marco renda pied @ htcc hahaha

[delta9nxs]

i don't know anything about all this stuff so will not even try to comment on it.

i do know exactly what kind of guy marco is.

years ago, when i was sick with hepc and liver cancer and was having trouble paying for anything, marco sent me 8, that's right, 8 seed packs containing some fine medical grade genetics. what i grew eased my pain and suffering considerably. there was absolutely no charge for anything, not even postage.

anyone trying to portray marco as just another greedy seed vendor should be ashamed. he was forced to stop giving away seeds or i'm sure he would still be doing it for terminally ill people. nobody gives anybody free seeds anymore. the fact that he gave me seeds puts him on my "good human being" list.

i was terminally ill with a life expectancy of less than six months until i received a liver transplant. i'm fine today and marco is one of the reasons i'm here now.

thanks, marco! i hope you are feeling better and your hep c is not getting you down.

 

[Skip]

Yeah Marco, when I first read the story I really felt it was out of place in your mag. On the one hand I commend you for pushing the envelope, but on the other hand, the personal attacks detract from your quality magazine and its mission.

I say be controversial if you want, but don't make it personal! That's where you run into trouble.

 

[Skip]

nobody gives anybody free seeds anymore.

I don't think that's right. Collectives give away pot and maybe some clones to those in need. They have to, to avoid making a profit.

Is Gypsy still giving away seeds with every purchase? He used to.

 

[Marco Renda]

thanks, marco! i hope you are feeling better and your hep c is not getting you down.

Thanks! Glad to hear that you are feeling better. My Hep C is not showing up in my blood work but that's not to say it has been cured.

Take Care and Peace
Marco

 

[Marco Renda]

Yeah Marco, when I first read the story I really felt it was out of place in your mag. On the one hand I commend you for pushing the envelope, but on the other hand, the personal attacks detract from your quality magazine and its mission.

I say be controversial if you want, but don't make it personal! That's where you run into trouble.

Yes I have made sure that no further attacks are made. I still think that folks need to be made aware of unscruplious folks in the industry. I know first hand how dirty these folks can and will be. I must say though that there must be some truth to what was published because none of those accused accepted my offer to publish a rebuttle nor did they want Harry Resin to interview them for their side when he asked them at Soma's home.

Take Care and Peace
Marco

 

[delta9nxs]

hi, skip! nice to meet you! thanks for the reference to collectives. i didn't know they existed. nothing like that here in redneckville. it would be nice to go down to the flea market and swap some clones.

marco, after the transplant the hepc came back with a vengeance because the anti-rejection meds really turn off your defense mechanisms. i'm currently 5 weeks into a one year interferon pegasas program. it would be nice to achieve a zero viral count but not critical as i'm a 59 yr old with a 28 yr old liver. so i'll probably croak of something else long before the hep gets me again. it took 25 years to destroy the first liver.

i will always be grateful for your generous and compassionate deed.

later on

 

[nachash]

There's a lot of very good points being made here.

I've met both Marco and Joe, and have also met most, if not all, of the folk mentioned in his 'Ice Wars' chapter.

Last year Ed of 'Stoner' magazine asked me to look into it and do an article. 'Stoner' mag went bust before it got published.

Here's a link - Ice Cold: The Scandal Of Water Extracted Hashish

I found the documented evidence and the acomanying story that went with it most compelling, and remain absoloutly gob smacked that legal ramifications were/have not been issued against Joe's allergations.

See the thing about the canna-buisness is there are no trading standards, we have no watch dog. All we can do is keep each other informed about what we see and experience and allow others to make up their own mind.

For this Marco should be commended, not attacked.

Sorry to miss you in London this year Marco, Joe, but I was full of Swine Flu. Catch you next year.

 

[FreedomFGHTR]

Oh so you are in support of the rip off artists?

Once a ripper snatches his crops he will feel differently I bet.

Should cannabis 'intellectual thieves' be outed? I think not - things can always be dealt with in a better way, outting another is simply not an option, ever - unless they are a ripper I say. Even then, things can get messy, as in false accusations.

Welcome to LEGAL WEED! Instead of fighting with guns and graffiti us "drug dealers" now get to use the media, and lawyers. If it were RJ Reyonolds or Philip Morris nobody would care about the truth being exposed. This really is about exposing someone. If you knew the whole timeline of the Pietri-McCormick/Skunkman fued you would understand Marco and Joe are in the right on this one.

