“There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations, and all around assholery.” #thomaspynchon #gravitysrainbow #themilitaryandthemonetary #purityofessence #whitenoise #sloppyintersection #keyhole #beaconrock #columbiarivergorge