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Social Media Influencers in Cook County Promote Vaccine: ‘Just Go Do It’ Beth is one of roughly 50 social media influencers using their platforms to share information about the COVID-19 vaccine and their own experiences getting vaccinated as part of Cook County’s “My Shot” campaign targeting 18- to 34-year-olds, who are among the most hesitant to get vaccinated. “We were really deliberate in choosing folks who had ZIP codes inside Cook County because the hope is that their followers are primarily in the same geographic areas and live in the same neighborhoods and experience the same things every day,” said Caryn Stancik, chief communications and marketing officer of Cook County Health. “That was really important to us and it’s perfectly fine if they have influence beyond Cook County.” Beth says that while many of his followers praised his decision to get vaccinated, some 2,000 people unfollowed him on Instagram as a result. “Losing the followers doesn’t matter to me,” Beth said. “I’m still promoting what I think is right.” ... In addition to working with social media influencers, Cook County officials partnered with the Chicago White Sox to host on-site vaccinations, held ticket giveaways for Six Flags Great America and hosted college vaccination days. The $1.5 million “My Shot” campaign launched earlier this year and is slated to run through August, but could be extended, according to officials who expect to be reimbursed for the campaign via federal funds. https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/03/social-media-influencers-cook-county-promote-vaccine-just-go-do-it

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaires-pay-no-taxes-while-workers-get-no-raises-120116788.html Conversation Rabbit would enjoy surely led by a job creator who didn’t inherit a cent from his /her parents. Andrew D 16 hours ago Oh boy, there is a lot of bull in this article. So here goes: 1) The "tax avoidance schemes" you're talking about aren't some magic accounting tricks. They are longstanding tax breaks that encourage people to give to charity and invest. 2) The people who increase their net worth through investments will be taxed on those investments when they cash them out. So the payment to your friend the tax man is delayed but does not disappear. Taking a snapshot of a time when those assets have grown and no taxes have been paid on them and saying this is what we're calling the "true tax" is so misleading that it's a lie. 3) Yes, people generally prefer to pay smaller amounts of taxes if they can structure their lifestyles around it. This is actually exactly what the government - and particularly Democrats - want, in order to control you. Buy a house cuz there's a tax break. Buy an EV because there's a tax break. Give to charity because there's a tax break. Invest in a low-income area because there's a tax break. 4) If I worked for Facebook, Amazon, or Oracle, I would definitely prefer if the head of my company were paid primarily in stock instead of salary so that their decisions are directly aligned with the success of the company. 5) I agree, the national parks are one of the few examples of taxpayer money being spent in a responsible way. You'll be hard pressed to name more than about 5 such examples where the government has been responsible and efficient with our money. sk 13 hours ago 1) This is a "sales in a box" transaction among many legal tax methods. Turn her own asset into a risk free asset and borrow against it with extreme low interest rate. Tax free, voila. I.e. Spending the return without paying tax now. 2) See 1) on how to reap the gains now without paying tax now. 3) Indeed, but all politicians wants to control others, don't they? In fact, government policies are intended to influence behaviors and added as guardrails. 4) Perhaps for short term. On the contrary, some corporates/major investors has finally awakened to the importance of ESG on corporate behaviors for long term mutual benefits. 5) True, government definitely is not the efficient on spending our money. Would love to hear better options. Free market along definitely not working for many. Andrew D. 12 hours ago 1) So I get to pay interest AND capital gains tax on investment gains?! Wow! That sounds like a sweet deal for sure! If I buy a $100k house and work on it for a year, spending $100k in materials and outside labor, and it appreciates to a $300k house after that time, money, and effort, then I can do the same thing. I can take out a mortgage against my house and not pay taxes on that loan. 2) This new "true tax" term is just ridiculous because it's not factoring in the tax liability. If I received stock as part of my compensation package, and those stocks are now worth $1 billion, then even though I may have paid little to no income tax, I still have a tax liability that is currently about $200 million. That amount will go up or down as the current value of the stock fluctuates, and for all intents and purposes, that tax liability is the same thing as taxable income that we less successful people pay tax on each year. 3) Nooo, not all of them. There are some politicians who actually have the goal of keeping government's influence at a minimum - both socially and economically. 4) Earnings are not the only driver of stock price. Stock prices a direct reflection of the value of the company, which includes present earnings, earnings potential, assets, stability, public perception, and dozens of other factors that may be quantifiable or not. The better the company, the higher the market cap. 5) The free market is the best option - by far, despite being imperfect

But he’s not a good defender...especially in center.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/leury-garcia/5913/stats?position=OF LaRussa must have only watched him in 2017...other than that year, he has never approximated a 2+ fWAR value over a limited number of at-bats. 2019, the definition of a replacement level player. This year 0.0 value in almost 200 plate appearances. Can blame Hahn for this state of affairs.

