WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.360 A M six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:08.919 demand on the iHeartRadio app. Well, what does Gates is 4 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:13.560 withdrawal mean for the ethics report? Question on the table 5 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.679 in Washington. It's where we kick off swamp watch. 6 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:17.960 The swamp is horrible. 7 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:21.760 So government doesn't work? Man, make this like a reality 8 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:22.920 TV show. 9 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.239 Bad Noos. 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.920 Always a pleasure to be anywhere from Washington, d C. 11 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:31.120 Hey, Joe, A town hall too clearly built on a 12 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.359 swamp and in so many ways. 13 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:33.799 Spill a swamp. 14 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:35.479 I have to watch a malwarkee. 15 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:36.200 He said the swamp. 16 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:37.399 I said, Oh, that's so hope. 17 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.079 You know the thing. 18 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:44.920 Well, House Democrats say they are going to move forward 19 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.960 with their plan to force the release of this report 20 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:51.159 into Matt Gates, despite the fact that he withdrew from 21 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.560 consideration as Trump's nominee for attorney General, despite the fact 22 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:59.560 he doesn't have a House seat anymore. Democrats introduced a 23 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.200 measure yesterday that would pretty much force a House floor 24 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.159 vote that would make the Ethics Panel release the report. 25 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.920 We don't even know if that vote would be permitted 26 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.359 under House rules, but they said that it may happen 27 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.519 as the House returns from Thanksgiving break in early December, 28 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:17.599 to which I say, this would be such old news 29 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:18.000 by then. 30 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:22.680 That's a good point. We will have forgotten all I've forgotten. 31 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:26.959 There's a second layer to this that I think is 32 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.079 important to point out. There were a lot of concerns 33 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.519 that if Donald Trump wins the presidency, even with less 34 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.239 than fifty percent of the popular vote, and he gets 35 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.760 two houses of Congress, he gets both the House and 36 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.879 the Senate, that he was going to run unencumbered. He 37 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.760 was just going to plow through the American culture and 38 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.200 do what he wanted with this, with this government and 39 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.640 with this country. This is proof that this is the 40 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.560 way it works. There was enough pushback, even in a 41 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.799 Republican controlled Senate to something as crazy as Matt Gates 42 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:04.719 as your Attorney General, that the process worked, In fact, 43 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.879 probably worked quicker than a lot of people expected it to. 44 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.800 I didn't expect Matt Gates to be the next Attorney 45 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:12.840 General of the United States, but I didn't know how 46 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.639 it was going to pan out. If they were going 47 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.439 to take it all the way to a Senate confirmation 48 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.280 hearing and then have him not confirmed by the Senate, 49 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.280 or if there was going to be some other reason 50 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.879 that he was out because he withdrew his name or 51 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:27.800 Trump asked and withdrawal or something like that. 52 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:29.400 But this is not. 53 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.960 It's proof that Trump does not get to run roughshod 54 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.680 over the country. That being said, he's still picking some 55 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:43.159 crazy people for some of these cabinet posts that would 56 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.120 otherwise not be even considered in any of the other, 57 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.280 you know, administrations that we've seen over the last fifty 58 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.680 or sixty years. The issue of what happens with this 59 00:02:55.080 --> 00:03:00.960 ethics report, I feel like we short circuits all of 60 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.400 that by resigning from Congress and then taking his name 61 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:07.080 out of consideration, even if he's named to the Senate 62 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.919 to take over Marco Rubio Senate seat. I feel like 63 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.159 there's not a lot that we can do to get 64 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:13.800 that report. 65 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:18.879 I don't think anybody wants anybody, meaning anybody in Washington 66 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:21.159 wants that report to see the light of day, because 67 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.479 they're hiding their own demons. I think that that's what 68 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.120 Mike Johnson is talking about. When it comes to precedent, 69 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.439 it's not about precedent of breaking some sort of arcane rule. 70 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.080 It's president to you are not a private person anymore. 71 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:38.319 In Washington, everything you do will see the light of day. 72 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:43.439 This week, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami said they will 73 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.319 encourage Trump to make cuts. Remember these are the two 74 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.599 that have been put at the helm of the government 75 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:53.360 Efficiency Department to make cuts by refusing to spend money 76 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:58.599 allocated by Congress. This is known as impounding. This goes 77 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:02.319 against a nineteen seven four law intended to prevent future 78 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.800 presidents from following in the footsteps of Richard Nixon, who 79 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.039 held backfunding that he did not like. Musk and Ramaswami 80 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.199 wrote an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal this 81 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.400 week saying We're prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests 82 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:20.040 in Washington. We will prevail. Now's the time for decisive action. 