>> While the Post spends precious column inches on the risk of infectious disease in our produce, some GW microbiology students have dedicated their study to a more harrowing bacterial risk: those slimy, salmonella-ridden beer pong balls. [GW Hatchet]

>> Rarely do you find hipsters and schoolmarms on the same side in a fight, but the collective force of the PTA and the retro-food lovin’ Bohemians is united against the War on Cupcakes. [Washington Post]

>> In one of the tightest races in history, outgoing Rep. Cynthia McKinney may have wrapped the title of Most Undeniably Certifiable in the wacky 109th Congress with one final act of symbolic insanity, the impeachment of George W. Bush. [Wonkette]

>> Virginia thinks it can pin down sexual predators’ screen names and block them from MySpace. Can you see state troopers keeping 13,500 people from just changing their e-mail address? Oh, RoVa! [WTOP]

>> Talk about prepared! We haven’t even slipped the bourbon into our eggnog yet, and some folks are already working on curing our holiday hangover! [Express]

Photo by Flickr user flickr-rickr, who caught lots of good Santarchy shots this weekend.