BROTHER LOUIE called earlier today and suggests this video indicating a possible false flag for what’s going on in Iran. Take a look, tell me what you think? https://www.channel4.com/news/ayatollah-khamenei-is-not-going-anywhere-says-former-iranian-adviser
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Friday 01/16/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Mike Kucharski is the Co-Owner and Vice President of JKC Trucking. He has spent his entire career of over 30 years there, and is an expert in the industry.
Department of Transportation is holding California accountable due to its refusal to revoke the status of 17,000 illegal truckers.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT:
- Federal funding withheld: The U.S. Department of Transportation is withholding about $160 million in federal highway safety funds from California because the state missed a deadline to cancel more than 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued to non-U.S. citizens that federal officials say were issued unlawfully.
- Deadline dispute and compliance issue: California delayed revoking those licenses until March after a court challenge from immigrant groups, but federal regulators rejected the extension, saying the state failed to comply with agreed corrective actions and left noncompliant drivers on the road.
- Safety and regulatory conflict: Federal officials framed the funding cut as a safety enforcement action, accusing California’s license program of systemic failure and insisting on strict federal compliance, while California argues the withheld funding jeopardizes essential transportation programs.
7:10 Mr. Outdoors Greg Roberts from www.RogueWeather.com with today’s OUTDOOR REPORT!
8:10 Taki Theodoracopulos is the author of The Last Alpha Male: The Amorous Pursuits and High Life of a Poor Little Greek Boy, a memoir of the legendary Greek bon vivant, rake, and chronicler of 20th-century high society. Taki is a longtime Spectator columnist and co-founder of The American Conservative and Taki’s Magazine.
The Last Alpha Male: The Amorous Pursuits and High Life of a Poor Little Greek Boy
The Grecian-born raconteur has long been part of jet-set society and has maintained an irascible opinionated voice as a writer, which has often gotten him into serious trouble. After attending boarding school Stateside, he studied at the University of Virginia. A competitive tennis player, polo player and former karate team captain, Theodoracopulos once said his greatest extravagances were “yachts, chalets, mistresses and gambling.”
His new memoir, “The Last Alpha Male,” details his privileged upbringing, intercontinental hobnobbing and romantic conquests, as well as spending three months in prison, his strife against the women’s movement and other hot-button topics. Cofounder of The American Conservative and founder of Taki’s Magazine, the scribe is widely known for his “High Life” column, which ran in The Spectator for nearly half a century.
Born to privilege and trained early in the arts of charm and excess, Taki’s irrepressible spirit has led him from Riviera soirées with Porfirio Rubirosa and Brigitte Bardot to battlefields, courtrooms, and sensuous nightclubs across the globe. Along the way, he hobnobbed with princes and presidents, outran husbands, scandalized feminists, and wrote about it all with his trademark wit and fearlessness as The Spectator’s legendary High Life columnist.
But beneath the tales of romantic conquest and misadventure, Taki weaves a sharp but nonetheless humorous commentary on today’s joyless age of liberal scolds, conservative prudes, and fading masculinity. For newcomers, this memoir is the perfect introduction to the wit, charm, and unrepentant joie de vivre that has made Taki beloved (and infamous) for decades. Longtime fans will delight in fresh gossip, old grudges, and his playful settling of scores.
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Thursday 01/15/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Mike O’Neil, Landmark Legal Foundation www.landmarkLegal.org
Landmark Legal Foundation’s Michael O’Neill commented on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections:
Today, the Supreme Court recognized the unique position political candidates are in when challenging state election laws that undermine the integrity of the vote. In Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, Chief Justice Roberts, writing for 7-2 majority, concluded that Congressman Michael Boss had legal standing to challenge Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after election day.
Political candidates, more than political parties and even more than the voters themselves, are most likely to be directly harmed when a state legislature enacts an improper voting law. They are, therefore, entitled to the opportunity to challenge the legality and constitutionality of those state laws.
The Court’s decision in Bost affirms this principle. It recognizes that political candidates have an interest in a fair electoral process and an accurate result. According to the Court, “Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their election, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns.”
This is a win for election integrity because it recognizes the right of candidates to legally challenge a state law that undermines the electoral process. Bad laws that allow the counting of mail-votes days or weeks after the conclusion of elections should be subject to challenges in our courts, and this decision ensures that candidates have their day in court.
7:10 Former State Sen. Baertschiger – last night’s County Commission Meeting, which from all accounts was pretty contentious.