83 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.319 And a senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution, 84 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.079 William Galston, says. 85 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:28.879 They might get away with it. 86 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.600 This could become one of the most closely watched legal 87 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.000 fights of Trump's second administration. 88 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:35.360 But he might get away with it. 89 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.240 That Congress's power of the purse will turn into an 90 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:40.639 advisory opinion. 91 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.279 That would be what a power shift. 92 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:51.839 I found an interesting interesting piece in the Washington Post. 93 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:53.399 It's an opinion piece, and I'm not going to read 94 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:55.120 through the whole thing. I just wanted to point out 95 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:59.680 that some of the cabinet positions that Donald Trump has 96 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:03.959 filled with these nominees, some of which are outside of government. 97 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.839 Think doctor Oz, RFK Junior, even Pete Hegseth, and. 98 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:12.279 You know anybody else that comes to mind. 99 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.279 There's an opinion piece in the Washington Post and the 100 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.519 headline is RFK Junior aside, what should. 101 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:19.800 We do to make America healthier? 102 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.639 Okay, So, at the very least, regardless of whether you 103 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.319 like RFK Junior, or you think he's crazy or an 104 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.720 anti vaxer, or whatever opinions you have of him, the 105 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.560 whole point of Trump appointing him to be head of 106 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.560 Health and Human Services is he wants to have that 107 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.879 question asked, have that conversation, and now it comes up 108 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.199 as an opinion piece like, oh, and by the way, 109 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.279 I mean, it says right off, one of the biggest 110 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.399 issues that we could fix is to empower the Food 111 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.199 Division of the FDA to better regulate the industry that 112 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.279 it's supposed to be overseeing. Why is that if RFK 113 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.120 had said that that would have been controversial, but if 114 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:00.399 Bob Gebelhoff from The Washington Post says it, it's somehow enlightening, right. 115 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.920 Right, right, right, Yeah, very good. That's exactly what. 116 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:07.120 These are, exactly the conversations that he wants to push 117 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.879 out into the open. Well, what can we do to 118 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.240 make America healthier so we're not all suffering from chronic 119 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.399 diseases by the time we're twenty eight years old. 120 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.839 It's a hard conversation to have. People don't like addressing 121 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:22.360 the addiction issue, whether it be food or drugs or 122 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.000 what have you. 123 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:24.879 Not nice. 124 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.120 You know, you look the same at fifty one then 125 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:32.000 you did at fifty. The whole well, I thought she 126 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.279 was eighteen. That does not change you being attracted to 127 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:38.079 young teenage girls. 128 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:38.680 Yeah. 129 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.319 Another wrinkle in this whole mad Gates thing again. Gates 130 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:46.319 has withdrawn his name from a nomination to be Attorney General, 131 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.560 of course, which puts a wrinkle into some of the 132 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:53.800 cabinet plans that we had seen. The latest bombshell detail 133 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:57.560 came from CNN. They reported that the Health House Ethics 134 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:01.920 Committee was told of a second and alleged sexual encounter 135 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.600 between Matt Gates and the then seventeen year old miner 136 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:07.399 that's been at the center of this investigation. Gates has 137 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:12.199 denied any wrongdoing and the investigation hasn't yielded any criminal charges. 138 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.639 But CNN was reporting that Gates's withdrawal. His announcement on 139 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:21.879 Twitter came about forty five minutes after CNN called to 140 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:28.759 ask about the second sexual encounter. Could have been mere coincidence, 141 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:34.920 also probably not. So that's what's going on in terms 142 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:42.399 of international news. That definitely does have a route here 143 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.560 in America is that Russia has fired a listing missile 144 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:50.240 at de Nipro in Ukraine. Ukraine's Air Force initially identified 145 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.439 it as an ICBM, but a US official says this 146 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.959 was an experimental missile and Russia has only a limited 147 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:58.160 stock of its. 148 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.800 Specific medium range stick missile. 149 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.959 US official told The Washington Post Russia may be seeking 150 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.759 to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and 151 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.079 its supporters, but it would not be a game changer, 152 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.879 of course. Russia's Defense Ministry said that its air defense 153 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.160 is shot down a couple of UK made storm Shadow 154 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:23.720 cruise missiles. Russian bloggers have reported that those missiles were 155 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:27.199 fired at targets in the Kursk region of Russia. British 156 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:31.800 media outlets confirmed the attacks. So that's what's going on. 157 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.399 While this is going on, we're seeing very very little 158 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.360 information out of the White House about what your president 159 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:45.159 is doing. In fact, Nate Silver, the longtime polster, says 160 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:49.480 that President Biden should resign and let Kamala Harris serve 161 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:52.519 out the last two months of his post. His post 162 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.120 today on Twitter featured a screenshot of a report from 163 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:58.600 The Washington Post that centered on Biden's relationship with the 164 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.360 press as he's getting ready to get out. 165 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:01.919 Of the White House relationship. 