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Thursday October 02, 2025 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 State Representative Court Boice talks about the Moon Complex Fire, the coming battle against the ODOT bill from the session, the 4.3 BILLION tax increase and more.
7:30 Leland Vittert is the host of On Balance with Leland Vittert and serves as NewsNation’s chief Washington anchor. A veteran journalist, Vittert joined NewsNation in May 2021, where he has been pivotal in covering national affairs and delivering special reports across the network’s primetime weeknight newscasts. Before joining NewsNation, Vittert worked for Fox News from 2010 to 2021, starting as a foreign correspondent based in Jerusalem and later serving as anchor and correspondent in Washington. Leland talks about his new book “BORN LUCKY”
Thanks to fan support, “Born Lucky” sold out twice and has hit #16 on Amazon — days before release. Plus, HarperCollins has doubled the print and doubled again — it SOLD OUT on Amazon but as of this morning is BACK IN STOCK! Folks can still order on Amazon or from other retailers at BornLuckyBook.Com Leland narrated the audiobook, which can be downloaded when folks CLICK HERE.
Leland was a socially awkward boy who didn’t speak for years, and when he finally did, teachers and leaders declared him “weird.” His unique behavior and inability to connect with his peers made him a frequent target for bullying and exclusion. In one particularly harsh moment, a school principal bluntly told his parents, “The people here think Leland is pretty weird. I guess I do, too.” Those words felt like being shot with an arrow, as his parents sat in stunned silence, grappling with their own fears and uncertainties for their son’s future. From a young age, Leland showed signs of being Autistic, a term rarely used at the time, struggling with social cues, communication, and behavioral norms that came naturally to other kids. The diagnosis didn’t deter his father, Mark. He knew the world wouldn’t change for Leland, so he quit his job and began changing Leland for the world. He became a full-time parent-coach, training Leland and teaching him the skills he needed to navigate in society. Simple concepts like eye contact, understanding humor, and instilling motivations had to be taught painstakingly. From hundreds of pushups at age 7 to toughen him against bullies, to coaching him through complex social interactions, Mark’s relentless dedication changed the trajectory of Leland’s life. Born Lucky offers an intimate look into their inspiring journey. Leland lays bare his experiences of the crushing bullying during middle and high school, the sting of rejection continuing into college, and his ultimate transformation into an esteemed journalist. But above all, this book is a love letter from a grateful son, who despite his diagnosis, trusted his father and defied all odds. It offers hope to every parent and every child who is grappling with their own unique challenges, to be inspired to break labels, tear down the walls that society builds, and create a better future.
8:15 Former federal prosecutor, former US Marine, and 2024 GOP Massachusetts US Senate nominee John Deaton available to discuss this week’s meeting in Quantico where every senior US military leader is gathering for an unprecedented in-person assembly.
More about John @Johnedeaton on X.
About John:
John Deaton is a U.S. Marine veteran, cancer survivor, father of three daughters, trial attorney, and author who overcame significant challenges to build a successful life and advocate for underrepresented communities. Born in 1967 in Highland Park, Michigan, he grew up in generational poverty amid racial tensions and violence. Despite these hardships, Deaton graduated magna cum laude from Eastern Michigan University and earned his law degree from New England School of Law in 1995. He served as a Judge Advocate at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and later as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
After retiring from the Marines in 2002, Deaton founded his own law firm, focusing on representing mesothelioma and cancer victims against major corporations. His advocacy extended to exposing asbestos contamination in children’s products sold by Claire’s, leading to international product recalls and changes in testing standards. In 2024, Deaton ran as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, challenging incumbent Elizabeth Warren.
