Friday 8/28/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
Podcasts on www.BillMeyerShow.com
Facebook – www.Facebook.com/billmeyershow
Podcast XML feed – https://media.rss.com/bill-meyer-show-podcast/feed.xml – On this feed you can download the podcast. Right click on the audio player and use the “Save Audio As” command.
6:35 Mike Codell, retired NYPD Sergeant and went through 9/11 and WTC1 collapse, wow. Here’s more about his latest book: Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, most Americans remember the images: planes striking the towers, smoke filling Lower Manhattan and thousands of people running for their lives. NYPD Sergeant and author of the new book, The Evil that Walked New York, Mike Codella remembers something far more visceral—running in the opposite direction. Assigned to WTC Building 7, NYPD Sergeant Codella was heading toward the complex when he realized New York was under attack. He immediately changed course toward the North Tower, joining the NYPD and FDNY first responders rushing inside as terrified civilians streamed out.
7:15 Greg Roberts, Mr. Outdoors from www.RogueWeather.com with today’s Outdoor Report.
8:10 JENNIFER MARGULIS PhD in studio – great local science story. Here are notes from the press release to flesh it out:
- The American Philosophical Society (APS) announces the acquisition of the papers of evolutionary biologist and microbiologist Lynn Margulis (1938–2011), whose work on symbiosis and evolution made her the greatest contributor to ideas about evolution since Darwin. At over 317 linear feet, the collection is the largest acquisition made by the APS Library in 15 years and represents a significant moment for the APS’s Center for the History of Science.
Known for her outspoken support of theories of evolution via symbiosis and cooperation rather than competition, Margulis was a singular figure whose work remains cutting-edge to this day.
Her 1967 paper “On the origin of mitosing cells” is now considered a fundamental reconception of biology, though it faced more than 15 rejections before its eventual publication in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Since then, her research into the origins and evolution of bacteria and microbes has proven to be transformative, impacting scientific thinking about everything from how we understand the complexities of the gut microbiome to the effects of climate change on bacteria to informing the search for life beyond our solar system—even anticipating the rise of adult coloring books.
With James Lovelock, Margulis codeveloped the Gaia hypothesis: the idea that the Earth is a self-regulating system that supports life through the interaction and co-evolution of living and nonliving organisms. Margulis’s ideas and her ties to an international scientific network that included Carl Sagan (her first husband) make her one of the most compelling and understudied figures in the history of modern science.
Now safely housed at the APS archives, Margulis’s papers have journeyed far, from her office and lab first at Boston University and then at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to a storage unit in Ashland, Oregon, to Philadelphia. The collection, which consists of correspondence, photographs, research notes, writings, teaching materials, and audiovisual content, spans nearly 170 boxes, with more expected to arrive in the coming months. This collection will significantly bolster the work of the APS’s Center for the History of Science, which launched in July 2024.
“The arrival of Margulis’s papers signals an important moment for the future of the scientific collections at the APS,” said Adrianna Link, Ph.D., Curator of History of Science. “While they are a natural complement to the Society’s already strong holdings in the history of biology and evolution, what really excites me is how they connect with other areas represented in our collections, particularly in planetary science, astrobiology, cybernetics, and ecology.”
“My mom was beyond prolific,” said science writer and editor Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., Margulis’s daughter and executrix of her estate, who is writing a book about her mother’s life and work.
Jennifer Margulis lives in Ashland, Oregon, and has appeared on the Bill Meyer show several times in the past.
“Her letters and other papers show the astonishing breadth and depth of her knowledge of chemistry, biology, geology, atmospheric science, and systems thinking. Her correspondence with so many luminary scientists, documented in letters written back and forth, debating ideas and sharing details of their private lives, is utterly fascinating. This is a literal treasure trove of scientific information, and we couldn’t be more delighted that it will be housed at the American Philosophical Society.”
ABOUT THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in the United States, was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” The APS sustains this mission today by engaging leading scholars, scientists, and professionals through elected Membership, supporting research and discovery via grants and fellowships, sparking conversation through its programs, conferences, and books, and by making its research library available to scholars at all stages of their careers. The APS continues to reflect the founders’ spirit of inquiry, to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas, and to convey the conviction that intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public. To learn more about the APS, visit amphilsoc.org.
