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Operated by: Waste Management, Burnsville, MN

Unit Number: 104433

Body: McNeilus ZR

Chassis: Peterbilt 320

Vehicle Type: Automated side-load refuse

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104433 waiting to weigh out at the HERC before either returning to the yard or more likely going to collect another route.

 

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Department of Sanitation - New York City (44 of 167)

Mack Serial # LEU613-7165

 

Image taken at 2012 Mack Open House in Macungie. Photo by K.R. (Used with permission)

Location : Quebec City (Ste-Foy) (QC - CA)

Magnus Flagge and Dennis Lyxzén from the Swedish Hardcore Punk band The Refused performing in the Columbia Theater, Berlin

 

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48-gallon Toter EVR II trash cart

 

Rubatino Refuse Removal

Everett, WA

May 2015

 

©Bryn Erdman. All Rights Reserved.

www.facebook.com/ThrashNTrashProductions

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17 years ago, click on the link

 

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The worms of the senses ponder quickly towards destruction. Winning is not everything but in our elitist competitive society it is all that matters. Rice cakes for the people and caviar for the leaders who built our world around machines, money and matter. We were left out of the plan and our destination is set by the used car dealer or the factory boss. Bored we walk home with our heads hanging and our creativity stolen as an effect of capitalist gain. In a dream state there is nothing more than simple abstraction of the mind from the matter and the belief that work will somehow “macht frei”. The theory that Marx recognized from Feuerbach, and no we, the people, need to see the spectacle that binds us to our “destiny”. Alienation is not commodity, figures, statistics or make believe but very much a real tool of oppression and seclusion. If we can’t take our part then we must not take part. The faculties of the skull are another dimension of that which is sucking us dry. The imperialisation of the third world is dominant even in our taste for soft drinks and afternoon snacks. With dry wits and knuckles dragging the ground co-operations claim that profit is rightfully theirs and that the blood squeezed out of Africa, South America, Burma, The Baltic states and South Asia is nothing but market interest and public craving. Their products are death and they are salesmen of corruption and power abuse. They are the slave dealers of our time. They are the inquisition. They are the machine that must be stopped.

 

Turn the knob and wait for the liberating sound of ecstasy and revolution. Who pays the newsman and who owns the radio stations and who runs the record label? Who benefits from the de-politicizing in art and music and who benefits from the clean sound of the next pop wonder? Who runs the game show and who pays the salaries to the reporters? Here and now we offer you a taste of our liberation frequency, provided by us for your satisfaction and excitement. This is radio clash, 33 Revolutions Per Minute, our haven of thoughts and ideas. It could be yours too, if only you’d let yourself go and turn the knob and listen and love and sing and think.

 

Stuck by the deadly rhythm of the production line. Stuck by the conditions set by the capitalist market. Stuck by the necessities of living and forced to take part. If we are tired it is because we are supposed to be and if we are hungry it is because we have to be and if we are bored it is because it is expected of us. Bored and chained and stuck and dead. New forms of work camps are arranged and new ways of hiding the monotonous beat of slavery are being presented. The preliminary condition required for propelling the workers to the status of “free” producers and consumers of commodity was the violent expropriation of their own time. The spectacular return of time was made possible only after this dispossession of power. Urbanism is capitalism’s seizure of the natural and human environment; developing logically into absolute domination, capitalism can and must now remake the totality of space into it’s own setting. Time, work, environment and joy all have their norms set by modern ways of production.

 

The awkward youngster touches his poster and glances upon the stars and the heavens. The day seems neverending and there is a certain notion of innocence and childhood play. The mantra will be repeated and we will learn to obey and love and cherish the chosen few. Manners inconceivable and then we have to live. Ideals corrupted and echoes from the past about ideas once held true are shining like untouchable constellations. But we are all stars, shining and burning, cruising down the highway looking for the next stop and the next break from capitalised boredom and slavery. Then there is the option of summer holidays vs. punk routine. Then there is greed and money and fallen heroes. “We are all tired of dying”. So why not try and live for a change and turn that glimmering into bright shining creation through the realisation that you know everything and that you are you?