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Wednesday October 01, 2025 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Eric Peters, Auto Journalist with www.EpAutos.com for Wheels Up Wednesday talk:
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/10/01/toyotas-woven-city/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/09/29/2025-toyota-sequoia/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/09/29/hes-releasing-the-files/
7:35 Crime Prevention Resarch Center was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime is Left v. Right about 50-50 on the violence, or does one outweigh the other. Many other reports on their site that will help you read and understand crime statistics better, given the media lies continually to you about it:
8:15 – Jackson County Commissioner Colleen Roberts announces her run for re-election, what’s up in the county, a good fire summer here, why it’s important to “stay the course” in county government. Fed issues will make it all very “interesting”.
8:40 Open for Business with Randal Lee from Advanced Air – www.MyAdvancedAir.com 541-772-6866 for 24/7 service. Randal and I discuss the importance of getting service right now before the heating season hits. Oh, and if you’re thinking about signing up with Pacific Power for their “Cool Keeper” program? Randal says think again. Here’s a recent post from his Linkedin about it:
Owner/Operator
September, 2025
The burden on the electrical grid has utility companies actively offering incentives to promote less energy consumption. Program enrollment allows utility companies to install a load control switch, a limiting device, and on outdoor air conditioners that pauses the refrigerant compression cycle but allows uninterrupted fan operation. As such, the fan continues to move air, but without cooling, in five-to-thirty-minute increments.
The logic behind these programs is to reduce demand on the increasingly crowded electrical grid during peak usage. With air conditioning, however, electrical demand increases with the outdoor temperature. The hotter it gets outside, the more power you need to achieve and maintain a desirable indoor temperature. The warmer it gets, the greater the number of people using their air conditioners, increasing the burden on a fragile electrical grid. This is a consequence of electrification of everything.
Giving the utility company remote access to your thermostat potentially limits your comfort when you need it most: during extreme heat. For example, say it is 105 degrees outside, and you set your indoor control at 70 degrees—your desired temperature. The utility company can, in essence, say, “nope, that requires too much energy consumption during peak demand.” If the home is enrolled in the program, the utility company has remote access to pause the air conditioner’s refrigerant cycle, making it impossible to achieve the desired temperature. In fact, as the blazing afternoon heat intensifies, you notice the indoor temperature creeping up to 76 degrees. The thermal load of your home’s interior is increasing, but the equipment’s cooling output is capped. Once the cooling operation falls behind, it can’t catch back up. You have relinquished your autonomy and lost control of achieving your desired comfort.
There are other significant implications in modifying your condenser’s capacity. Many modern air conditioners are engineered with variable-speed inverter-driven compressors that maintain the thermostat’s indoor set point with a high degree of accuracy. Newer high-end HVAC equipment and controls are self-learning, generating algorithms to optimize efficiency and comfort based on the indoor occupants’ usage. Adding an electrical device that limits the cooling capacity of the air conditioner circumvents the equipment’s engineered technology and could potentially cause fault codes—taking the system offline during critical operation.
Pilot programs often become mandates. Another question inevitably arises when programs like this are heavily promoted: at what point does voluntary participation in energy conservation become a mandate that restricts freedom to achieve desired indoor comfort?
Many people have adverse medical conditions that require sensitivity to indoor air conditioning. Some people want gas furnaces that produce hot heat and air conditioners that blow frigid air, regardless of cost. Others perceive this as an encroachment on civil liberty, coercion to comply with global environmental initiatives.
When I’m asked by friends, family, and clients if they should participate in these programs, I respond with an emphatic No!
Pacific Power Cool Keeper Program
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Tuesday September 30, 2025 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 SAM BOURGI Sam Bourgi is a finance analyst and researcher at InvestorsObserver, bringing over 13 years of expertise in financial markets, economics, and monetary policy. His professional background spans the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, where he has held positions such as senior policy adviser, labor market analyst, and marketing director. Sam’s in-depth research and market analysis have been referenced by leading institutions and organizations, including the U.S. Congress, Department of Justice, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Bank for International Settlements, Boston University Law Review, Barron’s, and Forbes. Sam regularly appears on TV, including CBN, KFYR TV, and ABC30, and is often quoted by such media outlets as the SF Chronicle and MSN.
