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This hour of the Bill Meyer Show podcast is proudly sponsored by Klauser Drilling. They've been leading the way in Southern Oregon well drilling for more than 50 years. Find out more about them at Klausor drilling.com. Now more with Bill Meyer. And the stimulating conversation continues with Dr. Carol Lieberman, board certified forensic psychiatrist and host of the terrorist therapist podcast. And we're going to be talking about, oh, Grand Platner. We were talking about him last hour and kicking it around because I have some

concerns about it but the one thing about Dr. Lieberman which by the way we welcome you to the show Dr. Carroll welcome to the show good having you on thank you yeah it's a delight having you on and we have the grand platiner situation he's twisting in the wind and the democrats of course are going out there is hey we got the excuse so we can shove the knives in you know they've wanted him gone really you know there's no no doubt about that but you know is there any significance to the fact that a lot of women have come out and made accusations because I think, you know, a lot of women came out and made accusations about President Trump, too. And he was in court and out of court, E. Jean Carroll, all the rest of it's always a bunch of that. Give me your forensic psychiatrist

take on this all. Well, first of all, E. Gene Carroll is a liar. And that did not happen. You know, I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I've been to that department store many times, and there's no way that anybody could have done anything in there, and a million saleswomen wouldn't have come in. You know, they have in those kinds of stores. They have a lot of saleswomen or sales, well, yes, saleswomen on the store because they're trying to get people to buy things. So anyway, and a lot of other reasons, it's just a lot. But as far as grandpas, you know, first of all, I don't think that I'm. the Democrats did want to get rid of him until, I mean, in some ways, this could be an excuse,

but I think the things have been piling up. He launched his campaign a year ago, and they certainly had enough time to vet him, and they didn't. They did this cheap, short vetting process that didn't find anything. I mean, here he has a Nazi tattoo on his chest. He's made lots of posts on Reddit that are disgusting. There were women before this latest one who came out and said that he was abusive, you know, he was rough and he did all kinds of things. One woman talked about how he would take off the condom when they were having sex and he knew she didn't want that. Yikes.

Boy, that's too much information there, Doc. But, yeah, appreciate it. And so then finally a woman came, well, actually, and then a Republican. woman came forward and made some complaints about him, you know, in their relationship. And they didn't believe, didn't want to take that seriously because she was a Republican. Well, that's believe all women unless they're a GOP member. Yeah, that's it. Okay. And then the final one, though, who talked about being raped by him when he was drunk, that he came into her home and attacked her, raped her. And I watched her interview,

and she really does seem credible. And she's talked about her. how the reason why she didn't come out before, but first of all, because it was embarrassing. And second of all, because she agreed with his politics, and she didn't really want to ruin his chances. Oh, okay. I guess the point that I've been really concerned about here is that I've been really concerned about the believe all women

any more than I would be upset about believe all men, you know, kind of agendas they were going. I guess, you know, prior to about the 1974, or 1970 thing, it was believe all men, you know, essentially. And women, I think, had trouble getting a good hearing. And now it's at the point where the guy's accused and dead and gone unless he has, you know, immense wealth and is able to fight it, you know, in the legal system. I agree with you that it has gone way over the top.

The Me Too movement was outrageous. It really destroyed a lot of men. I mean, I feel sorry for, I'm going to forget his name, who's the man, who is in New York jail and, and. dying just about, oh, God, the old producer. Oh, Weinstein. Weinstein. Yes, yeah, Tower One, yes.

That was a combination of anti-Semitism and, you know, these women. But, and also think back with Kavanaugh, you know, a woman came out of the closet and said that he raped her and all that. And she was not believable. I mean, that was a ridiculous story. And so people didn't believe her. And he got, you know, nominated. He became a judge.