 

Must I paint you a picture about the way that I feel? This situation of Art vs. Life and the present elitism within the bourgeoisie and upper-class. The critics hold their heads high cause they know about the real suffering and the real work while we get the easy accessible forms of communication and entertainment, pinned down simple for us to comprehend. The lack of stimulants within art, politics and life lowers our standards which is why we settle for talkshows and MTV. We are not stupid, but if we are treated like ingrates we will start to act like children. The lack of challenging forms of expression and thoughts of fire and self-confidence gives us a passive and hollow nature. So reclaim art, take back the fine culture for the people, the working people, the living people and burn down their art galleries and destroy their fancy constructions and buildings. Cause we, unlike the bourgeoisie, have nothing to lose and therefore our expression will be the only honest one, our words will be the only challenging ones and our art will be the one revolutionary expression. We need new noise and new voices and new canvases to become something more than the last poets of a useless generation.

 

The credentials with which we call upon you are simple linguistics thrown and tossed liked flaming songs of discontent. The Refused party programme screams out not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5 but 6 opinions and 6 structures of change and 6 levels of liberation. All in all not mystical but direct and attractive and as we shout “Yeah” you’ll feel the same sensation best described by Tomas Paine: “Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul...”. Here and now and all the time the mythical touch and the obvious message. Behold the wisdom of the party program.

Pro (in favour) – attest (testify for).

 

The time is now and still we sit and wait for it to become the now that we think we need. The movement of protest has strong traditions and we are far from the first to recognise and use the power of the song and the words from the young poets. We are trembling from the taste of days gone to waste and there is inspiration and there is clarity. Phil Ochs stated firmly “If I have something to say I’m going to say it now” and still protest song 68 is nothing more than a pastiche, a blueprint of seduction of the echoes that once filled the corridors of dorms and boys/girls rooms in an era where rebellion and revolt was present in art and music. From the first until the last, from the taste of longing freedom to the shackles of oppression, the weapon of the artist has always been used.

 

Refused are fuckin dead that’s what the answering machine said, looks like this is it!!! They talked one to many shit about the upper-class and the government, did you hear what those faggots said in some fanzine someone else read. I heard they are a bunch of spoiled little rich kids who need to get their asses kicked. Fuckin ingrates! Fuckin pussies!! Refused are fuckin dead guaw huydsas kjhds aowedde (fighting sequence). Refused are fuckin dead by order of the postmaster general just like the panthers only this time for real because SAPO have tapped their telephones and the Umeå police raided their homes and they must have been killed.

 

Are you ready baby? For the shape of punk to come. Get the equipment together and we’ll meet at the show. It’s gruesome that someone so handsome should care. We all recognise the hint of the programme screaming at the top of his lungs that “We’re all dressed up and we got somewhere to go”. Like the rebellious swing kids of the 40’s or the crazy jazz heads of the 50’s to the stylish mods of the 60’s we all need to recognise that style in contradiction to fashion is necessary to challenge the conservatism of the youth cultures placed upon us. Strict in our style but with a touch of elegance and freedom and individualism. The uniform and the production of constructive challenges comes in the most unexpected of shapes, Ornette Coleman reinvented jazz altogether and we need a new beat to move to so grab your partner and ask: Do you want to go out with me, watch me get on my knees and bleed? This blind date might take you to places unknown and it will be new and scary and vital. But nonetheless there is no danger in exploration and searching. It never tasted this great to scream “yes” and you never had more enticing cavalier to hold hands with. The new teen hysteria of noise and kisses and politics and crazy entertainment and naked fun and beats and books and poetry and travelling and style. It’s never been safe to live in a world that teaches us to respect property and disregard human life. So drop your belongings and get on this soul train, dig the static sound and think that maybe this once there is just us, the kids, playing the day away, it’s just us kicking over statues and smashing windows of houses of parliaments, just to show them who has the real power. This blind date will take us anywhere we want.

 

A dream only lasts so long. Imagine the pyramids inhabited by aliens and the dark corridors and the dreams and the longing for better financial conditions. The sweat pours down your neck and you run and you run, heart beating, head pounding, alive tonight. The streets never sleep, they are glowing, vibrating with the echoes of laughter and joy, screams and curses. We just need to take the time and see what it can offer us and how we can break free from this boredom that the capitalist reign has forced upon us. Tonight we can be as mighty as tannhäuser and we can tumble excited down the labyrinths and the turns knowing that derive` is potent. So where do we go from here?