_________________
Thursday 8/27/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
Podcasts on www.BillMeyerShow.com
Facebook – www.Facebook.com/billmeyershow
Podcast XML feed – https://media.rss.com/bill-meyer-show-podcast/feed.xml – On this feed you can download the podcast. Right click on the audio player and use the “Save Audio As” command.
6:45 On the passing of Dolly Parton – MARTHA ACKMANN, Dolly biographer and author of AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Ain’t Nobody’s Fool is a deep dive into the social, historical, and personal forces that made Dolly Parton one of the most beloved and unifying figures in public life and includes interviews with friends, family members, school mates, Nashville neighbors, members of her band, studio musicians, producers, and many others. It also features never before seen photographs and unearthed documents shedding light on her family’s hardscrabble life. More than anything, Martha Ackmann’s fresh and animated new book proves Dolly Parton knows just who she is and she ain’t nobody’s fool.
7:10 Mr. Benjamin w. Bull, General Counsel of the national center on sexual exploitation. https://endsexualexploitation.org/about/staff/ben-bull
and today we kick around THE SETTLEMENT!
|
|
8:10 Geoffrey Simmons, MD, hailing from Eugene
More on Dr. Simmons: https://www.discovery.org/p/simmons/
OPPENHEIMER’S DEMON
Nuclear Terror… and the Race to Save a City
By Geoffrey Simmons, MD
Hiroshima, Nagasaki… Chicago?
In his new book, OPPENHEIMER’S DEMON: Nuclear Terror… and the Race to Save a City by Geoffrey Simmons, MD, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Trainer of Trainers and former member of the Board of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine, also the author of Common Sense and Disaster Preparedness, Dr. Simmons begs the question: If a terrorist nuked a U.S. city, are we really prepared? Our nation’s major metropolitan areas have detailed community response plans for hurricanes, forest fires, and other natural disasters. But there is a worrisome gap: pre-disaster community planning for a nuclear event such as a terrorist plot. Geoffrey Simmons, MD is a nationally recognized disaster-preparedness expert, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Trainer of Trainers and former member of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine and previous member of FEMA Advisory Council Ten (RAC X). He is also the author of Common Sense and Disaster Preparedness, praised by Cyril H. Wecht, MD, former president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and a charter diplomate of the American Board of Disaster Medicine. Dr. Simmons’s novels – including Pandemic and The Z Papers, were widely praised, with The Chicago Daily News describing the latter as containing “all the urgency and medical detail of an early Michael Crichton novel.”
______________________________________________
Wednesday 8/25/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
Podcasts on www.BillMeyerShow.com
Facebook – www.Facebook.com/billmeyershow
Podcast XML feed – https://media.rss.com/bill-meyer-show-podcast/feed.xml – On this feed you can download the podcast. Right click on the audio player and use the “Save Audio As” command.
6:35 Eric Peters from www.EpAutos.com with “Wheels Up Wednsday” and we’re talking about the real attacks on real free market capitalism. (What we’re told it is, is a lie)
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/08/26/how-can-we-be-free-when-were-not-free-to-own/
They’ve come for your tires?? https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/08/25/theyve-come-for-your-tires-too/
The Kia Telluride – https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/08/22/2027-kia-telluride/
7:35 Jackson County Commissioner Colleen Roberts – The board has an issue with elected surveyor Scott Fein’s claiming full time surveyor status in Jackson AND Curry County. (Scott calls later in the talk)
8:10 Richard Emmons, publisher of the OREGON EAGLE – www.OregonEagle.com
Could government school be unconstitutional? Richard and I discuss this case filed in Nebraska:
(From Cofee and Covid) https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/going-home-tuesday-august-25-2026
Finally, what might be the week’s most interesting story. This morning the Washington Post —the paper where Democracy is Perpetually Dying in Darkness— published an op-ed arguing that the American public school system is unconstitutional. It was titled, “Are public schools unconstitutional? A Nebraska court will decide.” The subheadline added, “The challenge to compulsory education combined with public-school-only funding could lead to universal school choice.”