166 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.960 Yeah, that Biden taking question, didn't spend much of his 167 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.480 time talking publicly during his event in South Did. 168 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.080 Anybody even realize he was in South America? Very few 169 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:13.399 people even know that he had left the continent. 170 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.639 Yeah, but a question is about his age and mental fitness. 171 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.279 Obviously led to him stepping down from the top of 172 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:20.200 the Democratic ticket. 173 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.960 I know why they're shuttling him all over the world 174 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:27.480 as well. Gavin Newsome today is going to make first 175 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.879 of three post election visits to California counties that Trump won. 176 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.120 He wants to reach out to working class voters in 177 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.039 the Central Valley who he has nothing in common with. 178 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:41.159 What are you talking about? 179 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.639 He just bought a nine million dollar house. What do 180 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:45.399 you mean he doesn't have anything in common with them? 181 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.720 Marin County. Yes, he will be in Fresno very different. 182 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.600 It comes as interviews and polls have shown that economics 183 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:57.120 and class divisions were key to Trump's return to power. Yes, 184 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.279 Gavin Newsom said a lot of people feel like they're 185 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:02.320 losing their identity or losing their future. 186 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:04.240 Message received. 187 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.440 What the hell is Gavin Newsom gonna go and say 188 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:16.720 to Trump heavy counties to get them into his camp? 189 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:19.559 What could he possibly do? 190 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:26.320 There is no home in Fresno that is selling for 191 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.039 over five million dollars. 192 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:34.480 There is no patience in Fresno for overpriced jackets that 193 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:38.600 look like you have a real job, which he likes 194 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:40.440 to wear when he goes to rural areas. 195 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.240 He said that it's important to counter these claims that 196 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.679 Democrats failed their working class residents. He said he sensed 197 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:51.960 that his defense of President Biden's economic record wasn't landing. 198 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:55.480 People are being left behind, their regions are being left behind. 199 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.519 We as a party will be history if we don't 200 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:01.360 heed the call to address the economy. Where was that 201 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:07.799 kind of logical explanation four months ago? Where was that? 202 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:12.639 Where was that mentality when Joe Biden steps out and 203 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:16.200 they just automatically go to Kamala Harris without any sort 204 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:18.720 of the party could do whatever they want to pick 205 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.000 their nominee. Why wouldn't they. 206 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:22.960 I don't know. 207 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.399 It's tone deaf, still. 208 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.440 Tend us and that's that's crazy that they've lost two 209 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.240 elections now with that same affliction. All right, Coming up next, 210 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.600 we will dive into the world of tech with some 211 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.759 apps to save money on Black Friday. 212 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.519 Apple is watching you sleep. 213 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:47.000 Again as well. Again, well, there was that time in college. 214 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.679 Did Apple even exist when you were in college? 215 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:56.000 Yes, dear back in the old days they did. It's 216 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:57.000 time for tech talk. 217 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:02.120 The machines are getting smarter. Is tech talk right to 218 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.320 you by sky Net? 219 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:08.240 Well would like to talk to Mark Saltzman, the tech guru, 220 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.480 about what's going on in the world of tech. And 221 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:13.879 obviously a big shopping day is coming up day or 222 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:18.399 week from tomorrow with Black Friday, which already brings with 223 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.080 it some discounts, but you have some suggestions on how 224 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.080 to get even the best discounts. 225 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.639 Of course I do unless Shannon wants to host tech 226 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.840 Talk today since she's already taking over the weather. 227 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.519 You know that I am going to be on the 228 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:37.120 radio this afternoon in Regina, Saskatchewan. Come on, so I 229 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.000 am kind of taking your job as well. 230 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.720 Yes, how come talking Charger football with a sports station. 231 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.480 Oh that's fun. 232 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.360 Yeah, that's cool. 233 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.720 Regina, the city that rhymes with fun. 234 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:48.600 Home of the Riders. 