Nah, Storm and I are buddies, despite theatrics that may or may not have happened at Wordforge. He just moved on from BBS posting along with most of the rest of the Internet.
The media is simply playing what readers and viewers want to see. They know what sells. If anyone is being played it's us.
Trump has stated he is the law-and-order candidate. How do you see him accomplish this if not by granting greater authority to government agencies?
They already have all the authority they need. What they lack is permission to enforce the law instead of orders not to enforce it. Take illegal immigration, for example. It's illegal on paper, and the INS has the authority to deport those who are caught. In reality they just bus or fly newly arrived illegals to their chosen destinations. We might as well give the police the mandate that they have to help burglars with robberies by having them use their paddy wagons to act as a moving service for other people's stuff.
which somehow reminds me, what does Polarslam think of Justin Treudau (who's name I don't know how to spell)