Supreme Court judge. Well, Clarence Thomas was attacked too back in the day, right? Yes, I remember that. Uh-huh. So, I mean, it doesn't work all the time. But, and the one with Kavanaugh, that was an interesting story, because I believed that she had been raped by somebody, you know, but not Kavanaugh, like a father or an uncle or somebody or other, but not Kavanaugh. And she just kind of, consciously or unconsciously transformed, transferred those memories. on to Kavanaugh, conveniently. Yeah, well, conveniently, and fortunately he was able to make it through in spite of that all. Dr. Carol Lieberman, M.D., once again, board-certified psychiatrist's been helping people cope with

terrorism with the terrorist therapists since 9-11. You've done such great work here. Let us take it back to Graham Platner, though. And what is the personality type that tends to, I mean, there's an awful lot of noise and smoke around him, you know, fire and smoke around him at this point. What is the type of personality that tends to engage in rape and these, you know, rough sexual escapades, which have been coming out more and more. What do you need to know about someone like that? Well, you know, everybody is a little different, you know, but, but Graham Platner does represent kind of a typical type. He joined the Marines after high school. Not that Marines, I mean, in general,

Marines are very, well, he can't as hard to generalize, but I mean, you know, he served for years in the Middle East. You know, in some ways, his background, these things would be, would show that he would be a trustworthy person. But if you look at, you know, he, aside from, it's just all the years of war and when he admitted actually it wasn't so much because of his patriotism but it was because he said he read too much Hemingway in other words for him it was sort of a play he was playing it was an adventure i guess is what he was exactly okay exactly it wasn't you know i'm gonna be in you know i'm gonna withstand all of this because i love my country and blah blah blah it was you know i'm going on this big adventure and and i'm gonna be wild i can be wild here i can kill people

Well, it's not the first man that's joined the military to do that, though. Not most do, but yeah, it's not uncommon. That is true. Well, you know, really, if you want to, the real roots of all of this comes from his family. I mean, he was born into a relatively well-to-do family. His mother owned an expensive restaurant. His father was an attorney, but they got divorced when he was six years old. and that, you know, a divorce in childhood is, if you look at people who have gotten into trouble, different kinds of trouble, there's always a divorce in childhood.

And because that really, you know, people don't want to believe this because, you know, people who have been divorced don't want to believe it. But they're the scars that are left on a child when parents' divorce are just incredible, at least strong. And so, so, so he has had, I mean, it's been a long history of treating women badly, like cheating on his wife. He would be texting, texting women while he was married, you know, these other girlfriends, all of these different girlfriends with different complaints, but basically complaints about his being controlling and wild and violent. So you're intimating then broken family, broken relationship with the opposite sex is possible then in these divorce, children of divorced families then? Well, it can come out in different ways. I mean, you know, it's not just the divorce that shapes the child, but like other things in their childhood as well. But so it can show itself.

But clearly there is some problem with women, whether he blames his mother for the divorce, I don't know. but that's the kind of thing that, you know, might produce someone like this. But people, his girlfriend, or people have said that, you know, if he gets, he's a power, he's power hungry, whether it's, you know, in the military or with women. And so some people who know him have said that if he were to get elected, they would, you know, be worried for the women in his office for, I mean, obviously for his misogyny could extend to being rules. that are laws that are passed and so on. But just his thirst for power, even against women and men, you know, just in general, thirst for power. The thirst for power, then, is a problem in his cases,

is where you're coming from on this one. Indicative. Yes, so there is a lot of evidence, a lot of history where the common denominator is a thirst for power. And of course, you know, the thing is, though, when he announced his candidacy last July, he, he, it was so interesting. He made, he got a video, you know, to announce his candidacy. He got someone to make him a video that was connected to Mom Donnie. And the video was so effective that he started getting right after it came. out, he got millions of views, and he got Bernie Sanders to endorse him right away, and he got lots of money, you know, from people who wanted to support his campaign. Like, his campaign took

off, especially when Bernie Sanders endorsed him. And so people thought, you know, well, especially people who liked Bernie Sanders, you know, thought that this is somebody who he's going to be great. And what is his, what does he want? Just like Mom Donnie. He wants free stuff for everybody, free housing or at least affordable housing, free health care, labor unions to be strengthened. He's against all billionaires. And by the way, he came from a family of privilege, you said, right? Yes, exactly. But he wants all the billionaires, you know, to get out of government.

