Thank You, CDC

They say no trick-or-treating this year.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

No Trick-or-Treating or Screaming This Halloween, CDC Says Americans wasted $9 billion last year on disposable costumes and teeth-rotting candy, extorted out of us by kids threatening a trick if we don't treat, while they are in masks so we can't identify them after they egg our homes. Really, what kind of parent ever allowed this kind of thing? At least there is some sense from the Centers for Disease Control, although I suspect that the president may tell them to retract this recommendation too. After all, Halloween extortion is the American Way. READ MORE Delivery Apps and Ghost Kitchens Are Killing Our Local Restaurants Speaking of extortion, this is an existential threat to our Main Streets. READ MORE Male Baboons Live Longer When They Have Female Friends Who doesn't? READ MORE How to Pack School Lunches Efficiently Point 1: (The most important!) buy reusable containers. READ MORE George Monbiot On How Electric Cars Won't Save Us They clog our roads and block our sidewalks just like gas powered cars. READ MORE The Future of Food: Imaginary Brands Cooked Up in Ghost Kitchens I wrote about ghost kitchens before, noting that we we will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic. READ MORE You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Treehugger newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2020 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036