Pynchonian comic relief, real world. As I am the last to say, Pynchon "got" this world of our time better than anyone (unless there is/are others I haven't read, in which case a tie at worst).

[Mark Kohut]

THIS is a lit world truism, btw.

Maria Bartiromo said this morning that the entire conflict between Russia
and Ukraine was concocted by Jake Sullivan to distract from Hillary
Clinton’s campaign spying on Trump.