Nobody was outed by marco. What is your definition of "is", I wonder ? Outing = bringing out information. Marco repeated something he didn't originate that. I'm on this guy's side now although b4 i thought you were a loser because you totally exploded and went nuts chewing me out over something stupid and you were totally out of line. But if so many people are after you I think you are doing something right now Marco!

It is interesting that the only businesses which are protected by the US Consititution are publishers. it is because the information they provide is vital so that we can have informed electorate, and leaders. Marco is doing the same here. TY is becoming one of the flag ship publications in our community. As such he has a duty to report BOTH sides of the story fairly and accurately. It would show that TY does infact have better fact checkers than many mainstream media outlets. As a patient and as a community leader of sorts I am grateful that Marco would take a pie to get the truth out. I'm probably not ever going to attend the THC expo (dont hold me to this though as things could change).

Who is Joe Pietri to say all this thing?

The best hash that I sell comes from his invention. If you trek into the heart of the Emerald Triangle you will find many farmers take the side of Pietri in this.

You try and make a medicinal magazine, but is just as commercial as all other.

They do have bills to pay. However it interesting to see them take on controversial issues instead of a safe and boring middle ground.

Joe Pietri is a hash smuggler by trade, what make him so accurate. I think Joe Pietri is DEA! No, I know he is DEA!

Really? Ive heard this one before. I've done my own analysis. Guess what. He isnt. If you actually knew his opinions you would realize he believes in a completely free market for cannabis. He doesnt want taxes. He wants fucking reparations. The DEA is all about regulation and controll. He preaches the exact opposite.
Oh and the fact that he will use his Real name says a lot.

Sam the Skunkman is not DEA, he is a legend. thank you sam for all!

Truth is that neither of them are probably DEA. But lets be fucking honest about this. If the DEA gave anyone on this forum permission to engage in legal Cannabis activities, just like they do for big pharm, we would all be lining up to get fingerprinted and get our Schedule I exemptions. I do belive that Joe Pietri goes too far in slamming Sam too.

What give treating yourself magazine the right to publish story that no one is agree with and people names are publish against their will. You can potentially ruin someone life. It's NOT true what you publish.

In the United State of America (where there are plenty of TY readers) Marco has the right from the 1st ammendment to the United States Constitution. Yes the media has the power to destroy people. Thats why there are slander laws in place. It is really easy for some to sue a publisher for publishing stuff that is truely bogus. Simple fact is, if you are doing anything, you better have the right intentions, because you never know who is watching/listening. If it weren't for the same things that allow Marco to publish these stories we wouldnt know about Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghrahib, Waterboarding, ect.

The whole conspiracy of the Seed business in Holland is giving the company you advertise in your magazine bad names. Marco is part of the conspiracy he is claim in his magazine: he sell also feminized seed!

I think using the term consiracy isn't fair. They are just business practices. When it comes to the feminized seed thing I can understand both sides of the coin. If you have been working your lines for atleast a decade to the point of perfect, the final step to solidify that perfection would be to ensure 100% genetic replication in offspring via asexual propagation. Clones are rad, but bulky, tissue culture has issues, so fem seeds make sense. Plus if you spent a decade making the perfect plant, by all means nobody else should be able to copy it. See the irony in this saga yet? The other side to the fem seed this is that the resulting plants frequently express hermie traits or just won't reproduce. Yeah kinda takes away the bag seed opportuinties we had as children.

Little footage of Mr. Pietri in action working with some of his friends. You folks support this sorta thing? DEA interaction makes me nervous. Wonder if this was like part of his probation or something. Keep diggin Marco, you printed those things and like it or not, it has been noticed. Good luck covering all this up. I will leave you folks to your debate. Peace GS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDWzHkOTSDU

There is nothing that proves anythign in that vid. This was actually posted up and spread around facebook initially by Todd McCormick. Basically this shit is all about Joe Pietri and others being barred from certain "industry" events because of their anti regulation anti sell out opinions and they are not afraid to point out sellouts. Being the Todd is in the business of promoting the sellouts naturally you can see how shit would brew. I think they need to sit down and actually smoke a zip together to hash things out.