235 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.440 Yes, wow, you're good, amazing, amazing. Did you know that 236 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:59.679 we had two rough Riders Ottawa and and Saskatchewan, and 237 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.240 so we had two teams with the same name, so 238 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.120 they change Ottawa changed it. I think you think that 239 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.320 the Red Blacks now. But I'm not up on my 240 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.879 Canadian Football League my CFL, And that's not why I'm 241 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.480 on KFI and iHeart Radio. I'm here to talk. I'm 242 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.480 here to geek out with you. So, Shannon, if you 243 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:18.639 do not want to host today's segment, you know I 244 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:21.919 will keep my pocket protector on. And yes, to answer 245 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.480 your question, Gary, there are some great apps that you 246 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.879 can use all year round, but especially over Black Friday 247 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.600 because they have special sections in these apps to get 248 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:34.120 you an even better deal. One of them is flip, 249 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:38.720 which is FLI doublep it aggregates all those circulars that 250 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.200 you may get at home every week, but let's them. 251 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:44.639 It'll highlight the best deals that you want. So if 252 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:45.559 you type into. 253 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.080 The app, I don't know air pods or even if 254 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.120 it's grocery items like, type in chicken breast and it'll 255 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:53.759 show you which retailers around you. It is more of 256 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:55.720 a retail thing than an online thing, but it will 257 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:58.000 show you who has the best deal, you know, so 258 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.000 which retailer near you has the deal? So it uses 259 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:04.080 your phone's GPS to identify where you are, or you 260 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:06.360 can type in your zip code and it'll show you 261 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.960 which retailer has the best deal. Or you can browse 262 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.000 by circular you know, and it'll show you the best deals. 263 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:14.840 You can clip it into your shopping cart, and you 264 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.840 can also sign up for deal alerts. 265 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.879 So if you have your. 266 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:22.320 Eye on something, let's say seventy five inch Samsung four KTV, 267 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:26.000 if you don't want to pay whatever fourteen ninety nine 268 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.000 on it, if you say, hey, if it drops down 269 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.519 to eleven hundred and ninety nine, I'm in. 270 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.440 You can say. 271 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.360 You can type that so to speak in the app 272 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:34.759 and it'll push a notification in your phone when it 273 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:37.120 finds what you want is at the price that you want. 274 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:39.919 So that's flip FLI DOUBLEP. I'm sure a lot of 275 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.200 your listeners already use that one. Slick Deals is one 276 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.679 of my favorites. We've talked about that on this program before, 277 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.759 on this segment, where again it's a community of about 278 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:53.360 twelve million shoppers all trying to sniff out the best deals. 279 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.440 They all vote on. 280 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:55.960 It and they vet it to make sure that it's 281 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.000 a really a good deal. Is it retail, is it online? 282 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.200 Is it both? Is it in one state over another only? 283 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:07.399 And so long as it passes all these very talented 284 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.240 folks who devote a lot of time to this, it 285 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.960 can end up on the front page of the app 286 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.159 or website. So again, it also has a similar deal 287 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.399 alert thing where you type it in like I'm a 288 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.159 big Twilight Zone fan and the Blu ray discs for 289 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.440 the original series are about fifty or sixty bucks of 290 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.600 hot per season, and so I signed up for a 291 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:27.639 deal alert with Slick Deals, and just last week I 292 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.720 was told that they're down to six dollars and ninety 293 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.559 nine cents at sale, So yeah, grab the rest of 294 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:36.159 my collection. Another great app Rakutin that used to be 295 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.480 called ebates. This is a cash back app. So where 296 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:42.320 you shop, you start at the website or the app, 297 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:45.720 or you install the browser extension and it keeps an 298 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:48.519 eye on where you're going. And if you shop at 299 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.639 one of the participating retailers that is connected to rakutin, 300 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.480 and there's about two thousand or so, then you will 301 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.799 get a certain percentage of that purchase back to you 302 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.440 as a pay pal deposit or via via check. 303 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.200 Quick side note, how does rakuten make money off of that? 304 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:10.039 If you because you know they're sharing basically that what's 305 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.720 the expression, there's a term for it, where you it's 306 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.159 like an affiliate program affiliate link. 307 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.000 So yeah, if you so, if you. 308 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.519 Sticking with that Samsung TV as an example, they get 309 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.799 a kickback if you buy it through rakutins, which is 310 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.799 essentially what you're doing. 311 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.320 Right. 