John Prince

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'Thunder in the Valley's' last big bang?

John Prince posted an article on - Feb 3, 2012, 10:28 pm
... friends that this year's Thunder in the Valley may be it's last ... are lacking, organizers are pulling out, the province won't provide police unless ... the day it all boils down to the money and control. One side wants accountability while the other side feels ‘entitled’. Now noses ... ...
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Municipal council's tax grab comes up empty, but the poor must still pay more

John Prince posted an article on - Jan 27, 2012, 3:05 pm
For those who have been following my one-man crusade against our municipal council's recent implementation of their Property Tax Penalties Bylaw, starting with my initial post on this issue, Wall Street 'GREED' Comes to the Crowsnest Pass the results are in, according to Dean on his blog with respec...
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Deepest problem for people today: our inability to accept, or even to recognize, reality

John Prince posted an article on - Jan 21, 2012, 11:36 am
Over the holidays I had the chance and good fortune to read a couple of really good books on modern living, life and reality. Chris Hedges book "Empire of Illusion" lead me to another titled "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America", by Daniel Boorstin. Both books have been an eye-opener to h...
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Open Letter to MLA Evan Berger

John Prince posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 3:13 pm
Evan, for several months now I have seen a significant increase in my EPCOR bill and today upon receipt of my latest bill I was almost floored in that it is 47% higher than this time last year. The ever increasing cost of living is having a severe impact on those least able to afford it due in...
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Honeymoon is over and we never even got kissed

John Prince posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 2:24 pm
Well with council fast approaching the half way mark in their mandate it is becoming increasingly clear that the honeymoon is over, with respect to giving them any more time to get settled in and to implement much needed and anticipated changes that will take this community forward, both economicall...
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder

John Prince posted an article on - Jan 13, 2012, 11:16 pm
I'm sure, Y-all missed me dearly. Now, didn't ya? :-) Between my computer crashing over the holidays and work commitments, I have been one busy beaver who now has the weekend to get back at it, considering all that is happening in the world of politics here in the Pass. Did you hear th...
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Happy Christmas Everyone!

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 24, 2011, 6:26 pm
Wishing everyone the best this holiday season, especially my blogging buddies... Merry Christmas to all Bloggers Another Year has ended And with this, I’m sure you’ll agree I’m broke…. my money’s spended Thank the lord blogging is free Once more I lo...
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Sweden legalizes and regulates cannabis

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 21, 2011, 1:29 pm
Stockholm, December 19 - The Swedish Parliament has approved a law which will regulate the growing, usage and trade of cannabis. This is according to the Health and Social Services of Sweden, Jonas Grönhög, who was quoted, "We don't want to make the same mistakes which the USA has done, we d...
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Life Getting Tough in Harperland

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 21, 2011, 12:41 pm
The consumer price index reveals that Canadians are paying higher prices today than a year ago, with significant increases in food (up 4.8%), shelter (up 1.5%) and gasoline (up 13.5%). Yet wages have only increased .08% We are not keeping pace. The Harper government can't blame this on ...
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'Scrooge' has no better friend than Crowsnest Pass council

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 17, 2011, 8:08 pm
If people have been following my previous posts... Wall Street 'GREED' Comes to the Crowsnest Pass Timing is Everything ... on council pushing through their 'outrageous' and 'unconscionable' 50% 'Property Tax Penalty Bylaw' they will know by now where I stand on this 'outrage'. ...
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Time to suck it up, and be swallowed in... 'Harper's Border Deal'

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 16, 2011, 4:21 pm
Harper's Border Action Plan: 'ONE BORDER' TO BE PUT AROUND CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES and the border between us is being removed ... Last week, in Washington D.C, Stephen Harper and Barack Obama announced the next step in the corporate takeover of North America. This new agreement ...
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Timing is everything

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 14, 2011, 5:55 pm
Well, my gal Joni MacFarlane has come through again (with a little prodding from yours truly, I'm thinking? :-) ) in doing an 'excellent job' by way of reporting on the fast, under the table dealing, by our administration and council in what can only be called a cold, calculated, sinister, and diabo...
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VIDEO: Yoga Undressed

John Prince posted an article on - Dec 10, 2011, 9:55 pm
And now for something completely different.. Yoga Undressed Trailer from Gabriel Bienczycki on Vimeo. To be enlightened is simply to be absolutely, unconditionally intimate with this moment. No more. No less. from John Prince
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VIDEO: Minister Farrakhan Blasts Media & Reporters During Radio Interview Commercial!

