Media Censorship

There are two Americas. One America believes whatever the corporate media tells them. The other America gets their news and info from other sources and clearly sees how the media is lying and protects liars. The second America is growing and it’s why I’m optimistic.

Twitter may become a very lucrative investment because as a free speech alternative opposed to deep state controlled propaganda media why would anyone use anything else?

Censored socials from Big Tech and fake news media will ultimately drive all of their users to non-corrupt alternatives.

*Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government.

Google frequently makes links disappear, for example.

Google currently employs at least 165 people, in high-ranking positions, from the Intelligence Community. 

Google’s Trust & Safety team is managed by 3 ex-CIA agents, who control “misinfo & hate speech.” 

Since the 2016 Presidential election, Google/Facebook/Twitter have hired at least 300+ people formerly employed by CIA, FBI, etc

Ex-CIA agents are Heads of Trust & Safety at Google & Facebook.

Confessions of the COVID meeting planner

We are managing events planned for every month through end of this year. The year of COVID-19. And although we anticipate smaller attendance at these events, we do expect these events to happen especially those August-December. We are seeing a ton of flexibility from our hotel partners and for that we are very grateful. That is not to say event organizers don't need to stand their ground, but in the end relationships are winning in these discussions on Force majeure vs. cancellation, attrition, rental and F&B costs, etc.

Room rates so far have been off limits though, nobody wants to re-negotiate room rates, and I completely understand why a hotel or meeting planner who makes commission on rooms does not want to reduce rates, but let's be real, rates are based on demand. So in the short term next 90 days, expect flex in room rates, expect us to ask for lower rate clauses, but after that we see room rates and airline rates for that matter to surge based limited capacity and a returning demand.

We are also seeing the need for more space. Groups need more space because they need to spread out the tables and chairs, not to mention a tent to feed. If you have a tent company, get ready to boom if you haven't felt it already. So if you had space for a 50 person event, now you need space for 150. We are also seeing big demand in the 4th quarter of this year and first quarter of next. Which shouldn't surprise anybody since most people who had events planned March-June just pushed to later dates, what we call the "lift and shift" and that pushed things into Q3 and Q4. The first quarter is typically "meeting season" especially in the SE resort market so demand is always highest in Q1 of every year.

When I speak to colleagues around the country, I am amazed by the very different vibes I am getting depending on where their hotel is located. People in Florida are much more confident, say then those in California. But even in Florida sediment varies, for example our Orlando my hotel partners are feeling better than our Miami partners because Broward and Dade are still locked down including the beaches. Arizona which has very few new cases and deaths of late, is still on lock down to my understanding and this week in my discussions with many of them were not sounding very optimistic. I believe much of this can be attributed to the information bias in their news feed because cases and deaths are down across the board. I am also seeing this varied confidence reflected in room rates around the country. For example, in Houston for later this year 2020, I am seeing strong rates and aggressive F&B mins, but in NYC, Vegas and Miami, much greater flexibility.

Interestingly enough, a few NYC hotels are becoming bullish in 2021 real quick. It's almost like they have thrown in the towel on 2020, and understandably so, but have put everything into the belief that 2021 is rebound city. I think they are right. 2021 which, for years, was a bad year on the books for large conventions in the USA. Maybe it was bad luck in the rotation, or the fact 2020 is an election year. It happens every few years regardless, where a future year looks bad. For many years 2021 was that year, but because of the 2020 virus kerfuffle, everything is being pushed to 2021. My gut feeling is this virus will depart as fast as it arrived, making 2021 a banner year in the USA.

Stay strong, stay positive and be cool!

Bryan Bruce
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Hey ya'll do it!  Small business relief application.

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Also, based on the data I am fairly confident we will be back June 1st!  That means meetings July through end of year will most likely happen unless cancelled by group.

I’m convinced that the mortality rate is inflated by at least 100x because the media won’t do accurate math.

So we know the accurate death count USA 4,574. That’s a true number because we can count 100% of the dead bodies.