When AI Runs Too Hot: What Investors Should Know About the Tech Boom
By Sam Bourgi
From baggy jeans making a comeback to South Park dominating pop culture chatter, it feels like the late ’90s all over again. But beneath the nostalgia, a familiar question nags at markets and media: is today’s tech boom headed for the same kind of crash we saw 25 years ago?
The S&P 500’s top 10 now account for an unprecedented share of total market value, with AI giants comprising a record 23%. For investors in an S&P 500 index fund, nearly 25 cents of every dollar is allocated to just six AI companies.
Many say, this level of concentration resembles the conditions before the dot-com bubble, and we all remember what happened.
Back in 2000, the market looked similarly top-heavy. InvestorsObserver reported that Microsoft lost 58% of its value and took nearly 17 years to recover. Cisco collapsed by 82% and has yet to return to its peak price. Intel fell 72% and still trades below its 2000 highs. Industry leaders, no matter how dominant, are not immune to correction.
Fast-forward to today: Nvidia, the biggest AI chip maker, lost $600 billion in value in just one day, thanks to a curveball thrown by a Chinese company, DeepSeek. DeepSeek claims it built AI technology for less than $6 million (competing with systems that cost billions).
This stresses how fragile valuations based on overly optimistic growth assumptions can be, even when core businesses remain strong.
Should investors be worried? To some extent, yes. If such claims are credible, demand for expensive chips could plummet, dramatically squeezing margins. AI could become a ubiquitous consumer technology, much like the smartphone.
Regardless of innovation or past performance, no sector is immune to cycles of hype, correction, and disruptive competition.
That said, panic could be premature. Instead, people should use this moment to reassess risks and find value beyond hype-driven trades.
Many investors assume index funds offer diversification, but they represent a substantial bet on AI in today’s market.
With all the hype, stock prices assume AI will revolutionize everything immediately, when in reality, it’s similar to a gym membership after New Year’s – a classic case of overhyped adoption with limited tangible results, as 95% of companies using AI see zero revenue growth from it.
So, what should your strategy be? Some investors might consider hedging or shorting chipmakers or investing in established firms that generate consistent, sustainable profits, those “boring” companies in sectors like healthcare, utilities, or consumer goods.
My only advice is to diversify. No theme or sector should comprise more than 10% of your portfolio.
Currently, AI accounts for 23% of the market. While industries like healthcare, utilities, and consumer goods may not be as headline-grabbing as technology, they haven’t lost 82% of their value.
The recent cooling in AI stocks could be an early sign of structural stress. Whether the market stabilizes or unravels further is uncertain.
What’s at stake is whether the current market leaders can maintain their dominance without falling into the same traps that brought down their dot-com predecessors. However, good companies tend to recover.
Now might be your chance to rebalance your portfolio. A proportional approach will help you sleep better. On some occasions playing it safe is wise, even if it’s less exciting.
ABOUT SAM BOURGI
Sam Bourgi is a finance analyst and researcher at InvestorsObserver, bringing over 13 years of expertise in financial markets, economics, and monetary policy. His professional background spans the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, where he has held positions such as senior policy adviser, labor market analyst, and marketing director. Sam’s in-depth research and market analysis have been referenced by leading institutions and organizations, including the U.S. Congress, Department of Justice, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Bank for International Settlements, Boston University Law Review, Barron’s, and Forbes. Sam regularly appears on TV, including CBN, KFYR TV, and ABC30, and is often quoted by such media outlets as the SF Chronicle and MSN.
ABOUT INVESTORS OBSERVER
Investors Observer is a trusted source of independent financial analysis, market insights, and investment research for individuals and institutions. Founded to empower retail investors with actionable intelligence, InvestorsObserver delivers timely commentary, data-driven studies, and accessible financial tools designed to simplify complex market trends. Its research and insights have been featured by various media outlets, including Yahoo, The Guardian, Morning Star, Nasdaq, and more.