Dodgers lost by 11 to Rangers. Bauer gave up 6 (4 earned) and Nate Jones gave up another 4. Sox +103, Indians -4 LAD 89 TB 78 Houston 75 SFG 74 SDP 63

Let’s have TA7 coach the bullpen...and just stay away from Hendrik’s Red Bull stash.

They won’t trade him if they’re in first, and the Brewers aren’t going to run away and hide, either.

It would be Tim Beckham, Marco Hernandez or Matt Reynolds. Probably Beckham, who was drafted as a SS. He has been hitting much better the last 2-3 weeks at Charlotte. That’s in case of Leury going down.

Nobody in baseball expected the Giants to even be a .500 team. Nobody in baseball can name a single Indian other than Ramirez, Bieber and maybe Karinchak. Tampa Bay or A’s could get more votes, too.

Zaidi, in reality.

SFG. Cleveland. Blue Jays. At least two of those are more deserving.

Ummm...if they play Detroit at the end of the season, you will still call it that, lol? Detroit played us extremely well, every game that last series was a nailbiter, pretty much. Completely different feeling this weekend not facing Mize.

Please recall Rutschman, haha...seems he is at least another month away from being brought up.

Hahn better not rest on his laurels. The division race is going to be much tighter by the end of next weekend.

Of course the Indians get Balt at home for four and then three at Pitt. Of course, Jose Ramirez is coming up. Rosario, Jo.Ramirez, Harold Ramirez. 1st and 3rd, no outs. JoseRamirez should be walked. Bases loaded, no outs...sigh. ball right back to the mound, Mariners pitcher blew the sure fire double play...overthrew the catcher, Hernandez scored.

Playing the outfield like that temporarily saved the game from being completely blown on the last out, but not looking good unless the M’s can get past Karinchak somehow. Even then, you get Clase. M’s have 16 saves, 12 blown saves....Indians only three blown saves on the year, between all their relievers. One was against the White Sox. Tom Hamilton is going crazy on Indians’ radio. Acting like it’s 2016, haha.

Thanks, Mariners. Not. 6 blown saves by their closer...most BS in the majors. Karinchak in, of course. Extra innings now in CLE. M’s blew a 4-0 lead in eighth and ninth. Came down to last strike, Rivera tied the game with a 2B to the opposite field, managed to double his season RBI total from 2 to 4. Bieber goes tmrw. Could end up as a two game swing in the standings from 5 1/2 to 3 1/2 by the end of Sunday’s action. Crazy.

103 to 100...over the Dodgers. Tied for 3rd, next two opponents, the Rays and Astros tied at +78. Good test. Looks like tmrw could end up being another bullpen game four the Tiggers. Now a 7-2 season series mark, with a 55-25 spread. So we’d still be +73 if you strip out all the Detroit games.

JP Crawford just saved the Mariners/Indians game from suddenly becoming extremely tight...great defender.

And how many Sox fans want him starting a game in the postseason? This hand wringing is over a team he’s 7-0 against, and has never lost to during his lifetime. What do his numbers look like if you strip out all these DET games from his career? It’s like Gleyber Torres vs. the Orioles, Carlos Lee against the Cubs or Sal Perez against the Sox, etc.

Almost feels like the offense would have shut down and called it a day with a 5-0 lead...maybe actually being in a game again will end up being a good thing. Cease recovering so far...

Otoh, Detroit has never beaten Cease, either...

Going to be a long day. Just knew not knocking the Tigers out in the first was going to come back to bite them.

Who backs up third, SS and second while Mendick is playing?

He wasn’t nearly aggressive enough coming down the line...and should have been able to read the kicked ball abs scored rather easily. He froze as soon as the ball was hit to first instead of moving 2-3 more steps down the line. How often do you see the runner at third have the ball thrown behind him there?