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A row of hotel amenities, including shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel. | Viorel Dudau | Dreamstime.com

Plastic Pollution

Brickbat: No Room at the Inn

Charles Oliver | 11.19.2024 4:00 AM

A smiling woman looks at her phone, as if sending or receiving a text message. | Johan Larson | Dreamstime.com

Teachers

Brickbat: Take a Picture, It'll Last Longer

Charles Oliver | 11.18.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a woman's hand taking a baggie of cocaine out of the breast pocket of her shirt. | Edgars Sermulis | Dreamstime.com

Drugs

Brickbat: Side Hustle

Charles Oliver | 11.15.2024 4:00 AM

A yellow school bus drives through a residential neighborhood | Sonya Etchison | Dreamstime.com

Buses

Brickbat: Don't Make Me Come Back There

Charles Oliver | 11.14.2024 4:00 AM

A gasoline nozzle fueling up a car with the Flag of England printed on the fuel door. | Andrey Kryukov | Dreamstime.com

Gas Stations

Brickbat: Gas n' Go

Charles Oliver | 11.13.2024 4:00 AM

A police cruiser as viewed in a car's driver side view mirror. | Kentannenbaum | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: Following Too Closely

Charles Oliver | 11.12.2024 4:00 AM

A police cruiser from Berwyn Heights, Maryland | Thomas Carter | Dreamstime.com

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Car Trouble

Charles Oliver | 11.11.2024 4:00 AM

A police car with lights on, viewed through a side-view mirror, at night. | Dabisik | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: Slow Down

Charles Oliver | 11.8.2024 4:00 AM

Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Lostafichuk | Dreamstime.com

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Fancy Meeting You Here

Charles Oliver | 11.7.2024 4:00 AM

Checkout register of a convenience store | Oleg Kryuchko | Dreamstime.com

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Up Against the Glass

Charles Oliver | 11.6.2024 4:00 AM

The orange glare of the sun against hot asphalt, in close-up. | Kirill Karpov | Dreamstime.com

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Burning Up

Charles Oliver | 11.5.2024 4:00 AM

Handcuffs and U.S. 0 bills | Monika Gruszewicz | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: Crime Doesn't Pay (Much)

Charles Oliver | 11.4.2024 4:00 AM

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing against a red backdrop with the text "Keir Starmer: Another Future Is Possible" at the edge | Dominic Dudley | Dreamstime.com

Taxes

Brickbat: Common People

Charles Oliver | 11.1.2024 4:00 AM

Two hands clasped in prayer, against a black background | Boule13 | Dreamstime.com

Teachers

Brickbat: Captive Contrition

Charles Oliver | 10.31.2024 4:00 AM

An attractive blonde woman at a bar holds up her hand and turns away from a man, indicating she is not interested. | Dreamstime Agency | Dreamstime.com

England

Brickbat: You Think That's Funny?

Charles Oliver | 10.30.2024 4:00 AM

Open jail doors | Albund | Dreamstime.com

Jail

Brickbat: Hide and Seek

Charles Oliver | 10.29.2024 4:00 AM

bb3 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Politics

Brickbats: November 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Peter Bagge and Charles Oliver | 10.28.2024 6:30 AM

A German Shepherd at the ready, on an obstacle course. | WildStrawberry_magic | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: Good Dog, Bad Cop

Charles Oliver | 10.28.2024 4:00 AM

Halloween decoration that appears to depict a skeleton's head and hands rising up out of the ground. | Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime.com

Halloween

Brickbat: Witches, Warlocks, and Bureaucracy

Charles Oliver | 10.25.2024 4:00 AM

The end of a Burger King drive-thru, showing cars in line and a sign with the franchise logo that says "Do Not enter" | Snyfer | Dreamstime.com

Restaurants

Brickbat: Have It Your Way

Charles Oliver | 10.24.2024 4:00 AM

Black and gold pompoms sit alone | PhotOleh | Dreamstime.com

Texas

Brickbat: Gimme a B, Gimme a U…

Charles Oliver | 10.23.2024 4:00 AM

Protesters lined up outside a Planned Parenthood facility | Joshua Rainey | Dreamstime.com

Abortion

Brickbat: Watch What You Say, or Think

Charles Oliver | 10.22.2024 4:00 AM

Police officers flag down cars at a DUI checkpoint. | Dmcdesign | Dreamstime.com

Driving

Brickbat: 'Attack Mode'

Charles Oliver | 10.21.2024 4:00 AM

A young happy family of color, with father, mother, son, and daughter, sitting on a couch. | Rido | Dreamstime.com