7:10 Herman Baertschiger – Trump in PDX, how many memorials destroyed by the progressives?
7:35 Harmeet Dhillon, United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division – She is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party, and the former National Committeewoman of the Republican National Committee for California.[1][2] She is the founder of a law practice called Dhillon Law Group Inc.[3] In 2018, she helped launch the 501(c)(3) conservative nonprofit Center for American Liberty, which does legal work related to civil liberties. We dig into the lawsuit filed against the state of Oregon, demanding unredacted voter data. It’s ALL about “cleaning” Oregon’s voter rolls.
(Press release info follows)
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division sued the states of Oregon and Maine, and their respective Secretaries of State, for failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists.
“States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with, including our voting laws, which ensure that all American citizens have equal access to the ballot in federal elections,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “American citizens have a right to feel confident in the integrity of our electoral process, and the refusal of certain states to protect their citizens against vote dilution will result in legal consequences.”
The lawsuit against Oregon alleges that Oregon and its Secretary of State Tobias Read violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA) by refusing to produce the current unredacted electronic copy of the state’s voter registration list, to provide information on the state’s voter list maintenance program, and to disclose registration information for any ineligible voters.
The lawsuit against Maine alleges that Maine and its Secretary of State Shenna Bellows violated the NVRA, HAVA, and CRA by refusing to provide data regarding the removal of ineligible individuals and to produce an unredacted, computerized state voter registration list.
Yet both states gave identical information requested by the Justice Department to a private organization.
8:15 – State Sen. Noah Robinson, the Dems pass the 4.3 BILLION dollar ODOT tax increases. What happens next? The push now is to get it on the ballot and refer it to the voters next year.
8:45 Cheriesse from No Wires Now – www.NoWiresNow.com – save by calling or texting your bill to Cheriesse –(541) 680-5875.
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6:35 by Ian Kingsbury, PHD, Director of Research at Do No Harm Medicine – www.DoNoHarmMedicine.org
Do No Harm proudly launched the Center for Accountability in Medicine, a research-focused approach to expose medical institutions that push divisive identity politics, and its inaugural publication – the Medical School Excellence Index providing the first definitive ranking of U.S. medical schools based on their commitment to academic excellence and transparency.
Oregon Health and Science University of Medicine:
Grade: F
DEI Office: Yes
DEI Statement: Strongest commitment
Avg MCAT: 510
Avg GPA: 3.77
MEDICAL SCHOOL EXCELLENCE INDEX:
- What: A product of CAM, the Medical School Excellence Index is the first definitive ranking of U.S. medical schools based on their commitment to academic excellence, transparency, and rejection of DEI.
- Why: Traditional rankings often incorporate DEI positively or ignore its detrimental effects, failing to provide a clear picture for stakeholders. The MSEI fills this void.
- How: Each allopathic (i.e., MD-granting) medical school is ranked according to its performance on three constructs: Academic excellence, transparency, and rejection of DEI – see here for the full methodology.
The MSEI’s top-ranked schools are:
- USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The MSEI’s worst-ranked schools are:
- University of California, Davis School of Medicine
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- Central Michigan University College of Medicine
- Oregon Health & Science University College of Medicine
7:10 State Rep. Dwayne Yunker is on – we’re into Legislative Days – what is going on in Salem, and the big GAS TAX VOTE today?