Is that an example of self-loathing, though, when you have someone, you know, kind of like going against your class, so to speak? You want to call it that? I know we don't have the same class type society as India, perhaps. but, you know, I hate my family. I hate my, you know, the status I had in life. I mean, it's kind of weird, isn't it? Well, it is. I mean, it seems like there were a lot of things that were affecting him in his, you know,

before he went off to war, there were a lot of things in his childhood that seems to affect him. I'm sure he enjoyed the riches, literally. But, you know, I really think it's more of just he wants to appeal. to the same kind of people that Lamdani does. You know, this whole socialism, communism issue, this is something, he's just the latest example that people are paying attention to. But we really have a problem around America of candidates for various offices, you know, whether it's for Congress or for dog catcher, who have these socialist, communist ideas,

and they are being voted in because people, you know, it's really, really sad. people want free stuff and I want the government to take care of them. Well, I think it's been an actual moral corruption of the United States of America, populace, too, that has played into a lot of this. Yes, absolutely. But, I mean, it's more than ever. We're seeing people getting elected on these platforms, whereas before, you know, people wouldn't have voted for them. But this whole idea, I mean, somewhat related to COVID, you know, that was, boy, that was smart, whoever dreamed that up besides Fauci, in addition to Fauci, along with Fauci. Because it really has ruined America in a lot of ways. We really have to fight against this because that's when people began, even people who never took money from the government, you know, never took, like, handouts from the government.

then we're forced to do it because of their businesses collapsing and so on because of COVID. And so people got used to that. Hey, it's nice to get a check from the government every month. Yeah, they never ask about the real cost, the cost of your independence, the cost of your morality. Dr. Carol Lieberman, MD. You know, one thing I've learned from this, this talk about Graham Platner, I think the new platform should be for any politician. The safety platform is, if they want the job, don't vote for them. So we have to find everybody to take these jobs that doesn't want to do it.

Doesn't want the power, doctor. It seems that way. What do you say? That's right. The people who would be do the job more intelligently don't want it. Yeah, exactly. So, okay, because of that reason, you don't want the job. We're forcing you to take it.

That's how we'll have to do it. Doctor, it's such a great talk with you every time. Terroristtherapist.com is your main website. and you also have another one was it expert witness Forensic Psychiatristcom Expertwitness Forensic Psychiatrist.com Always a delight. Thank you so much as always, and you'd be well.

Before you take off, though, did you ever get everything rebuilt in the L.A. fires? Did you finally get that all behind you? I knew there was still some stuff that was going on. Well, yes, I finally, it wasn't destroyed by the fire, but it was damaged. And yes, I finally moved back at the June 1st, And it is lovely to be here, even though it's not completely finished, but it's so, it's lovely. I'm very happy.

Okay, so it only took 18 months, right? Eight years, eight years. Oh, eight years. Pardon me, all right. Because this is the Woolsey Fire from 28. Oh, oh, it wasn't even last year's. Okay, gosh, I forgot that one. So it took you eight and a half years to get back in.

Great, wonderful. Thanks so much, doctor. A pleasure. Be well. Thank you. Dr. Carol Lieberman, MD, terrorist therapist.com. It is 829 on KMED in 993 KBXG. You wouldn't spend several thousand dollars on a new car, then never change.

Bill Myers Show on 1063 KMED. Now Bill wants to hear from you. 541-770-5633. That's 720 KMED. All righty. Chuck is here. Chuck, you were driving past that, well, used to be the Big X or the Big X, Big Y. I think it's Big X is what we kind of term it now, but all sorts of huge buildings going up there.

And there's a massive building over there by the car wash. And I was wondering what's going on there, do you know? I haven't looked it up. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I live in that neighborhood in that massive apartments that's gone in by Calder Reserve over there. Yeah. I've been watching this building go up, and I, the curiosity got the best of me, and I pulled in there and asked

the lady at the car wash next door, I said, what on earth is that building going to be? Yeah, because it looks like it's what, two or three stories or something like that, isn't it? It looks that way. Definitely, definitely at least two stories. And she said it is going to be the new federal courthouse. Oh, that's the courthouse, huh? Oh. It seems a strange place for it, but I had not.

not heard much about that. And do we have one now? Why is it going up here? I haven't heard much about it at all. Well, the way this works, Chuck, is that I'm glad to know that now. That makes sense because it looks like a substantial building. But the federal courthouse, the old federal courthouse downtown, I know that the city of Medford has been thinking about maybe taking it over.