7:35 Ron Gordon and Simon Wiebel, partners at the Firefront Foundation – working on bringing drone tech from the Ukraine War and repurposing it to help fight wildfires here. (From their info)
FireFront Foundation was founded on a simple reality: wildfire risk is accelerating, and the systems meant to manage it are falling behind. Incremental fixes won’t solve a systemic problem. What’s required is a holistic approach that addresses the full set of operational, institutional, and technological challenges together
.That philosophy has taken FireFront Foundation beyond the United States and into Ukraine.
In Ukraine, wildfire, land management, and emergency operations are unfolding in some of the most complex environments in the world shaped by damaged infrastructure, restricted access, warfare and overlapping risks. FireFront Foundation provides direct funding and operational support while working alongside Ukrainian firefighters, foresters, engineers, and local organizations who operate in these environments daily.
This is not a one-way effort. Ukraine is developing advanced technologies and operational methodologies, particularly in robotics and remote operations. FireFront Foundation is helping adapt and validate those capabilities for wildfire applications in Ukraine and bring what works back to Oregon and other fire-prone regions in the United States.
FireFront Foundation’s mission is to develop solutions utilizing field-tested partnerships, proven scalable technology, and operational training exchange across borders. strengthening wildfire resilience locally, regionally and globally.
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Simon Weibel is a seasoned firefighter, fire-tech innovator, and the Founder of the FireFront Foundation, an Oregon-based nonprofit. His quest to modernize approaches to Wildland firefighting led him all the way to the battle lines of Ukraine and the founding of the FireFront Foundation.
After leaving Financial Advising Ron Gordon reconnected with Simon. Both studied and graduated with Bachelor degrees in Economics from SOU in 2018.
8:10 Capt. William E. Simpson Wild Horse Fire Brigade – new report on wildfire smoke being even MORE toxic than earlier believed.
Report on the Escalating Human and Economic Toll of Wildfire Smoke in the Western United States
https://www.wildhorsefirebrigade.org/_files/ugd/6a30c6_0ef236b835484259981b204b9f685b6e.pdf
ABSTRACT of Simpson’s Report
The report (full report in link above) exposes the deadly, hidden crisis of wildfire smoke hammering the western United States—far beyond flames, it’s killing tens of thousands silently every year through toxic PM2.5 and the “novel compounds” Simpson predicted in numerous published articles (2019-2024).
The landmark 2024 UCLA study revealed wildfire smoke caused 52,480 to 55,710 premature deaths in California alone from 2008–2018—averaging ~5,000 deaths per year—with staggering economic costs of $432–456 billion over those 11 years, or roughly $40 billion annually.
Nationwide, recent 2025 research pegs wildfire smoke at ~40,000 excess deaths per year (2011–2020 average). But the West bears the brunt—intense fires, smoke plumes, and geography mean the majority hit here. Baseline estimate: 25,000–30,000 premature deaths annually in western states.
A bombshell Dec. 29, 2025 ACS study shows wildland fires emit 21% more organic compounds (including deadly intermediates and semi-volatiles that fuel PM2.5 formation) than previously thought—making western smoke even more toxic. That pushes the updated toll to 30,250–36,300 annual premature deaths in the West alone, from heart attacks, strokes, respiratory failure, and conditions that simmer for months or years.
The incalculable human cost goes deeper: chronic exposure triggers massive long-term diseases—autoimmune disorders like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, worsened asthma/COPD/lung cancer (effects lagging up to 3 years), hypertension, mental health crashes, low birth weights, cognitive damage. Conservatively, 5–10 chronic cases per death means hundreds of thousands more Westerners crippled annually, overwhelming hospitals—with the 21% emissions jump amplifying everything.
Economically? Extrapolating UCLA’s California figures to the West (higher risks, concentrated fires): baseline smoke impacts hit $150–200 billion per year. Apply the 21% emissions increase: $181–242 billion annually—covering healthcare ($30–50 billion), lost productivity ($100+ billion prorated), and mortality valuation (at $8–10 million per life). These are smoke-only costs—excluding property destruction—and projections show they could double by mid-century as climate fuels worse fires.
From Siskiyou County to the CA-OR border, regions like yours face outsized danger—smoke travels hundreds of miles, as seen in the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
The science screams for action: rewild with tools like the Wild Horse Fire Brigade to slash fuels naturally, prevent hotter blazes and toxin spikes; boost monitoring, filtration, warnings, prescribed burns; and demand federal/state funding for ecological solutions over expensive failures.
Inaction costs lives and billions. The data is in—western wildfire smoke is a public health and economic catastrophe. Time to fight back.
