Having listened to all three sides of the fascist triangle on the "State of the Union", it's easy to see that all three miss the mark to varying degrees.

There's plenty of jingoistic bullshit that can be picked apart from the SOTU, from Trump's constant bloviating about the need for a border wall despite the fact that we already have one, to his whining that he can't achieve any success while being investigated, to using a formerly imprisoned black woman as a kabuki theater prop, and finally to the chants of "USA! USA!" and constant clapping after the moron and chief finishes a sentence. All of these things would certainly be worthy of dissection, but one thing really stood out to me.

Trump said that disabled unemployment is lower than it's ever been, when in actuality, it's remained relatively constant. The current rate for unemployment among those with disabilities is 9.2 percent, more than double the rate for those without disabilities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also mentions that 8 in 10 people with disabilities do not participate in the labor force as of 2017.

Another bit that is usually ignored is that the majority of folks with disabilities work part-time and are more likely to work in the service industry or be self-employed than their able-bodied counterparts. This is largely because societal and economic participation are outright DENIED to us. And in this wood rat's view, the 'programs' that are supposed to 'help' us actually make it much easier to keep us out of mainstream society.

For more on this subject, feel free to take a look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics News Release here.

Oh, and let's not forget Dipshit's whining about Socialism:

For the first time in American history, a president of the United States, in a nationwide television address, denounced the growing popular support for socialism. “We are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country,” Trump declared. He pledged, “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” His audience, Democrats and Republicans alike, registered their approval with applause.

Stacey Abrams' response was equally pathetic, with all the jingoistic rhetoric of faith, values and 'hard work' sprinkled in for good measure along with the pledges to suck dick for Trump whenever told to because, even though they don't agree on whether or not they should put a velvet glove on the iron fist of capital, they both agree that said fist must remain. After all, the Dems cheered the same "USA! USA!" chant when it was mentioned that a record number of women served in congress.

Bernie Sanders, while touching on a few important issues, also woefully misses the mark. He still refuses to address the fraud committed against him by his own party and kept quiet on our bid to overthrow Venezuela's government via a textbook School of the Americas operation led by the CIA, with a relatively unknown puppet, Juan Guaido, as its pretty face, but he did condemn the Saudi operation in Yemen, so I guess that's something.

Make no mistake, the ruling class in the US are scared shitless of even the moderate social-democratic reforms proposed by the likes of Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Although she's slowly but surely walking it all back). This is only going to get worse, folks. How much worse? I can't say, though I suspect we'll end up in a situation where Trumpy Boy tries to play the part of one Ulfric Stormcloak to Kamala Harris'or Kirsten Gillibrand's Elisif the Fair, both undeserving of any leadership role whatsoever.

I suppose the coming years are going to be....interesting.