I pulled the 34-page complaint and read it before dawn, with great interest, which is the kind of thing that happens to a man who went to law school and never fully recovered. Paragraph 78 alleges that Lincoln Public Schools produced a sticker “endorsing alternative sexuality and transgendered ideologies” that was “prominently displayed on many classroom doors”— i.e., not just a rogue teacher, but an official all-district product.
In other words, a Nebraska elementary school taught a little girl that the family car was killing the planet, and —this is the part the NCLA lawyers underlined in their complaint— taught the little girl how to talk to her parents about it: Rudely. (More at) https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/going-home-tuesday-august-25-2026
_________________________________________________
Tuesday 8/25/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
Podcasts on www.BillMeyerShow.com
Facebook – www.Facebook.com/billmeyershow
Podcast XML feed – https://media.rss.com/bill-meyer-show-podcast/feed.xml – On this feed you can download the podcast. Right click on the audio player and use the “Save Audio As” command.
6:35 Christopher Ruddy, CEO and chairman of NEWSMAX He has built Newsmax from a digital news operation into a publicly traded, multiplatform media company spanning cable television, streaming, digital, publishing and social media reaching 50 million Americans regularly. Ruddy has known President Trump and has been a prominent commentator on politics and media.
We discussed everything from TV news consolidation (Which he’s fighting) to the war, President Trump and the midterms, all of it.
More info on Christopher: www.newsmax.com/Insiders/Ruddy/bio-31/
7:35 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger – He’s filed the paperwork to challenge the title of the “non-renewal renewal” of the Jo County Jail levy. Here’s the verbiage:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR JOSEPHINE COUNTY
In the Matter of the Ballot Title for the Josephine County Measure Submitted for the November 3, 2026 General Election
By calling the measure a “Renewal,” the ballot title tells voters that they are simply continuing the existing tax for substantially the same purposes. That is not what the measure does. The proposed measure abandons the prior specific commitment to juvenile detention funding and replaces it with conditional, partial funding language. The title therefore fails to fairly identify the measure’s nature, chief purpose, and major effects.II. PRIOR MEASURES INCLUDED ADULT JAIL AND JUVENILE DETENTIONIn 2017, Josephine County Measure 17-80 was presented as:“Adult Jail and Juvenile Detention Five Year Local Option Tax.”It expressly funded:- 185 adult jail beds; and
– 14 juvenile detention beds.In 2021, Measure 17-102 was presented under the same title and likewise funded 185 adult jail beds and 14 juvenile detention beds.
Thus, prior measures expressly identified both adult jail and juvenile detention as purposes of the tax. Voters were told plainly that the tax supported both components.
III. THE 2026 MEASURE CHANGES THE TAX’S PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The proposed 2026 measure identifies funding for 185 adult jail beds but does not continue the prior specific commitment to fund 14 juvenile detention beds.
Instead, it provides that the county may:
“When possible, partially fund Juvenile Detention operations to lodge all youths who are in the Counties custody.”
This is not a continuation of the prior commitment. The language is conditional, discretionary, and expressly partial. It does not guarantee funding for 14 juvenile detention
- beds, does not preserve the prior allocation, and does not impose the same obligation on the county.The change is material. Prior measures expressly identified 14 juvenile detention beds as a funded purpose. The proposed measure removes that specific commitment and substitutes a vague promise to provide partial funding only “when possible.” That change directly affects the scope, certainty, and allocation of the tax.Because the proposed title calls the measure a “Renewal,” voters may reasonably believe that the existing tax is being continued without a material change in purpose or funding. The proposed measure, however, eliminates the specific juvenile detention funding commitment and replaces it with conditional and partial funding. The title therefore masks rather than informs voters about the measure’s actual effect.IV. “RENEWAL” IS MISLEADINGThe word “Renewal” is not harmless wording. It is the central characterization of the measure, and it materially shapes how voters will understand the proposal. Oregon law distinguishes between imposing a local-option tax and renewing a current local-option tax. See ORS 250.038 and ORS 280.070.A measure should not be presented as a renewal when it materially changes the purposes, obligations, or funding commitments previously submitted to voters. Calling this proposal a renewal falsely suggests continuity where the measure instead changes the juvenile detention funding structure.