The mortality rate is number of positive covid cases / people who died.

We do not have anywhere close to enough data to get an idea of the true infected rate. We have only tested a small percentage of people with bad enough symptoms.

I bet there are 5 million people easily who are infected, and I bet 90% are asymptomatic or very mild... which means they didn’t get tested.

When you divide 5,000,000/4,574 deaths it puts the mortality rate to .009%.... which is less that the regular flu mortality rate

The issue with our healthcare system getting overloaded is because of the ventilators. The regular flu doesn’t attack the respiratory line covid does.

Plus we never replenished the national emergency medical supplies after the swine flu in 2009.

We are going to peak by Easter.  Which means, USA opens June 1st and July meetings are safe.

I believe it’s all in the data!  This post will age well.

Bryan Bruce

The Rookie and The Vet

Rookie and The Vet

It's the rookie vs the Vet , but But can it be rookie and the vet .   Like Drake talks about in his song This years Super Bowl Features veterans Bill Belichick and Tom Brady the consummate professionals and legendary veterans taking on The Los Angeles Rams and their rookie coach and rookie quarterback In a match up that begs to Speak of Does experience Trump the first timer or can the rookie also be the vet?

If I was a betting man and I'm not betting on the Super Bowl my betting days died when I left Las Vegas in 2003, but if I was a betting man I would have to put my money on the veteran as much as I don't want to admit it being a Steeler fan the good money is on the veteran 99% of the time But the emotional storyline guy that I am could this rookie this franchise building a new future in Los Angeles with their billion+ dollar stadium and big dreams; can they shock the world can they show up and show the veterans that rookies can also be the vets… Is Drake on to something with these lyrics or is it all a fantasy. Is it difficult to truly be Somebody with all of the inexperience? Now in football experience also means age an age is a huge factor in a sport as Physical as football is So now more than ever we're seeing rookies and young players play like veterans but in these big games in these games with all the chips on the table in these games where History is made Physical is absolutely something that must be considered but also the emotional state of the rookie vs the veteran in my opinion is equally important That said if LA Rams are to begin this dynasty that some are predicting could happen over the next 15 years tonight will be the first start of that That doesn't mean if they don't win tonight that the dynasty couldn't start next year But a win tonight Would certainly kick start what many feel is on the horizon for that franchise  .

The game opened up in Las Vegas as a pick'em Which means no points for either team.  The money line actually opened up -125 Rams  But as the betting started to happen early cash was headed towards the veterans The New England Patriots and Quickly the line moved to a -2.5  point favorite for the Vets.  On Twitter over the last 24 hours we've seen some big bets In Las Vegas On the Rams a few half million dollar bets a few million dollar bets on the money line which is now +120.   The money line started at -125 Rams and is now +125 Rams…that is something to watch.  There is an old adage that the early money is the smart money and the late money is the emotional dumb money.   So it will be very interesting to see not only where the line ends up not only for the betters But for those of us watching the Rookie and the Vet .

So now I've gotta make my prediction And being a Steelers fan A team With  6 Super Bowl trophies  and watching this game and the New England Patriots with 5 Superbowl trophies it doesn't take a genius or even a scholar to know that I'm rooting for the rookie.   This is a team game and although we have a rookie quarterback on the Rams There are some very talented players on the Rams defensive front and if they can get to Tom Brady if they can create some pressure early in the game and just after halftime I think the Rams have a shot at winning this ball game… that said if they cannot get to Brady in the first half I don't think this is going to be a very good outcome for them in the end.  They must pressure Brady early and often the other thing We need to look at is who gets the ball to start the game and how Belichick check manipulates Ball possession with the end of the half he's a master at it and the Rams rookie coach needs to be conscious of this this.  Scoring to end a half and scoring to begin the 2^nd half is how Billy B makes a living!

Being the emotional guy that I am, I'll take the Rams on the money line to win the ball game Out right +120 at the Mirage.

Bryan