7:35 Joel Skousen, editor of World Affairs Brief – (One of my favorite subscriptions) We discuss his latest on CK:
THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING DOESN’T ADD UP
The more we learn from video evidence of the shooting, the more facts come to light that contradict the story that Kirk was shot from the front by a powerful rifle shot. Tyler Robinson on the roof of the Losee Center at UVU was only a few degrees off of shooting Charlie Kirk directly to his front. His powerful 30.06 bullet would have gone completely through Kirk’s neck and splattered the white backdrop behind him and possibly hit one of the many people standing behind him. But there was no evidence of an exit wound to the rear nor back splatter on the backdrop. One video put out by an ex-military type claims that the only way a high velocity bullet would not have exited to the rear was if it hit the top edge of a metal bullet proof shield under Kirk’s T-shirt which would have deformed and directed the projectile upward into his skull. A second video commentary, with now over 6 million views, predominates the discussion now and claims that Kirk was shot from high and to Kirk’s right, and that the visible wound to the front of the neck was actually the exit wound. A third video, which I dismissed last week from Jeff Rense, suspects that a man at the front of the crowd in a khaki shirt and sunglasses took the shot at close range with a small gun hidden in his right hand. This week I will go through each of these theories in turn and compare them to the facts being put out including what one doctor revealed who treated Kirk afterward at the hospital.
8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, retired professor of business law at SOU, historian and author with today’s “Where Past Meets Present”
Bobby Doerr: Hall of Famer
By Dennis Powers
Robert Pershing Doerr (“Bobby Doerr”) was born in Los Angeles in 1919, and his middle name was in honor of WW I famed, General John J. Pershing. Bobby believed that he would have had to work for the telephone company like the rest of his family if he hadn’t found his baseball career. He was 16 when he joined the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League in 1934, and moved with the team to San Diego in 1936, where they became the Padres.
Hall-of-Famer Eddie Collins signed him with the American League’s Boston Red Sox on the same day as Ted Williams. After the 1936 season in San Diego, Doerr spent the winter fly fishing for steelhead in Oregon, where he fell in love with Monica Roseman Terpin, the teacher in the one-room schoolhouse after meeting her at a dance. The next spring, Doerr was called by the Red Sox to join future Hall of Fame stars Ted Williams, Joe Cronin, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove.
At the young age of 18, Bobby made his big-league debut on April 20, 1937. (After this season, Doerr and Monica were married.) Dubbed the “Silent Captain” by his longtime teammate and friend, Ted Williams, he first played 8 full seasons with the Red Sox, missing 1945 due to his service in World War II, and completed his 14 seasons from 1946 – 1951. Doerr was modest and very well-liked by teammates and competitors alike. He was a nine-time All-Star with a .288 lifetime average, 2,042 hits, 223 home runs, and 1,247 RBIs. He had six seasons with at least 100 RBIs.
His fielding was excellent, including 414 straight games without an error at second base, which was a record at the time. Doerr lead the league in fielding percentage (four times), double play (four times), and assists (three times), not to mention different batting statistics as slugging percentage, triples, and the like. He credited his fielding skill to endless hours bouncing a rubber ball against the front steps of his family’s Los Angeles home
After a bad back forced him to retire after the 1951 season, Doerr moved his family to Junction City, his wife’s hometown, so their son, Don, could go to middle school. (Junction City’s population now is some 6,000; it’s located in Lane County, north of Eugene on Highway 99 and near the Willamette River.)
He was a coach with the Red Sox from 1967-69 and a batting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980. Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski credited Doerr for helping him break a bad start where he went onto become the league’s MVP and the Red Sox won the AL pennant.
Bobby Doerr was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1983–and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986; the Red Sox retired his No. 1 jersey in 1988 and elected him to their Hall of Fame in 1995. Since 2008, Junction City has hosted the Bobby Doerr Baseball Classic each June for players under 14 years old.
Before his wife, Monica, died in 2003, they had been married for 65 years. When he died on November 13, 2017, he was 99 years-old, the longest-living Baseball Hall of Famer ever—and more than likely the classiest act. In honor of his fishing (and life), a room is named for him at the Paradise Lodge on the Wild Scenic section of the Rogue River.
Sources: Jeff Bernard, Associated Press, “Red Sox great Doerr Dies at 99”, Mail tribune, September 14, 2017, at Bobby Doer Background; IMDb Website: Bobby Doerr at
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