 

The Apollo programme was a hoax or so we say. The biggest lie was market economy that blinded us with the glory of prosperity and freedom. The deck was dealt and we all lost, on our knees in the dirt hoping for salvation and then we look and there are golden drops of dawn functioning as oral sagas, keeping us shackled, making glory of the lies that the spectacle provides us with. So as we sit tight and enjoy the soap operas that are designed to keep us bleeding out of our eyes and keeps us nodding and sighing, there is still hope in the petrol bomb and in it, the revolution. For in the destruction and the overthrowing there is a certainty of salvation. We need to destroy the museum and it’s old artefacts, we need to tear down the power structures that enslaves and then in revolution we can live and be alive. Yes, this is our hymn and our praise to the brave and bold stranger in the night, to the fed up worker and the angry wife. Hope, revolution and dedication. Fight fire with fire and everything will burn. Yeah.

 

This manifesto is very much for real.

-by Refused

  

waoh,i've never thought my hair looked this red!

Black-headed Gull / larus ridibundus. Derbyshire. 01/08/18.

 

Their breeding season over for another year, the Black-headed Gulls are beginning to build in number at my local lake. For birds that breed in colonies and live in large winter flocks, they never seem short of something to complain about. This moulting adult was claiming its patch raucously and seeing off all comers who fancied muscling in!

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Exported Guy Chassis fitted with refuse body and crew cab in Holland .

re~visited and changed

 

added Lomoish effect and did a little more cropping and new framing.

 

I took this shot back in January. A hawk had flew over and he went into his frozen stance. I was a mere 2 feet away from him and he stayed this was making very faint chirps. I went back on the porch quietly and let him continue his safety stance until the danger was gone.

 

Before the hawk came into the picture me and this handsome guy had been having a little interaction, I would talk to him and he would talk back with his cute little calls.

I find the Nuthatches to be very friendly, social birds and enjoy thier visits very much.

© Openair St. Gallen / Michael Dornbierer

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@fawnswab or @fawnispikachu or @babyfoxshoppe on instagram has stolen goods from @crackupmadness and refuses to return them. What started out as a trade has turned into a nightmare for Jean. Please do not deal with this person. Do not buy from or trade. Let's post this around and help raise awareness in our community! Let's all help @crackupmadness as much as we can guys!

The front entrance to St Edmunds Church, a 13th century Church in Crickhowell, Powys.

It is dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr, otherwise known as King Edmund of East Anglia (855-869). Little is known of King Edmund but he is reputed to have been of East Anglia origin and an ideal King, but his sainthood is based on his capture and execution by invading Vikings , he refused to renounce Christianity, and was tortured and beheaded as a result. In the middle ages he became the patron saint of England.

The church itself is quite pretty although it fell into neglect in the 1700's, and the side aisles were taken down. A subsequent Victoria restoration left little of the ancient church although a few memorials survived. We are left with a predominantly Victoria building, with the only shingled steeple in Powys.

The photograph shows the front entrance with the restored side aisles, in an artistic fashion trying to create an oil painting style effect. I felt that this represents the church as it felt at the time of our visit to Crickhowell.

People try to tell me

but I still refuse to listen

Cuz they don’t get to spend time with You

A minute with you is worth more than

a thousand days without your love, oh your love ♥ ..

Garbage left on the beach at Coney Island.

They have probably never been photographed at work before!

Only 37% of refuse in the Camp gets properly disposed of.

to learn my lesson

Woodcrest- Unincorporated Perris/Riverside, CA

9/1/17

 

It's back!

 

Let me start by saying wow, I never expected to see a Superlight Curotto Can again after this same truck was switched to Commercial collection Summer 2016. In 2016 WMmaster626 and I were informed by Dave, a Moreno Valley driver, that Paul (the Superlight driver) was now driving a ASL. There is also a picture from Moises Aguirre from Flickr that shows the Superlight on Commercial (www.flickr.com/photos/wmtrucks/34552959740/in/dateposted/). Both WMmaster626 and I were upset by the news and regretted not going back to get more footage of the Superlight.