John Prince posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 10:31 pm
Its not a black vs white. Its not rich vs poor. Its not old vs young. Its not Communist vs Capitalists. Its banksters vs the people. These banksters have been playing this game for centuries. They loot the economy and then rush in and buy it all up for the chea...
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Occupy Movement: a picture is worth a thousand words

John Prince posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 9:48 pm
... this proves it. To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. from John Prince
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Local media has it wrong again, about me

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 1:37 pm
Being a fan of Bud's editorials in the Pass Herald (as he is a regular reader and fan of my blog) I know and expect, as most of my readers here can attest to, I'm sure, that he will always slant and distort things to suit his agenda and misguided ideological bent. Let the truth and facts be damned i...
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VIDEO: Autistic Basketball

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 3:10 pm
It's amazing how the people who are considered not to be the normal always touch so many lives... Don’t let what other people think decide who you are. from John Prince
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Injured Iraq veteran is face of Occupy movement

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 10:05 am
Democracy Now Iraq War Vet Hospitalized with Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest Thousands of people reclaimed the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall Wednesday after police dispersed them twice on Tuesday — first in a pre-dawn raid on the camp an...
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Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 6:53 pm
Democracy Now Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and flash grenades Tuesday night as protesters attempted to retake the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall—only 12 hours after police tore apart the camp and arrested more than 90 people in a pre-dawn raid. Observers said that at...
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Bill Maher Explains Why Occupy Wall Street Is Going To Win

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 9:40 pm
PoliticusUSA On Real Time host Bill Maher accused the right of living in the past when it comes to Occupy Wall Street, but most importantly, he explained to them why Occupy Wall Street is going to win. After debunking the right’s hippie characterization of Occupy Wall Street, Maher sai...
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I'm 'Crazy'... how 'bout you?

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 8:59 pm
Crazy Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. from John Prince
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VIDEO: Mel Hurtig: The Truth About Canada

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 12:11 pm
Canada's favorite nationalist Mel Hurtig doesn't hold back in this discussion on what's really been happening in Canada for the past forty years. Filmed during Mel's 2008 tour supporting his latest book, "The Truth About Canada", you will be shocked and saddened to hear the truth about Canada. Mel ...
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Speak Up!

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 11:47 am
The mass arrests continue, and not one of them a f*cking banker or politician that "harbors" them. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere from John Prince
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Taking Care of Business

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 9:40 am
An old Italian gentleman lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear Vincen...
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#OccupyMarines are Preparing to Occupy America Nationwide

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 22, 2011, 6:28 pm
By Anomaly100 United States Marine Corps. Sergeant Shamar Thomas in a spectacular moment defended the protesters of Occupy Wall Street while staring into the faces of thirty NYPD officers, and now countless other Marines have organized in an amazing show of solidarity. Sgt. Thomas’ gallant a...
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VIDEO: Cale Sampson - Live at Occupy Toronto

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 22, 2011, 10:57 am
Received an email request from a Hip hop artist doing his thing to "add insight and support to the occupy movement's message". This is good! Check it out... Hello John, Please check out the below link to a live performance that I did this week for the thousands who were in attenda...
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Where ignorance is bliss, you'll usually find a newspaper editor

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 21, 2011, 2:05 pm
They say, 'what you don't know won't hurt you'. Sometimes people are more comfortable if they don't know something. This is usually the result of or condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. So if this is the case why would anybody in a position of influence (such as an editor for a loc...
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Topp calls for higher income taxes on wealthy Canadians

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 21, 2011, 10:44 am
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Brian Topp is boldly going where most Canadian politicians fear to tread: promising to make the wealthy pay more in taxes. The perceived frontrunner in the NDP leadership race wants his party to make higher income taxes for high-income earners a key plank in its ...
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Long-Married Couple Gordon Yeager And Norma Yeager Die Holding Hands

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 20, 2011, 8:26 pm
Huffpost For one Iowa couple, true love lasted until the very end. Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, died in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart. The couple was hospitalized after a car accident just outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. They were giv...
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U.S. standard of living drops... Canada's too! Quality of life today is in the toilet

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 20, 2011, 8:03 pm
Life isn't as good as it used to be... U.S. standard of living drops "As individuals, we're switching more of our time away from family life, away from community involvement, arts, political activity. We're being affected in our health.” New Canadian Index of Wellbeing reveals how Canadians are re...
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VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street Commercial

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 20, 2011, 4:44 pm
Dream today; make it real tomorrow. from John Prince
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New pill blows people away

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 6:57 pm
He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed. from John Prince
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What the OWS Movement means to me

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 5:26 pm
A Patriot is merely a rebel at the start. In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. from John Prince
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99 percent'-ers role has been reduced to that of PAWNS

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 18, 2011, 10:18 pm
... Ya, who wants to THINK!... go back to your TV, relax, smoke a fat one or have a beer, tea or whatever, and kick back and watch some TV until you are in a vegetative state conducive to being easily programmed and deceived into believing everything is under control... and then BAM! never kno...
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VIDEO: Hedges: No way in US system to vote against banks

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 9:40 pm
They must find it difficult.... Those who have taken authority as the truth. Rather than truth as the authority. from John Prince
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Now... let's starve the beast!

