Anthony Varrell

I smoked every day for years and then stopped last February when my daughter was born cold turkey. It wasn't a conscious effort to quit, I just don't have the time or need for it anymore. I don't regret doing it at all but I do reflect on how I am more present not being high. Regardless, there are people far more sucessful than you that smoke and people that are deadbeats because of it. But the fact of the matter is who are you to tell people how to live a certain way? Cannabis use is a choice and one that you nor the government has any right to tell people they can't whether you like it or not.

I'm going to make some obvious points. (1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war. (2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East. (3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked. (4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy. (5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately. (6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty. That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area. (7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people. [a]: reuters.com/business/energ… [b]: alfalaval.com/industries/ene… [c]: reuters.com/sustainability…

@Cannabda Keep in mind they will surely delay the launch if S3 is needed and its not ready to go yet.

Well said AV. The CBD program needs S3 according to MH which is logical. Trump wants S3 before the CBD pilot which is supposed to start in April-ish. Allowing a S3 substance inside of something being paid for by Medicare seems silly, even if technically allowed by the updated hemp definition.

Georgia at the finish line to officially go medical Virginia IS going AU Texas banning hemp and expanding TCUP PA has movement but I won't hold my breath Bondi on the clock Up listing bill intro'ed MSO's survived the "deadly debt cliff" $MSOS has tailwinds

@bmrntvs2pk I was good until Iran. Now I can’t wait for him to be gone.

@V_arrell Stay neutral, Ant. Very emotional troubled world. Thanks!

Trump fielding a question about why he didn't inform Japan on bombing Iran. "Japan is great at surprises, why didn't they tell us about Pearl Harbor"...... while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister. He's drunk Grandpa at the thanksgiving table but with the nuke codes

@cannaVester @chadman_hardin @HenryLuMencken @alienlabsTED It’s Kim’s best flower down here and it’s not even close.

@cannaVester @chadman_hardin @HenryLuMencken You must pay the cost to be the boss @alienlabsTED

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Yesterday @V_arrell asked me at the 31min mark👇about hemp's impact on state-legal. I mentioned Nevada was looking to crack down on loophole hemp/illicit that siphoned off ~$300M from state-legal. Fast fwd to today's news: regs, testing, & a ban on intoxicating hemp & synthetics:

@LukeNiforatos You are in my generation sir.

@V_arrell Hold up. Are you in my generation?

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@GrintSammy21527 @baldassarreted Got me to finally buy an Omega

@baldassarreted It got a lot of meh from certain watch influencers when actually I think it might be one of the best speedmaters since FOIS edition. I think it will slowely become a classic.

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@DipWheeler The good ole Tesla Coils from Command and Conquer would suffice here

something like this would be extremely effective.

American Dynamism Capitalism Nepotism on display.

@KMForensics My guess is no

@V_arrell Bondi hasn’t posted anything on X in almost 3 days; I wonder if she is finally reviewing the completed final ruling?

It’s all connected.

March Madness is beyond gay You’re cheering for dudes born in 2007 The only bracket you should be worried about is your tax bracket. You’re poor and obsessed with little boys. Grow tf up

@Mason37613833 Well considering we dropped nukes on their heads yeah we should be.

@V_arrell Probably decided to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. I'm sure Japan can handle a little rub. We're pretty good to them.

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@MitchellOsak Sure

@V_arrell I got that. My point went over your head. The crass reply was triggered by an inane question by the journalist.

@DubsWillie Which are?

@V_arrell And headwinds.

@jfberke Yes, yes he is.

Is he the most unserious Secretary of Defense in US history? Feel like even some of the 19th century alcoholics weren't this stupid

@MitchellOsak My point went over your head. It has nothing to do with informing Japan and everything to do with saying something do crass and disrespectful to one of our allies.

@V_arrell He's also right, in a crude way. Why should he inform Japan? War fighting is not a coffee klatch.