 

The way WMmaster626 and I found out the Superlight was returning to residential is quite interesting. Both of us were getting a tour of the Waste Management Corona yard by the Fleet Manager Tom, who started out in Moreno Valley (the yard where the Superlight resides). We had conversations about the drivers and trucks in Moreno Valley, all of whom Tom knows. We never brought up the Superlight but eventually we brought up Paul (who drove the Superlight). Tom told us how Paul used to drive this one of a kind truck from Heil with a custom Curotto Can (the Superlight) and how several people from WM liked that truck and the custom Curotto Can. We told Tom how we found that truck on route once and how it was one of our favorite trucks. Tom then informed us how the Superlight had already or was going to return to residential services shortly. WMmaster626 and I were in shock and could not believe what we had just heard. After the great tour in Corona we immediately headed to Woodcrest and we found a Python driver in Woodcrest who informed us Paul was still driving a ASL. Two weeks later WMmaster626 heard from Tom that the Superlight was officially back on route in Woodcrest. In early 2017 the Woodcrest routes were altered so the next week while WMmaster626 was in Washington I headed to Woodcrest once again see the Superlight and find out which portion of Woodcrest it was servicing. I found Paul on route with the Superlight now collecting Green Waste, WMmaster626 was glad to hear the Superlight was back on route and was looking forward to seeing it in person. The next month in October 2017 WMmaster626 and I returned to Woodcrest and filmed more footage of the Superlight.

 

During my September trip, I found the Superlight Curotto Can collecting Green Waste in Woodcrest. There are many green carts out on the Friday route so I was able to see many carts collected. Paul is a great driver and knows how to operate the Superlight in fast, smooth cycles. Woodcrest is a great area and unique to SoCal, most of Woodcrest has a Country feel to it with huge properties, some residents even own horses. Woodcrest was also once services by NEWCO Waste Systems and there are multiple black and blue ex NEWCO carts in the area, there are even a few NEWCO dumpsters still in the area. This is the only Waste Management Curotto Can Heil in SoCal, the next closest is most likely Oakland California. This is most likely the only Superlight Curotto still in service. Republic Services Pacheco used to have a Superlight but I do not believe it is still around.

 

Thank you to the driver Paul and a big thank you to Tom for informing us the Superlight was back, you made our day. Thank you to everyone for watching and let me know what you think of the video.

 

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdCY-KkBArA

© Openair St. Gallen / Michael Dornbierer

Item nº 53206.

Citroën 2CV6 "Cuerpo Nacional de Policía" (España).

Escala 1/43.

Mondo S.p.A. (Italia).

Made in China.

Año 2014 (?).

 

Nota:

No me consta que este modelo haya existido en la realidad con los colores del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (CNP), en España.

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Item nº 53206.

Citroën 2CV6 "Bomberos" (España).

Escala 1/43.

Mondo S.p.A. (Italia).

Made in China.

Año 2014 (?).

 

Nota:

No me consta que este modelo haya existido en la realidad con los colores del Cuerpo de Bomberos, en España.

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More info about Mondo Motors 1:43 diecast collections:

www.mondomotors.org/products_category.cfm?id=827

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Citroen 2CV6 (1970 - 1991)

 

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"The roots of the Citroen 2CV6 can be traced right back to 1936 when the first 2CV (Deux Cheveaux) was built in prototype form. Fully 250 such cars were built prior to the 1939 Paris Autosalon but production was halted when Hitler took an acquisitive interest in France.

 

It wasn't until 1948 that the car was finally showed at the Paris Autosalon and full scale production commenced the following year, the cars powered by a 9bhp 375cc engine. This propelled them to a rather glacial top speed of 40mph.

 

The car gradually evolved over the intervening years, and in 1970 the 2CV6 was introduced to the French market, powered by a 602cc engine with 28bhp.

 

This model was subsequently imported to the UK in 1974.

 

In 1979 the entry-level 2CV6 was dubbed the Club and a ritzier Special trim level was introduced with round lights and chrome trim on the doors.

 

Charleston special edition models appeared in 1980 but these proved so popular that Citroen marketed the Charleston as a mainstream range model.

 

In 1981 the James Bond limited edition was launched. With stick-on bullet holes, this car was a replica of the 2CV6 that undertook a thrilling downhill dive in the movie 'For Your Eyes Only'.

 

1982 saw the bright green Bamboo model that some may recall from being blown to smithereens by a Boeing 747 jet engine on Top Gear TV.

 

1983 saw the brief introduction of the blue and white striped Beachcomber edition while in 1985 came the wildly popular 'Dolly' special edition, named after the 2CV6's latterly acquired nickname.

 

On July 27th 1990, the last Citroen 2CV6 rolled off the production lines.

UK sales continued into early 1991.

 

After sales of over 5.11 million, the 2CV line had come to an end. Or so it would seem. Even today there are some specialists such as www.frome2cv.co.uk that will sell you a fully galvanised, rebuilt or restored car.

The 2CV6 just refuses to die."

