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Today\u2019s New York Times<\/i> included a letter to the editor entitled \u201cMore people need to learn about the dangers of \u2018fracking'\u201d. I wonder if I\u2019m the only fan of Battlestar Galactica who read this and thought it was about a rather different topic (even if not spelled in the generally accepted fashion).<\/p>\n

Also, for the benefit of refugees from the colonies who may be thinking of heading there, the New York state senate has passed a fracking moratorium<\/a>. Just thought you should know.<\/p>\n

Obviously any similarities to interplanetary vulgarity<\/a> in this post are entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n

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