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 9:23 pm
I'm the kind of animal that bites back! from John Prince
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[Occupytimessquare] 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (Marine Wins)

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 7:51 pm
United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thomas voiced his opinions of the NYPD police brutality that had and has been plaguing the #OWS movement. Courage is not the absenc...
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I AM NOT MOVING - Short Film - Occupy Wall Street

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 13, 2011, 10:40 pm
Hypocrisy knows no bounds with these people. But the sleeper has finally awoken. People now know whats what, and they're not going to take it anymore. Tomorrow morning NYCP will be be exercising their power on behalf of the Banksters they serve to intimidate and oppress those they shou...
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Trio of white bear cubs talk of the town in Elkford, B.C.

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 13, 2011, 8:18 pm
By Rebecca Edwards, For The Calgary Herald Vacation homeowners in Elkford, B.C., have been asked to search for white bear fur that may have caught on their decks or trees, to help scientists discover the genetic secrets of three white bear cubs seen in the town this fall. Residents are ...
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Thomas Mulcair joins NDP leadership race

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 13, 2011, 2:14 pm
Toronto Sun By Kristy Kirkup ,Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA - Feisty Montrealer and NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair is going after the keys to Stornoway -- the Ottawa residence of the leader of the official Opposition. Mulcair announced he was joining the race to replace the late ...
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We will not lose hope and we will not shut up!

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 12, 2011, 5:57 pm
This is what democracy looks like: Occupying Wall Street and Bay Street For those still unsure what the Occupy Wall Street Movement is all about, because of msm's blackout, read this: CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About... (To enlarge, click on image) Get involve...
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Crowsnest Adhoc Committe gone the way of the Dodo bird

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 11, 2011, 1:47 pm
I see from this week's Pass Herald that council entertained and subsequently passed a resolution to disband the Adhoc Committee, otherwise known as the Crowsnest Advisory Committee. This is the same committee that I spoke out on here on my blog. I hate to say, I told you so, but isn't t...
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Thanksgiving: things I'm grateful for... like Chris Hedges

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 6:06 pm
The recent occupywallstreet protests have given voice to many of the issues I have been speaking out on over the years, such as: greed, corporations, class warfare, take from the rich and give to the poor, poverty, wage and debt slaves, etc., etc. This Thanksgiving, I'm grateful that people ar...
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Kiss my ASS!

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 6:42 pm
To all my 'fake friends' out there... :-) Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. from John Prince
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VIDEO: #OccupyWallStreet Our One Demand

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 4:49 pm
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!! UPDATE: The AAUP Supports Occupy Wall Street Careful. We don't want to learn from this. from John Prince
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The OCCUPY Movement Explained

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 2:15 pm
If you've been having trouble understanding what the Occupy Wall Street (Bay Street and any other street) movement ultimately stands for, please read my letter to the Toronto organization: Dear Occupy Brothers & Sisters, I'm hoping you'll take the time to read this article, as it e...
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What the Crowsnest Pass needs is a man like John Prince

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 8, 2011, 6:53 pm
... someone to stir things up, get people talking about ideas and possibilities... but since I've retired from active politics, I think the Pass can still accomplish this by breaking from the past with its stuffy conservatism and instead embrace alternatives. One of those alternatives is the NDP. &#...
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Friday Humour: My Living Will

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 7:46 pm
We all can agree, no matter what color you are, every group of friends has that one stupid friend. Look around you, you'll find one. If you can't find one, it's you. from John Prince
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VIDEO: Jesse LaGreca To Mainstream Media: 'We're Getting Screwed And You're Not Helping'

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 am
That brilliant guy who took down Fox News like it was nothing has a message for the rest of the media, too. Watch: Jesse LaGreca from Occupy Wall Street talks to Fox News...this clip never made it to air, via Kyle Christopher of Occupy Wall St.'s media team: *** Pass this clip around, ...
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VIDEO: Never question authority

John Prince posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 10:13 am
To watch this video in full-screen mode click here. As my friend Red says, we should hire these people to work the crowds in Canada! The biggest obstacles to understanding the truth are lies disguised as truth. from John Prince
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Resident of the Crowsnest Pass, former municipal councillor and recent mayoral candidate, and presently a full-time Realtor.

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