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Rarely do the blogs I follow post even one cartoon featuring Star Trek characters and a transporter, but today there were two<\/em>. The first is from The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The second is from Pencils at Dawn<\/a> (HT Bay of Fundie<\/a>):<\/div>\n

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