At minimum, the ballot title must disclose that the measure changes the existing jail and juvenile detention funding arrangement. Without that disclosure, voters are left with the inaccurate impression that they are merely extending the current tax on the same terms.
V. THE BALLOT TITLE DOES NOT STATE THE CHIEF PURPOSE
ORS 250.035 requires the ballot question to plainly state the measure’s chief purpose.
The chief purpose cannot be accurately communicated by labeling the measure a “renewal” while omitting the fact that the measure materially changes the tax’s intended uses.
- Although the proposal continues funding for 185 adult jail beds, it eliminates the prior specific commitment to fund 14 juvenile detention beds and replaces it with conditional, partial funding.That is not a minor drafting difference. It is a substantive change in what the tax promises to fund. A ballot question that describes the measure as a renewal without disclosing that change fails to state the measure’s chief purpose and gives voters a materially incomplete description of what they are being asked to approve.VI. THE SUMMARY MUST DISCLOSE THE MATERIAL CHANGEORS 250.035 requires a concise and impartial summary of the measure and its major effects.The measure’s major effect is not limited to continuing adult jail funding. It also changes juvenile detention funding in a way that reduces the specificity and certainty of the prior commitment. Unlike prior measures, it does not specifically fund 14 juvenile detention beds. Instead, it provides only for partial funding when possible.That difference is material and must be disclosed in the summary. A summary that describes the measure as a continuation or renewal without explaining the elimination of the specific juvenile detention commitment is incomplete and misleading. Voters are entitled to know that the proposed tax does not preserve the prior funding structure.
VII. THE COURT SHOULD REVIEW THE MEASURE’S ACTUAL EFFECT
Petitioner asks the Court to examine the language and effect of the proposed measure rather than treating the county’s use of the word “renewal” as determinative.
The label chosen by the county cannot override the measure’s actual terms. The prior measures expressly funded 185 adult jail beds and 14 juvenile detention beds. The proposed 2026 measure continues the adult jail reference but removes the specific juvenile detention commitment and replaces it with conditional, partial funding.
That is a substantive change, not a technical revision. The ballot title must reflect what the measure actually does, not what its proponents wish voters to assume. The difference in juvenile detention funding should therefore be stated directly and prominently in the ballot
- title.VIII. REQUESTED RELIEFPetitioner respectfully requests that the Court:1. Accept jurisdiction under ORS 250.195;2. Review the challenged ballot title and underlying measure;3. Determine that the ballot title does not comply with ORS 250.035 because it inaccurately characterizes the measure as a renewal;
4. Determine that “Renewal” is misleading because the measure materially changes juvenile detention funding;
5. Require disclosure of the elimination of the prior specific commitment to fund 14 juvenile detention beds;
6. Require disclosure that the measure replaces that commitment with conditional and partial juvenile detention funding;
7. Direct revision of the ballot title to accurately state the measure’s chief purpose and major effects;
8. Certify a corrected ballot title to the Josephine County Clerk under ORS 250.195; and
9. Grant any other appropriate relief.
8:10 State Rep. Dwayne Yunker discusses his latest op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:
Your editorial “Youngkin Goes to Bat for School Choice” (Aug. 12) rightly warns that states refusing to step up to the plate on federal tax-credit scholarships will leave their students behind. Oregon is fast becoming that cautionary tale.
Despite the Nation’s Report Card placing our state last in fourth-grade reading and math, Gov. Tina Kotek announced this June that she will not opt Oregon into the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program.
Last November I joined fellow legislators in urging Gov. Kotek to participate. This program requires zero new state taxes. It simply allows people to claim a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations to scholarship organizations—funds that cover private-school tuition, tutoring, special-needs services, and vital support for public-school students.
Oregon must open doors for struggling students, not slam them shut. During the 2027 legislative session, I will introduce statutory legislation to bypass this executive roadblock and formally opt our state in. Read More: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/oregon-has-a-student-crisis-ce08ec66
________________________________
Monday 8/24/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
Podcasts on www.BillMeyerShow.com
Facebook – www.Facebook.com/billmeyershow
Podcast XML feed – https://media.rss.com/bill-meyer-show-podcast/feed.xml – On this feed you can download the podcast. Right click on the audio player and use the “Save Audio As” command.