312 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.080 If you looked at the URL the website address, it'll 313 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.840 have like a long alpha numeric string that basically tells 314 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.519 the retailer, let's say best Buy, that it was brought 315 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:38.440 over by Rakutin. They get a kickback from best Buy 316 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.679 and then they, in turn Rakutin will share it with 317 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.279 you up to thirty percent cash back. 318 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:43.759 It does vary. 319 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.919 It could be as low as three four percent, but hey, 320 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.080 it's found money, right and you get to a sign 321 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.440 up bonus as well, so those are all good as 322 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:53.279 well as PayPal honey, same idea. It's a browser extension 323 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.799 that will before you check out, let's say, at Amazon, 324 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:59.799 it may say, hey, this is this product that you're 325 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.840 looking for, is less money at I don't know, Walmart, 326 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.680 so you know, don't buy it here, or it'll automatically 327 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.759 apply a coupon upon checkout. So this article that I wrote, 328 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:14.039 if you want to google my name, Mark Saltzman, Marc Saltsman, 329 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.200 you'll be able to see and then type in Black 330 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.359 Friday apps. You'll see all the ones we've chatted about. 331 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.599 Don't try to jot it down, especially if you driving. 332 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:23.920 The other one that the other article that we wanted 333 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.319 to talk to you about was that the Apple Watch 334 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.160 is now checking your sleep apnea. 335 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:35.599 Yeah, FDA approved this, so it has provided a medical 336 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:39.160 device license for Apple Watch if you have one of 337 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.640 the newer models, so it's Apple Watch ten which is 338 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:44.079 the newest one, or Ultra two, and then last year's 339 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:47.880 Apple Watch Series nine. So when you're wearing this to bed, 340 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:52.799 it'll i help identify signs of moderate to severe sleep apnea, 341 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.359 which is of course a potentially serious yet often diagnosed 342 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:01.279 condition where your breathing stops repeatedly during sleep. And you know, 343 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.559 if that's left untreated, if you don't know that you've 344 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.680 got apnea, that could have some important health consequences, like 345 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.480 it increased risk of hypertension, type two diabetes, it's been 346 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.400 linked to cardiac issues. So what it's doing under the 347 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:16.720 hood of the Apple Watch is that it's got that 348 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:21.039 built in accelerometer, that sensor that will monitor teeny movements 349 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.279 that you make throughout the night that are associated with 350 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:25.880 interruptions in normal respiratory patterns. 351 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.680 And that's again why you need it. 352 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.000 In the new or watches, it's got like an added 353 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.279 sensor and software there, and then the next day Apple 354 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:36.119 Watch users will be able to view their nightly breathing 355 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.599 disturbances in the health app on their phone or an iPad, 356 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.519 and then you know, after thirty days, it'll give you 357 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:46.079 a diagnosis, which they of course they have to say 358 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:48.920 this legally, is that you have to share that with 359 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:53.160 your physician to make an official diagnosis. But yes, sleep 360 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:56.279 apnea is very common and if untreated, it could be 361 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.400 an issue. So Apple Watch, I love that. Over the years, 362 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:02.640 they've been adding more and more health features to it. 363 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.920 So good stuff there. 364 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.799 Do you have one of those sleep tracker Aura rings 365 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.720 or what do you use your watch or anything like that. 366 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:13.640 Yeah, So as a journalist, I was sent a an 367 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.200 Aura ring, but I after I reviewed it, I didn't 368 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.400 wear it. 369 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.920 I don't know why. 370 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:18.000 It was a couple of years ago, and I know 371 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:21.519 they've improved and Samsung now has a ring, but no, 372 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.400 I don't wear a ring. And I actually put my watch. 373 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:26.200 I charge it when I go to to sleep, which 374 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.559 is uh if. But now that I you know, I 375 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.400 do want to try. 376 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.039 My wife is. 377 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.920 Maybe because I snore a little bit, she is asking 378 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.519 me to wear this to bed to see if I 379 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:36.960 do have AVENA. She wants to program it so it 380 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.480 shocks you exactly. 381 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.559 I wouldn't be surprised. 382 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:43.720 Does she try to uh does she assault you when 383 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.759 you snore in your sleep? 384 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.319 Well? 385 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.039 Yeah, so the least she'll do is tell me to 386 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.880 turn the f over because I'm on my back usually yeah. Yeah, 387 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.400 and then the worst case is she'll uh, you know, 388 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:57.519 most of our kids are away at college. So she'll 389 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.160 go and sleep in the other room and then, you know, 390 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:02.400 give me he the next morning, or she'll let me know. 391 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.119 If it's if I have a big gig the next day, 392 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.440 like an important early TV interview, she'll let me sleep 393 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.960 and she'll yeah, she'll go to the one. But I've 394 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.559 never been kicked out to go to the other room. 395 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:11.680 At least she does it. It's very sweet, but no, 396 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.559 it's uh. If I'm on my back, it's trouble. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 397 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.319 I thought it was going to be. 398 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:18.240 She tells me to turn over, and then if I 399 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:20.160 don't turn over, turns over. 400 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:24.480 It's my playbook. There you go, Mark, great stuff. 401 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:28.759