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Wednesday 01/14/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Automotive journalist Eric Peters – www.EpAutos.com
Great “Wheels Up” talking on many of his articles:
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/01/14/where-are-the-tiny-cars/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/01/12/an-air-bag-in-between/
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/01/13/jeep-pulls-the-plug/
7:35 Kevin Starrett, Oregon Firearms Federation www.OregonFirearms.org and we talk about the political corrosion in Oregon, including our own reps going after the cops. Here’s one example from KOIN TV in PDX:
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tensions in Portland, already high from federal immigration enforcement, escalated after last week’s border patrol shooting.
On Wednesday, several democratic state lawmakers plan to introduce proposals to strengthen Oregon’s existing sanctuary protections, including halting state deals with companies that assist ICE and creating better privacy protections for health and immigration information.
Venezuelan national shot by Border Patrol in Portland charged with assault
It’s backed by groups such as ACLU and PCUN, Oregon’s migrant farmworker union.
“My colleagues and I are working to address these issues at the state legislative level. We want to do as best as we can to protect the Oregonians who are fearful, who are scared and who are facing discrimination by federal law,” said Oregon Senator Kayse Jama.
FBI says it has found no video of Border Patrol agent shooting 2 people in Oregon
The changes come as the two Venezuelans shot by customs and border agents are now out of the hospital.
8:10 John O’Connor is author of Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism
He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases. John and I talk about the Transgender Supreme court case arguments, ICE obstruction, and the DOJ investigation of the Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell – more on that here: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/federal-reserve-chair-powell-under-criminal-investigation-over-hq-renovation-report MORE ABOUT JOHN’s BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Postgate-Washington-Betrayed-Watergate-Journalism/dp/1642932590
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Tuesday 01/13/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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6:35 Investigative reporter and author JACK CASHILL –
His latest book, Empire of Lies, is now available in ebook and print versions at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. ALERT to paid Subscribers of Jack’s Substack – To receive your free signed copy, please email me, jackcashill@yahoo.com, with your name, address and any preferred inscription.
Jack and I discussed
Has Benjamin Crump Already Gotten to Good’s Partner-in-Crime?sday afternoon: Good was an anti-ICE activist.
What finally convinced the Post was a statement by Good’s “wife,” Rebecca Good, “We had whistles. They had guns.” Reading that pre-scripted bunk made me wonder whether race-baiting attorney Benjamin Crump had already gotten to Rebecca. Said Crump in the first press release for the family of his breakout client, Trayvon Martin, “Trayvon only has skittles. He has the gun.”
7:10 Dr. John Lott, economist and world-recognized expert on guns and crime, and founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center. www.CrimeResearch.com
More on John: https://crimeresearch.org/about/
CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime.
New Data Reveals the Horrific Truth About Illegal-Immigrant Crime
By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime
Activists’ claims that illegal aliens commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans do may appear convincing, but new data from New York state shows that those here illegally commit crimes at a rate more than three times higher than that of legal residents. And it’s costing us billions. It’s true that if you lump all immigrants together, relatively few of them are accused and convicted of crimes committed here in the United States. Legal immigrants commit crimes at very low rates, so combining their crime data with that of illegal immigrants masks the latter’s higher criminal activity. [more…]
7:35 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger joins the show to talk about the VERY effective political play book which he believes Democrats are using to great affect to “control the board” in Josephine County.
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Monday 01/12/26 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Info
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7:10 State Rep. Dwayne Yunker talks the Legislative Days this week, a preview of the Short Legislative Session – oh, and Governor Kotek wants to repeal the big ODOT tax…should the Republicans help her?
7:35 Gregory Wrightstone Gregory Wrightstone, is a geologist and the Executive Director of the CO2 Coalition in Arlington Virginia. He is bestselling author of A Very Convenient Warming: How modest warming and more CO2 are benefitting humanity
President Trump drops the U.S. out of numerous international climate organizations
What does this mean? Greg and I discuss that. About the book:
By nearly every metric, Earth’s ecosystems are thriving, and the human condition is improving. This notion of a prospering planet is entirely contrary to the claims of a climate crisis and a looming disaster around every corner, as proclaimed by the Climate Industrial Complex.
In this book, we explore these benefits and learn that we are feeding the planet’s growing population through expanded crop growth, that modest warming is saving lives and that extreme weather events are in decline.
Sleep well. There is no climate crisis.
BOOK: A Very Convenient Warming: How modest warming and more CO2 are benefitting humanity
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8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers www.DennisPowersBooks.com with today’s “Where Past Meets Present”.
