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It's Windows 7 Day

by Dan

Oct 22, 2009

Well here we are!! Windows 7 release day. Any eager beavers so far? If so what do you guys think of it? Is it better than Vista was? Worse? or about the same? Either way I myself am just going to keep my existing Vista for now and download the scenic ribbon UI until Service Pack 1 comes out and I get a new PC. In the meantime i'd love to hear what you guys think. Happy Windows 7 day!!

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Dan David Arthur Johnston accused Victoria provincial court of "full- on-Nazism" as he received a 60-day jail sentence for pitching a tent in Centennial Square for six days last month.

Johnston, who refuses to eat when he is in custody, appeared thin and haggard as he appeared by video from the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre Wed...See More

Nov 3, 2011

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Dan Victoria's David Arthur Johnston has lost considerable weight during his latest three-week hunger strike while serving a 60day jail sentence, his mother said Tuesday.

Johnston has regularly been arrested since 2004 for sleeping in public spaces and he refuses to eat while in jail. A court order from December prevents him from erecting tent...See MoreVictoria's David Arthur Johnston has lost considerable weight during his latest three-week hunger strike while serving a 60day jail sentence, his mother said Tuesday.

Johnston has regularly been arrested since 2004 for sleeping in public spaces and he refuses to eat while in jail. A court order from December prevents him from erecting tents in Centennial Square for one year.

He received a 60-day sentence for breaching that order last month and friends and family say he might not survive, even if released early for good behaviour after 40 days. He was arrested Oct. 25 after pitching a tent for six days where Occupy Victoria protesters had set up their encampment on Oct. 15.

Johnston was already looking gaunt when he appeared in court via video from the Vancouver Island Regional Correction Centre on Nov. 2. He looks even worse, Lea Johnston said, after 21 days.

"I don't worry, it's against God's laws," she said from outside the jail on Wilkinson Road. "I have so much faith, I could move mountains."

Lea flew in from Blackfalds, Alta., Sunday morning and went down to show support for Occupy Victoria protesters by mid-afternoon before going to visit her son.

Johnston only drinks water while in prison, but all he talks about is food and the meals he wants to eat when he gets out, his mother said. "All he watches on TV are food programs," she said.

Lea knows people criticize her son, but she firmly stands behind his beliefs. Johnston has built a reputation for being Victoria's right- to-sleep protester since first getting arrested in 2004. He has routinely served sentences without eating.

In his most recent case, city lawyer Troy DeSouza asked the court to impose a sentence of four to six months, saying Johnston will only breach court order after court order.

Lea knows her son could die in prison, but with a little faith he might make it, she said. "I hope so. I know his mind can make it, but I'm not sure his body can."

Johnston survived a 36day fast in late 2006, when Supreme Court Justice Robert Bauman described him as a man of principle and a spiritual man who could be trusted to keep his word to stay out of the grounds of St. Ann's Academy.

Nov 16, 2011

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Dan Another 60 days just for setting up a measley tent on public land. This is getting ridiculous. Patience Be With You David Arthur Johnston!!

Feb 3, 2012

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Dan Oh I can't possibly. I'm not well you know. I've got spots in front of my headlights and my whistle's broken. Listen, wheeeet!! 30 of my wheels are flat and I know I would never make it over the mountain.

Mar 22, 2012

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Dan That One Was Epic!!

Jul 7, 2012

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