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Source: www.rac.co.uk/buying-a-car/car-reviews/citroen/2cv6/207838

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Breve historia del Citroën 2CV6

 

1970

"Crece la familia 2CV, que se comercializa en dos nuevas versiones:

El 2CV 4 "tipo AZL 4", con 435 c.c., 24 cv DIN a 6750 rpm, 102 Km/h y 5,4 litros a los cien.

El 2CV 6 "tipo AZL 6", con 602 c.c., 28,5 cv DIN a 6750 rpm, 110 Km/h y un consumo de 6,1 litros a los cien.

Estos dos modelos montan de serie cinturones de seguridad."

 

1973

"Todos los 2CV incorporan un nuevo logotipo, y el 2CV 6 un nuevo volante monobrazo."

 

1974

"Los faros rectangulares sustituyen a los faros redondos y se incorpora una nueva calandra de plastico.

Se incorpora una banda de protección de caucho en los paragolpes y una cubierta de plastico en el interior de las puertas.

La situación económica y política de Chile determina el cierre de los talleres de montaje del 2CV en este país."

 

1975

"Aparece el 2CV "Spécial", una versión básica, con la mecanica del 2CV 4, que vuelve a incorporar los faros redondos y suprime la luneta de custodia.

Las bandas de caucho de los paragolpes se sustituyen por bandas adhesivas negras y se introducen amortiguadores delanteros.

La potencia del 2CV 6 se reduce de 28,5 cv a 26 cv a causa de las nuevas normas antipolución."

 

1977

"Los cinturones de seguridad enrollables se comienzan a montar de serie en los 2CV.

En las furgonetas se montan los cinturones de serie, pero no enrollables."

 

1978

"En marzo sale el Acadiane, una nueva furgoneta derivada del Dyane que reemplaza a las furgonetas 2CV. Monta un motor de 602 c.c., 31 cv DIN a 5750 rpm y alcanza los 100 Km/h.

También se deja de fabricar el 2CV 4.

El 2CV 6 es dotado de un nuevo carburador Solex de doble cuerpo, que consigue arrancarle al motor de 602 c.c. 29 cv DIN a 5750 rpm., y el filtro del aire pasa a ser de plástico."

 

1979

"El 2CV 4 "Spécial", con motor de 435 c.c. es reemplazado por un 2CV "Spécial" con el motor de 602 c.c. del 2CV 6.

El 2CV 6 es reemplazado por el 2CV "Confort" (2CV 6 CT)."

 

1980

"En el Salón de París aparece el 2CV "Charleston" de carroceria bicolor y faros redondos, en serie especial limitada a 8000 unidades, basado en el 2CV 6.

Cierra la fábrica de Bruxelles-Forest en Belgica."

 

1981

"El 2CV Charleston se empieza a fabricar en serie solo para Francia."

 

1983

"Sale el una serie limitada de 2000 coches, el 2CV "France 3", basados en el 2CV "Spécial", aunque en Gran Bretaña fue denominado 2CV "Beachcomber", y en el resto de paises 2CV "Olimpique".

 

1984

"Se fabrican otras 2000 unidades del 2CV "Olimpique".

 

1985

"Aparece una nueva serie especial limitada a 3000 unidades, el 2CV "Dolly".

1986

Sale en Francia el 2CV "Cocorico", una patriotica edición limitada a 1000 unidades, que estaba pintado con los colores de la bandera francesa.

En Gran Bretaña sale el 2CV "Bamboo", de color vede, que alcanzó gran popularidad."

 

1987

"El Citroën Mehari deja de ser producido."

 

1988

"La fábrica de Mangualde, en Portugal, acapara ahora la totalidad de la producción de los 2CV.

En Belgica sale a la venta el 2CV "Perrier", edición limitada a 1000 unidades, de color verde y blanco."

 

1990

"El 27 de Julio de 1990 cesa la fabricación del 2CV.

Después de 41 años, 8 meses y 21 dias de fabricación, se han vendido 3.872.583 2CV, hasta el 31 de Mayo de 1991."

 

Fuente: debates.coches.net/showthread.php?76568-La-Historia-Del-C...