Lisa Rinna: The Medford Actress Who Made It
By Dennis Powers
Born on July 11, 1963, in Newport Beach, California, Lisa Rinna grew up in Medford, Oregon, after her family moved there. Her father, Frank Rinna, had graduated summa cum laude from the California College of Arts and Crafts; after working for the San Francisco Chronicle in the early1950s for five years as a staff artist, he freelanced on agency accounts for Chevron, PG&E, Pittsburgh Paint, and Harry & David. While working on Harry & David, he was offered the job of Executive Art Director, which involved moving to Medford. Frank retired in 1988 with his famed watercolors featured at the Britt and in different private collections.
A cheerleader from junior high through high school, Lisa attended Medford elementary school, junior high school and graduated in 1981 from Medford Senior High school. While in high school, she acted in shows as “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Hair”. While there, she dreamed of “a more fabulous life.” She studied drama at the University of Oregon after high school, but dropped out after her first term when she was denied entry to the advanced acting program.
She moved to San Francisco, where she pursued, and found, a modeling career. In 1986, she had her lips injected with silicone on a whim for that “pillowy” look, along with a “real big ‘boob’ job.” In 1987, she switched gears and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, landing early roles on TV commercials, guest appearances on “Baywatch,” and appearing in low-budget movies. In 1989, Rinna appeared on her first TV show, “The Hogan Family,” starring Jason Bateman.
Her career took off in 1992 when she took on the role of Billie Reed on the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” This role earned her back-to-back Soap Opera Digest awards in 1994 and 1995, including “Outstanding Female Newcomer.” Following her departure from “Days,” Lisa moved to Fox’s prime-time soap “Melrose Place” in 1996. On “Melrose,” she played the scheming Taylor McBride; this character was also an instant hit and she soon met her future husband, actor Harry Hamlin.
Hamlin had graduated from Yale University with a BA in Drama and Psychology in 1974. He then attended the American Conservatory Theatre’s Advanced Actor Training Program from which he was subsequently awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting. Hamlin appeared in the 1976 television production of “Taming of the Shrew” and also had the title role in the 1979 television miniseries “Studs Lonigan”—but his big-screen break was the starring role in the 1981 Greek mythology fantasy epic “Clash of the Titans.”
Afterwards, his career faltered but he returned to television in two miniseries, “Master of the Game” and “Space” (based on the novel by James A. Michener). Following this, Hamlin’s popularity skyrocketed when he starred on the highly popular NBC legal drama series “L.A. Law,” as the principled attorney Michael Kuzak from 1986 to 1991, during which time he was voted as People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1987. He decided to leave the series and tried to revive his movie career; however, this was unsuccessful and so far he has only starred in B movies and direct-to-video features. Lisa and Harry married in 1997.
In 1998, Rinna created a stir when she posed for a nude cover while six months pregnant (with daughter Delilah Belle; she gave birth to the couple’s second daughter, Amelia Gray, in 2001) in the September issue of Playboy magazine. She posed again and was again the cover model in May, 2009—this time in a skimpy leotard, suit jacket, lacy peek-a-boo bra, and fishnets.
After “Melrose Place,” she hosted or co-hosted several TV shows, including “Soap Talk” for which she earned four Emmy nominations in the “Outstanding Talk Show Host” category. In 2006, Rinna joined the cast of the second season of “Dancing with the Stars” as one of the celebrity competitors. The appearance helped her (and Hamlin, who was on DWTS during season 3) land the lead role in Broadway’s “Chicago” in 2007—the same year she began her duties as the red-carpet commentator for the TV Guide Network at such events as the Emmy Awards.
Rinna has written three books, released a series of exercise DVDs, launched a fashion collection (Belle Gray by Lisa Rinna) on TV’s QVC, had a reality show with her husband (“Harry Loves Lisa”) for six episodes, served as Anderson Cooper’s co-host on his daytime talk show–and had a long lead in the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” (2014-2022, 180 episodes), among numerous TV and movie spots.
Her long-time role in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” gave Lisa instant recognition to the masses, not to mention her previous work. A reality TV show on “Bravo,” this series focuses on the personal and professional lives of women who live in or near Beverly Hills. As to more afterwards, see her Facebook page and her website, www.lisarinna.com. She is known for her changes in appearances, hair colors, clothing, nd looks.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Harry Hamlin” at Harry Hamlin; Bill Varble, “Medford’s Lisa Rinna joins Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’”, Mail Tribune, November 28, 2014; “Lisa Rinna Bio” at Lisa Rinna (Bio); and “Bio: Lisa Rinna” at its biography.com website.