BEg2 chapter 5 structure (1a - with detour back to ch2)

[Mark Kohut]

This is real life associational (not exactly, surely) that I like a
lot....grounds the 'fantasy imagination' elements in our world, which we
know P does superbly.

Thanks Rich

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 9:31 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> howdy
>
> not exactly a one on one match but there are elements of Ice's life that
> sorta line up with ex COO and major fraudster, Jan Marsalek, on the run
> after the implosion of German fintech firm, Wirecard, once the princeling
> of the DAX, BanFin and government. The FT has run major investigations if
> interested.
> Beyond the financial corruption is Marsalek's ties to the intelligence
> communities in Austria, Russia and other places, mentions of mercenaries in
> Africa, threats to journalists, etc..
> He is believed to be somewhere in Eastern Europe, maybe Belarus. But the
> lapses on so many levels w/r/t to Wirecard from regulators, accounting
> firms, government aid, etc. just highlights the vast and unseen influence
> folks like Marsalek and presumably Gabriel Ice have sub rosa
>
> just a thought
>
> rich
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 2:23 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Gabriel Ice may or may not be complete villain, may be playing factions
> off
> > against each other in a deadly serious game of Spy Vs Spy vs Repressive
> > Elements in US Govt vs Russian State vs Russian mob vs Arabic Bloc et al,
> > and may be looking for help like what they used to call “reaching out to”
> > Reg, without explicitly saying so (like how Bigfoot Bjornsen “reaches
> out”
> > to Doc Sportello)
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