor of the Rogue Valley Vibes – new magazine being delivered to the West and East Side of Medford. More at https://roguevalleyvibe.com/

And it’s about RV History, fun places to go and visit!