The challenge with it is that it's a beautiful old building, by the way, the old federal courthouse downtown. Beautiful building. On the sixth street. Yeah, yeah, that's the one. And it's gorgeous, but apparently needs repairs. It's a very old construction. We'd need a lot of updating and would be a very expensive remodel, I guess, if for whoever

takes it over. I'd love it. I'd love for the federal government to give it to me for a buck. I'd figure out something to do with it, Chuck. What about you? Yeah, important. Yeah. That's all I have to say.

Okay, well, I'm glad to know. At first I was thinking that maybe that big building over by the Big X there was going to be something along the neighborhood of, you know, affordable apartments for Southern Oregon, you know, studio apartments for $1,800 a month, you know, that kind of thing. That would be considered affordable these days, wouldn't it, Chuck? Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Thanks for the call. It's 834. All right.

You got open for business on the way. We'll have a diner, 62, Real American Quiz, before the. end of the hour. We're just going to have a lot of fun too, along with some emails of the day, too. A lot of people writing me about the Graham Platner story, too. Man, I love this place. I've been certainly here since I was a kid. Now, seeing my grandson out on the water, it means everything. It's falling down, down, down. It can cause slow change that may damage the concrete. Just call their name, Millette Construction, and they can fix the damage.

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And Randall is back from Advanced Air. MyAdvancedair.com. 772-6866. Randall, welcome back. Morning, sir. Good morning, Bill. Happy summer. Happy summer, indeed. By the way, I just want to thank you. One of Randall's team members came out to

my house the other day and checked out the old system that we have here and it's been cool and pretty well. Stephen, I got to tell you, Linda raved about him, friendliness and attention to detail. So I just wanted to say, good job over there, okay? Yeah, wonderful. We have an excellent team, Bill, throughout the ranks. We're really proud of our guys and our gals. They work hard every day to deliver results. We appreciate that. Yeah. And they said that my vintage system is still, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's, It's kind of like the cockroach of HVAC systems and apparently is still in good shape. So, okay, we'll keep riding it.

It's fine. You know, some of that vintage stuff is the best stuff. So long as you maintain it and keep your filters changed, you can get some life out of it. You know, I see a lot of new equipment that doesn't last all that long, unfortunately. Yeah, well, I talk to it nicely. If it works, keep using it. I talk to it nicely every day. How you doing?

Okay. Give it a little diaper it and clean the filters and all. sort of good stuff. But hey, you know, we are in the hot weather. There's no doubt about that. And it is good to know that there is a possibility when you're in that 98 to 195 to 105, you could start getting some challenges on what you can expect from a system, right? And could you explain how that works? Yeah. In our region, for the cooling side, we design at 95 degrees, just because, you know, for the annual weather patterns, you know, in our area, the cooling design temperature is 95 degrees.

And we design for a 25-degree split. So if it's 95 degrees outside, your system is designed. If you're setting the thermostat for 70 degrees, then everything works. Everything reconciles and it's working as designed. On those hot days, when you start getting up to 98, 100, 100, and 200, and 200, and four, you're losing capacity, you're losing cooling capacity on your air conditioning. And that's how it's designed. So just because you're getting some temperature creep inside the home doesn't mean that it's broken.

You should expect that when it's 100 degrees outside. And in a standard installation these days, if we get 105 and you're looking for a 25 split, you might have a capacity of only keeping the house at around 80 or 78. somewhere in there. And that's accurate. Especially on some of this older equipment and this aged equipment is having trouble keeping up. You're going to lose capacity at that high end, yes, for sure.

Okay. Well, one thing that you suggest, and I always do this, I've done this ever since we first talked about this years ago, I keep the fan on, especially in the summertime, more so than I do in the winter when we're in the heating cycle. But when it keeps the air moving, it seems to remove a lot of that stuffiness. and that apparent feel that it's warmer than it really is. I've seen studies that say that moving air feels about five degrees cooler than stagnant air. So just getting the air moving and circulating does a whole lot.

