Mat Sense: Saturday Ramble (Hell in a Cell Edition)

IT is The Weekend!

So its a love cold Saturday morning before Hell in a Cell. This leads me to this posting on Saturday's Before the pay per view to ramble incoherently for a bit. So I am going to be posting up some reactions to the pay per view and while it may be gibbering lunacy hopefully it will amuse, entertain and cause you to keep up with me as I wander through the world of the blogger.

Blog Fixes and Reaching out!

Speaking of blogging, I have been playing with the site getting this bad boy set to awesome, leave a comment So I know that works. MY Frustration at times was probably enough to power a small town. But hearing from you, that makes it worth it!

 

On the books front

Since I am looking into espionage books, and with a slim wallet, I am going to be looking at Rudyard Kipling's Kim.

This is one of the Granddaddies of all the spy fiction. Plus for me its a personal challenge. That book has bored me for years and by golly I am going to beat this thing Right here on the internet!(Foley Cheap pop!)

Bang Bang!

On the Wrestling Front

Hell in a Cell Review to come:

So hell in a cell is tomorrow, I will be watching and posting my thoughts, I am probably not going for that match my match vibe, but I think at least two matches should be awesome

Ambrose and Rollins:

Pretty boy meets madman as things get hopefully bloody, this match is one that has been really stewing for a good while, and can have a massive HSQ

Ziggler and Cesaro:

Its about the IC title and the format allows them more time to get their awesome technical approach out and rolling.

The Rest

Hopefully I will have enough booze/books to read(see Kim will come in handy!) to make it through the other piss matches.

A Spy Among Friends:A Mat Sense Review

My Thanks

First a thank you for Blogging for Books to give a shot at this Real Life thriller. Read the review and tell me what you think, click the link to know where to get it.

Just a Good Ole Boy

The Book:

A Spy Among Friends:Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben McIntyre with an afterword by John Le Carre, is the tale of the friendship and betrayal of the most famous of the double agents in the spy game. Philby reads like a sociopath, all manipulation no compassion, mind you I am not a psychiatrist and all that.

 Tools of The Trade:

However the real story on top of the spy hide and seek is the old boy network all twisted up in its purity. Being from the right school, right class and right place and you can go anywhere. All it required was the right booze in place as the lubrication.

Thus did Philby use those tools, to get himself in the door as a “Eton Lad”. During the lead up to world war two was the only doubt he had for the Communist cause when the Soviets cut a non-aggression pact with the Germans. He kept chugging along, and during the war, again made the right friends in the right places. One was the future top spy hunter in the CIA, James Jesus Angleton. The other was a top hunter in MI6 Nicholas Elliot.

Going to Ground:

Almost getting caught caused a  not so  minor stir and lead to the eyes of MI5 turning their glare on him. But again, friends covered for the right chap. The issues of inter-service rivalry, with MI5's working class vibe and MI6 James Bond upper crust song and dance clashing. This issue is one that various organizations have probably having since the dawn of time.

This continued until the game was up and Philby bolted from Lebanon, where Elliot had “A chat”, running to the Soviet Union. Where he later died, neither fish nor fowl. Too British to be a good communist and a traitor to Queen and Country.

My Thoughts:

The book is a fun read, informative, however I feel like the author has the problem of much of history texts in that hindsight is 20/20. I can imagine there was much face palming and internal reviews coming from on high. While its an interesting view into the world of the Spy, double agent, and traitor with their trials and tribulations. I feel like it got into the weeds. Relationships and who you know can be a vital tool in life. But its a tool that can lead to the Double Cross, blinding you to The Mole, the Judas, the Cassius in your midst.