Race

Brickbat: Colorblind Cash

Charles Oliver | 10.18.2024 4:00 AM

SpaceX flight launch | Valentin M Armianu | Dreamstime.com

Space

Brickbat: Go Fly a Kite

Charles Oliver | 10.17.2024 4:00 AM

Promotional flags for the musical Hamilton | Adam Calaitzis | Dreamstime.com

Public schools

Brickbat: Not Throwing Away My Shot

Charles Oliver | 10.16.2024 4:00 AM

Officers in the Netherlands National Police Corps (Politie), wearing neon vests that read "Politie" | Robert Van T Hoenderdaal | Dreamstime.com

Religion

Brickbat: On Religious Grounds

Charles Oliver | 10.15.2024 4:00 AM

A rack of reusable grocery bags that say "GROW GREENER EVERY DAY," in a supermarket checkout line. | Rtdeleon04 | Dreamstime.com

Plastic Bags

Brickbat: In the Bag

Charles Oliver | 10.14.2024 4:00 AM

A family with father, mother, and two children sit on the floor reading a book together. | Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Children

Brickbat: Be Fruitful and Multiply. Or Else.

Charles Oliver | 10.11.2024 4:00 AM

A farm fence with a red and white sign reading PRIVATE! KEEP OUT | Michele Jackson | Dreamstime.com

Transparency

Brickbat: Behind Closed Doors

Charles Oliver | 10.10.2024 4:00 AM

An empty bar, after hours, with lights off and chairs stacked upside down on tables. | Aliaksandr Karankevich | Dreamstime.com

Alcohol

Brickbat: Closing Time

Charles Oliver | 10.9.2024 4:00 AM

Three chickens, in a row | Sonsedskaya | Dreamstime.com

Animals

Brickbat: Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Charles Oliver | 10.8.2024 4:00 AM

A row of propane cylinders, of various shapes and sizes. | Karel Bock | Dreamstime.com

Pollution

Brickbat: Cooking With Gas

Charles Oliver | 10.7.2024 4:00 AM

A sign at a grocery store that says "Now Accepting Food Stamps," with EBT and SNAP logos. | Jonathan Weiss | Dreamstime.com

Welfare

Brickbat: Mother-Daughter Activities

Charles Oliver | 10.4.2024 4:00 AM

The side of a police cruiser for a county sheriff in Indiana. | Jonathan Weiss | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: New Sheriff in Town

Charles Oliver | 10.3.2024 4:00 AM

A USPS postal carrier collects mail from a mailbox on the sidewalk. | Georgesheldon | Dreamstime.com

USPS

Brickbat: Sticky Fingers

Charles Oliver | 10.2.2024 4:00 AM

A can of Dr. Pepper with liquid spilling out around it | Tamara Fesenko | Dreamstime.com

Censorship

Brickbat: I'm a Pepper

Charles Oliver | 10.1.2024 4:00 AM

Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. | Nicole Gray | Dreamstime.com

Disney

Brickbat: The Most Magical Place on Earth

Charles Oliver | 9.30.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of the flag of Pakistan, white and green with a star and crescent moon. | Tatiana Golmer | Dreamstime.com

Blasphemy

Brickbat: Bad Words

Charles Oliver | 9.27.2024 4:00 AM

San Francisco cable cars | Kropic | Dreamstime.com

City Spending

Brickbat: Bay Area Payoffs

Charles Oliver | 9.26.2024 4:00 AM

A Black Lives Matter protest in Montreal, Quebec, in May 2020. | derek robbins | Dreamstime.com

Protests

Brickbat: A Learning Experience

Charles Oliver | 9.25.2024 4:00 AM

A pint glass with the Guiness logo, in a pub. | Magiorestock | Dreamstime.com

Alcohol

Brickbat: This Ban's for You

Charles Oliver | 9.24.2024 4:00 AM

bb2 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Politics

Brickbats: October 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 9.23.2024 6:00 AM

Brazilian firefighters gathered together to search for a missing person. | Joa Souza | Dreamstime.com

Regulation

Brickbat: Licensed To Look

Charles Oliver | 9.23.2024 4:00 AM

Front door with an American flag | ID 108607198 © | Dreamstime.com

Searches

Brickbat: Whose House?

Charles Oliver | 9.20.2024 4:00 AM

A group sits watch a public presentation | Kasto80 | Dreamstime.com

Transparency

Brickbat: Show Me

Charles Oliver | 9.19.2024 4:00 AM

Tables and tablecloths set up in a parking lot, surrounded by food trucks. | Radiokafka | Dreamstime.com

Food Trucks

Brickbat: Open Carryout

Charles Oliver | 9.18.2024 4:00 AM

Young man in a straw hat drives a tractor as his father watches. | Pojoslaw | Dreamstime.com

Farming

Brickbat: Down on the Farm

Charles Oliver | 9.17.2024 4:00 AM

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