 

[FreedomFGHTR]

oh and I haven't read the article yet either.

 

[DKBuddy]

funny vid thanks for posting

 

[Alex-F]

There's a lot of very good points being made here.

I've met both Marco and Joe, and have also met most, if not all, of the folk mentioned in his 'Ice Wars' chapter.

Last year Ed of 'Stoner' magazine asked me to look into it and do an article. 'Stoner' mag went bust before it got published.

Here's a link - Ice Cold: The Scandal Of Water Extracted Hashish

I found the documented evidence and the acomanying story that went with it most compelling, and remain absoloutly gob smacked that legal ramifications were/have not been issued against Joe's allergations.

See the thing about the canna-buisness is there are no trading standards, we have no watch dog. All we can do is keep each other informed about what we see and experience and allow others to make up their own mind.

For this Marco should be commended, not attacked.

Sorry to miss you in London this year Marco, Joe, but I was full of Swine Flu. Catch you next year.

Good write up

 

[VagPuncher]

Marco is exact reason as to why the government in Canada makes it so hard to obtain a med card.

You are a liar. You say you smoke 26 grams of weed a day? Hahaha.

You got busted at the UK airport with your cup entry, but lie and say its your meds. You talk of being a fighter for the cause and like to push the envelope? So, why didnt you tell them that the Afghani Bullrider you had was for a cup?

What happened to you gigantic balls then?

Keep running people names in your magazine. All this will catch up with you.

 

[Marco Renda]

Marco is exact reason as to why the government in Canada makes it so hard to obtain a med card.

You are a liar. You say you smoke 26 grams of weed a day? Hahaha.

LOL what a crock of shit! Our original lawsuite against Health Canada that we WON made it EASIER not harder... get your facts straight!

If you want to put your money where your mouth is I would be willing to sit down face to face and prove to you that I consume 26 grams per day!

I can back up what I write can you?

Take Care and Peace
Marco

 

[Owl Mirror]

... be silent and not inform folks on the BS that is going on in the cannabis industry?

Take Care and Peace
Marco

I agree with your stance Marco.

At least you only got a pie in the eye. One of my articles brought about threats on my life plus, slander and defamation of character.

Last night I read a story in our local paper about a patient who followed those 'others' advice and opinion, which was what I fought against, and now he is looking at prison time.

Marco, when you see an injustice, please do us all a favor and expose it for all to see.
Sunshine is the best antiseptic ;>}

 

[Sundance]

I got to laugh

All your doing is slinging shit .. taking sides .. and expressing personal opinions

See where that gets you .. and your magazine - NO advertising

Can the magazine afford that

You may hate the people in the industry for one reason or another .. some of it is your fault ... but they are your potential clients .. and you see the same people all the time

Courts of law are for settling legal problems .. the rest is bullshit

 

[Marco Renda]

gets you .. and your magazine - NO advertising

Can the magazine afford that

You may hate the people in the industry for one reason or another .. some of it is your fault ... but they are your potential clients .. and you see the same people all the time

Dude I HAVEN'T lost any advertisers on the contrary I have signed up even more! The magazine speaks for itself as it not only gets more stores selling it but our sell through rate has been constently above the industry average.

Take Care and Peace
Marco

 

[Sundance]

Dude I HAVEN'T lost any advertisers on the contrary I have signed up even more! The magazine speaks for itself as it not only gets more stores selling it but our sell through rate has been constently above the industry average.

Take Care and Peace
Marco

You know I love you Marco

Thats today .. keep it up .. and see how the trend goes

Wish you well

But in your position - your best to stay away from controversy

Happy Holidays

Sundance

 

[Marco Renda]

But in your position - your best to stay away from controversy

Happy Holidays

Sundance

Yea I hear ya!

Happy Holidays to you too

Take Care and Peace
Marco

 

[420patient.com]

Happy Holidays Marco

WE LOVE YOU! Keep up the good work!

 

[Black Ra1n]

I love the mag, and will continue to support it and write articles. The best thing about TY is that it's not full of ads. Pick yourself up a copy of HT and flip through it... they should pay you to buy it. The articles are top notch, not just pics of grow rooms or buds. Keep up the great work TY!