And sometimes you can supplement with space fans, you know, just plug in fans in the house just to get air moving, even if it's not cooling. And then that'll help cycle equipment or cycle air through your equipment. And so that's a good move. Now, I know that Pacific Power may not like this, but we're talking about keeping systems working and actually keeping people cool during hot weather. Leave it on. Don't turn it off when you're away and then turn it back on when you get back in. False economy, isn't it? Yeah, for sure, especially in this heat, you know, if you're turning it off while you're going to work and then you come home and you punch the thermostat and try to get it, you know, you're trying to move from 80 degrees inside down to, you know,

know, 65 or 68, you're just not going to get there. And there's a good chance that you're going to freeze your equipment up. So leave it on. It doesn't use as much energy as you think. And it's about maintaining temperature rather than recovery. It's a lot easier than for the system just to keep it where it is than trying to take all that hot furniture and everything it's inside the house. Cool everything down. Cool it all down.

Better just to keep it where it is. And I know that sounds counterintuitive for a lot of people, but that's the truth. It is. And you're actually using less energy to maintain temperature than you are to recover a temperature. So, yeah, the space, everything in the space has to be cooled. So if you let it drift up to 80 degrees, then, you know, as you blow the air, you know, everything has to be cooled inside that space. All right. So use the fans, keep the air moving, keep the filters clean, keep the curtains clean, keep the curtains,

closed during the day. That helps you. We've got some blackout curtains in the bedroom. Really helps a lot, you know, for that. And also, and I know this may sound silly, but don't have your windows cracked in the daytime. You know, maybe in the middle of the night, you can get away with that. Just not going to do it in the day. That's all. Yeah, and refrain from using, you know, high-b-tU appliances.

You know, I'm in my, actually, I'm in my sourdough era right now. Oh, yeah. And sometimes when I come home from work, you know, I'll cook a loaf of bread. not the best time to be doing it. When you fire up the oven at 5 o'clock, I mean, obviously, it's dinner time, but you're adding BTOs to the space, and then you have to offset that with air conditioning. And then Randall wonders, why am I sweating inside this house, right? So, yeah, yeah, I mean, it's just a matter of managing your expectations, of, you know,

prioritizing maybe some time. If your equipment is struggling to keep up, these are some of the. the things that you should think about. Would you think about if you're going to bake bread, what, maybe early morning or probably maybe later in the evening then after we're at peak power load? Isn't that a good time to do that? That would be the best move, yeah. I mean, same with using your dryer, same with using big screen TVs, any of these

appliances that are pushing off heat. If your HVAC equipment is struggling to keep up, you know, you're adding BTOs to the space. All right. I wanted to ask you then. You had mentioned to me yesterday when I said, okay, we're going to come on tomorrow. We're going to talk about keeping your home cool. But AI, artificial intelligence, what is it doing to your industry? I'm curious about that.

Yeah, no, it's very interesting to see new technology and how it makes inroads into the business world. And certainly on the administration side, we're starting to see a lot more help from artificial intelligence when it comes to communications when it comes to, you know, legal documents, when it comes to price books and all of that, there's a place for AI. We're seeing it more and more on the diagnostic side, and I'm sure that your audience, as your equipment, HVC equipment and other appliances start failing, you know, we'll Google, you know, queries about how to fix this part. Some of that is good information, and sometimes they'll be step by step, and a lot of it's coming from manuals that have been imported or uploaded online, and so, you know, that information is being crawled and mined for good AI strategies.

But not all of it is accurate, and also keep in mind that... Okay, no, hold on, hold on. You're breaking my mind here. Are you trying to tell me that some of the stuff on the Internet is not accurate, and artificial intelligence may not be true? You're kidding. I mean, it's a great, you know, 30, when it comes to fixing your HVAC equipment, you know, for homeowners, property owners that are trying to fix things, I mean, it's, it's a good, you know, like high level resource to maybe educate on a problem and some possible remedies. It doesn't mean that that is the final authority. There's new refrigerants that has come out in the HVAC world, and with that comes a whole new lineup of equipment.

and all of this equipment that's going out into the marketplace, you know, it isn't thoroughly tested. I mean, it's tested in a lab, right? But it's not necessarily tested in environmental usage. And so HVC contractors go and they become the beta for, you know, making sure that everything works. And so we install this stuff and we find the problems and we fix the problems that has manifested during manufacturing.

