Trompe-l’œil (French for “deceive the eye”, is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
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Pyrrhic victory
noun
1. a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
Word Origin and History for Pyrrhic victory
1880-85; < Greek Pyrrikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory would ruin him
kakistocracy
[kak-uh-stok-ruh-see]
noun, plural kakistocracies.
1. government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
Word Origin and History for kakistocracy
1829, “government by the worst element of a society,” coined on analogy of its opposite,aristocracy, from Greek kakistos “worst,” superlative of kakos “bad” (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for “defecate;”see caco- ) + -cracy.
This is (a sketch of) the cartoon I thought I was going to run. Imagining a very short”honeymoon” period for Hillary Clinton’s presidency. If only I knew it would last about 30 minutes after the first polls closed.
McIverShop
Photo sources — left: Meredith McIver’s Twitter account, right: New York Daily News article.
I know this isn’t the most important thing in the world right now and I am not a conspiracy theorist but… when you Photoshop yourself with The Donald, you should really use an unpublished photo for your source.
Some observations:
- I’m pretty sure the Trump portion of the photo is flipped as his golden locks appear to be parted on the wrong side.
- The expression, windows, and outfit appear to be exactly the same.
- Of course, it is possible that she stood very still and kept her expression the same as the woman in the teal sweater left and Trump took her place (or vice-versa).
For the record, I don’t think Meredith McIver is not a real person. I do think her photo is not real.
