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'Punching back, Jersey style,' Murphy signs tax credit for NJ remote workers (archive.ph)
 

As he announced a lawsuit against two federal agencies to stop New York’s congestion pricing plan, Gov. Phil Murphy also signed a bill to give tax credits to some New Jersey residents who work from home for companies based in other states.

The bill is part of Murphy’s “comprehensive efforts to combat the unfair taxation and discriminatory treatment of New Jerseyans.”

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When You See The Same Person at The Antique Meme Road Show Week After Week With The Same Meme (lemmy.world)
 
🥕🥕🥕 in c/historymemes@lemmy.ml
[–] PabloPicasshole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On top of carrots for the pilots, on December 22, 1940, the British Ministry of Agriculture released a statement urging the populace to eat carrots. “If we included a sufficient quantity of carrots in our diet,” the statement read, “we should overcome the fairly prevalent malady of blackout blindness.”

But the government had another motivation in pushing carrots: Great Britain faced food shortages due to wartime rationing, and carrots were plentiful and cheap. This led government agencies to tout them as having eye-strengthening powers as part of widespread campaigns aimed at getting the British public to eat carrots

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🥕🥕🥕 (lemmy.world)
 
Oldie but a goody in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] PabloPicasshole@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have it on good authority Shaq touches his ding-a-ling with Icy Hot

Bear Grylls in c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
[–] PabloPicasshole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But you’re not even thirsty!

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Hamburger? Nein. (lemmy.world)
 

During World War 1, some restaurants in America renamed hamburgers on the menu to Liberty Steaks because they sounded too German. Similar to how French Fries were called "Freedom Fries" by some restaurants.