It seems that alt.home.repair has become a newsgroup to discuss
everything EXCEPT home repair topics.

Alt.home.repair *IS NOT* the place to post politics, gun control,
current events in the news, sexual preference issues, religion,
terrorism, personal attacks on others, and so on.....

There are newsgroups specific to these topics. for example, try
alt.politics.xxxxx alt.religion.xxxxx and so on.
A good catchall group for all of these topics is:
alt.current-events.usa

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Alt.home.repair *IS* a place to discuss all repairs and construction of
homes, garages, sheds, yard care, lawn mowers and other small engine
machines, tools, plumbing and electrical, and some automotive repair
issues.

*** LETS STAY ON TOPIC ***