Welcome back. Good to have some old faces around. Haven't heard from Keeter in a long time, he did hang around OWWM. JOAT came by a few months ago as did Paddy (new shellac business). Luigi signed in recently. Jummy wanders in when he doesn't have a paying gig.
As to the political crap, that still happens. Unfortunately we have a few that contribute nothing to woodworking but like to discharge a large measure of blather to demonstrate their intelligence.
Anyway, stick around. We need all the help we can get. mahalo, jo4hn