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Citroën 2CV

 

Manufacturer

Citroën

 

Production

1948–1990

 

Assembly

Forest/Vorst, Belgium

Liège, Belgium

Slough, UK

Jeppener, Argentina (1960–1962),

Buenos Aires, Argentina (1962–1980)

Montevideo, Uruguay (Panel van & pick-up)

Arica, Chile

Mangualde, Portugal

Paris, France

Vigo, Spain

Koper, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia)

 

Designer

André Lefèbvre

Flaminio Bertoni

Walter Becchia

Marcel Chinon

  

Class

Economy car

 

Body style

5-door hatchback

2-door panel van

2-door pick-up

 

Layout

Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive

 

Related

Citroën Dyane

Citroën FAF

Citroën Méhari

Citroën Ami

Citroën Bijou

 

Engine

375 cc (23 CID) H2 air-cooled 9 hp.

425 cc H2 air-cooled 12hp.

435 cc H2 air-cooled 18 hp.

602 cc H2 air-cooled 29 hp.

 

Transmission

4-speed manual

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV

 

More info: tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV

 

Liverpool Corporation Leyland octopus Bulk refuse vehicle,refuse body built by Glover Webb and Liversidge

The invitation was refused.

Operated by: Minneapolis Refuse Inc. Minneapolis, MN

Unit Number: n/a

Body: McNeilus

Chassis: CCC

Notes:

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Seen at HERC queued for the tipping floor

 

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Olympus Pen FT + F.Zuiko 38mm F1.8

ILFORD HP5 PLUS 400

Scanned Negative

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODNxy3YOPU

New CNrG First Gear Waste Management refuse truck # 10-4006

In a March 2023 interview with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo continued to push ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as effective against COVID-19 (even Senator Paul refused to take the bait). Watch the interview.

 

Americans have lost confidence in their government. We no longer trust our legislators and the Supreme Court to solve our country’s problems: income inequality, affordable health care, a woman’s right to decide what’s best for her health, the economy, and climate change. Governance has become a series of battles. It’s no longer just political ideology. We are at war over cultural issues while our politicians ignore our basic needs. And we’ve lost faith in our country’s institutions when ersatz news organizations like Fox knew Donald Trump lost the election but promoted voter fraud to get ratings.

 

The morals of our GOP legislators and their sycophants are just as important as their economic policy. How can we trust a party that Alex Patton, a Florida-based Republican consultant, and pollster, has characterized as a party that “has become mean and driven by emotion on whom we dislike.”? “But,” he says, “that is the driving force in American politics right now.” That is the driving force of the GOP, not the Democrats. This is not an example of the equality of “bothsidesism.”

 

In my essay, “ It’s Time to Release Our Own Kraken!” I outlined the history of the Republican Party’s “below the belt” tactics. They continue to be underhanded to this day. But with the low level of civility in our present polarized country, many Republican legislators now in office have hit new ethical lows.

 

As a visual artist who has spent over a decade creating posters about the sorry state of American political discourse, this year I began a new series of portraits, “Faces of the Republican Party.” The men and women in this series deserve to be taken to task for their unwillingness to compromise, belief in conspiracy theories, and disdain for the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, and our children’s education. The purpose of our government is to solve our nation’s problems. It’s not a place for personal vendettas or manufactured cultural issues.

 

“Faces of the Republican Party” is not a partisan series of portraits. Merriam-Webster defines the word as “a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person, especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance.” The people depicted in these images are the partisans. Instead, my series is a documentary and op-ed showcasing the facts in 2022. All of them had a hand in trying to overthrow the government. These images are MAGA Republicans who put their blind allegiance to Donald Trump and their careers ahead of the needs of the American people.

 

The results of the 2022 midterm elections showed we are tired of autocratic and self-absorbed politicians. We would simply like our officials to do the jobs we elected them to do. Everyone deserves a piece of American Exceptionalism. As it stands, there is nothing exceptional about the tribalism these people promote.

 

Republicans are perfect examples of Patton’s “driving force.” This force is dirty, mean, misogynistic, selfish, and wastes our tax dollars. These people are just a small sampling of individuals responsible for the loss of credibility and faith in America’s institutions. And worse, they couldn’t care less.

  

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Follow the history of our country's political intransigence from 2010 to 2020 through a eight-part exhibit of these posters on Google Arts & Culture.

 

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New York City Department of Transportation (DSNY) Mack Terra-Pro LE refuse packer with Heil body.

Several DSNY refuse packer trucks lined up on a New York City street.

Rejects of the 2015 Archibald Prize at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

This isn't the sharpest truck around, but I thought it was interesting none the less.

An old Lesney "Matchbox" refuse lorry. It looks like most of the rubbish is off-cuts from materials Clayton and I used to make some Christmas decorations!

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