Well, you know, when we come on to a project to solve a problem, we get tech support involved immediately, right? So we know at a distributor level, at a manufacturing level, what are the problematic things that are going on with this equipment that haven't yet been like fully reported. Yeah, and so that way with you selling, you know, factory Bryant dealers, what you are then. you're with their people that know more than what Dr. Google knows, right? That's just what we want to make sure that people understand. You're plugged in with this very tightly. And I can attest to you that you folks do great service over there at Advanced Air, all right, Randall. So I want to make sure that we take off here.

I would imagine we're in the peak season, so there probably aren't any incredible deals available right now. Maybe not. Is there anything before we take off? There's still some Energy Trust of Oregon rebates available. So look there. City of Ashland has rebates available for some ducklinson crossover equipment. There are some rebates out there. We can help you determining eligibility and qualification.

But yeah, this isn't the factory rebates are off right now. So those probably won't be coming back online for another couple of months. Yeah, we'll catch up for that as we get into the fall heating season right before that, or that little medium period. but you do great work over there. I appreciate you being one of our sponsors here to MyAdvancedaer.com and get in touch with Randall and his crew. Good people. They just came over to my house the other day too, all right.

772-6866. 772-6-866. Join the Comfort Club while you're at it. We'll talk more about that next month, Randall. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Bill. Open for business.

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Turn the radio off. Listen to the phone, whoever you are, all right? Let me go to Lauren. Hey, Lauren, how you doing this morning? Welcome. Okay, except for being number one. Hi. I hope I can break into the last two days. I know, I know. But, you know, the first guy has been winning the last few days, though. So here we go.

I know. What I mean? All right. Okay, go ahead. Here we go. It was today in history, July 8th, 1969, first U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam. Battalion of the U.S. 9th Infantry left Saigon in the initial with. of U.S. troops.

The question for this morning, Lauren, when did the first Americans die in South Vietnam during that conflict? I have five choices. 1953, 1955, 1957, 1957, 1959, or 1961. When did the first people die from the United States of America? What do you say? Oh, wow. I was supposed to go there, but I got out before I had to ship out.

I'm going to go with 1961. 1961. Nope, it was earlier than that. Sorry, you're going to stay hungry for a little while. Let me go to Eric. Hello, Eric. How are you doing? I'm doing great. 1953, 55, 57, or 59?

When did we have our first casualties in Vietnam? I'm going with 1955. 1955. No, wasn't that either. We'll go to Bruce here. Bruce and Gold Hill. Bruce, it is 53, 57, or 1959. What do you say?

I'm going to go 53, Bill. 53. Oh, it's later than that. Sorry about that. Let me go one more. Let's go to the caller. Hi, who's this? Morning.

Barbara? Barbara. 1957 or 1959. When did we have our first casualty in Vietnam? 1959. 1959. It was. Yes.

Major Dale Bui, rather, and Master Sergeant Chester Ovenan became the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam War when guerrillas struck a military assistance advisory group. So they were the first ones. A lot more came after that, though. But Barbara, on the happy side, you at least get to enjoy Diner 62s. Well, a real American prize in a real American restaurant in a great free nation, okay? Hang on, okay? Take care of you.

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All right. Great stuff. And by the way, while you wait, crowds, a possibility there. Let's give one to Hans Alperkirke. Haven't heard from Hans for a while. Bill, Sonny Hoskins of the deplorable show The View, states she has a phobia with flag-draped neighborhoods, race-baiting her way to the next commercial to capitalize on capitalism.

She may reconsider these communities. Number one, Richmond Heights, Miami, the historic home sites of the Tuskegee Airmen. Number two, U Street in D.C., honoring 200,000 black Union Civil War veterans. Number three, black metropolis in Chicago honoring the 8th Infantry. Number four, Tuskegee, Alabama, the home of the Tuskegee Airmen. And number five, Black Wall Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, an economic Midwest powerhouse. I'm elated that she is faint with fear at the bravado in truth that represents her political opponents.

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