6:20 Educator and neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals why digital tools in school consistently undermine learning–and what parents, teachers, and schools can do to push back with purpose.
Our children are struggling.
Schools, once alive with human connection, are now dominated by screens and digital tools. The result is unmistakable: declining performance, fractured attention, and the slow erosion of rigorous thought. For the first time in recent history, children are falling behind previous generations on many key measures of cognitive development.
In The Digital Delusion, neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals how the widespread use of laptops, tablets, and classroom software is undermining how children learn and develop. Drawing on decades of research, he provides practical tools for families to reassess device use at home, equips educators with the means to restore attention-rich learning environments, and helps schools make smarter decisions about technology. He exposes and dismantles the central myths driving the EdTech movement and lays out a clear path for putting people–not programs–back at the center of education. This is not a call to reject technology.
It’s a call to reclaim real learning.
7:10 Education reform conversation continues with State Rep. Emily McIntire, who is also an Eagle Point school board member. What will it take to rebuild K-12?
7:35 Patrick Wood, editor of www.Technocracy.news and author of The New Economics of Technocracy: YOU WILL OWN NOTHING – https://www.technocracy.news/store/the-new-economics-of-technocracy/
Vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a system that does both, an artificial intelligence tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by their patterns of movement alone, WIRED has learned. Read more at: https://www.technocracy.news/flock-extends-surveillance-capabilities-as-sam-altman-hides-in-the-shadows/
8:10 Dr. Powers with today’s “Where Past Meets Present”.
The Shasta Valley Stone Circles
By Dennis Powers
Mysterious stone circles lie in the Shasta Valley off Highway 97 from Interstate-5, located between the tiny town of Tennant (41 people discovered in the 2010 census) and Mt. Shasta’s base. These odd earth foundations are set over 600 acres of the flat prairie near the northwestern foot of the peak. The Shasta Valley is randomly strewn with volcanic stones.
Each concentric mound is the same, 60 feet in diameter, with the dirt rising in an almost perfect circle to a crest approximately 2 feet above the level of the surrounding plain. A stone path, or mosaic, surrounds each ring; and the rocks were obviously gathered from the countless stones surrounding the area. The circular paths start from pebbles with smaller ones at the bottom working into larger sizes and boulders at the top.
Constructed of “pure” dirt, the mounds rest on the hard pan surrounding the area. Appearing smooth surfaced–as if to make it easier to walk over–the rock rings are smooth surfaced. This is far easier to walk over then the scatterings of rocks nearby where only sage brush and weeds can grow.
he trenches and mounds are man-made–not natural–and it was first thought that the stone circles were the result of human agricultural activity. Anthropologists have discounted this idea, since virtually no other artifacts have been discovered in the area, and the Native Americans who lived here subsisted primarily on fishing and hunting.
The Indian elders of the region just shrugged their shoulders and said that they had no idea where the mounds came from. This certainly looked like the work of many men, but no tools, no relics, no artifacts nearby were ever discovered. A few of the theories attribute the mounds to upheaving by frost, gopher activity, or erosion by wind and water. The origin of the stone circles remains a mystery to this day–and several of the mysterious mound clusters are at different locations around the mountain.
With Mt. Shasta famous (or notorious) for its numerous UFO sightings, the underground Lemurian city of Telos, its Bigfoot sightings, and the supernatural, these mounds add to its allure. An interpretive sign off U.S. Interstate 5 (at the Weed Airport Rest Area) notes that archaeologists and geologists are in conflict over what brought about these mounds—and that the “origin of the Stone Circles remains a mystery to today.”
Sources: Brad Olson, “Discovering Forbidden Archaeology,” Perceptive Travel, at Images and Text on the Mounds; see Bruce Walton, editor, Mount Shasta: Home of the Ancients, pages 32-35; see the following page for two images.
Burial mounds, dating back to Telos, pre-Native American, or just chance?