The Blog Hole: Obama's Passover, More About Pirates and Internet Trolls

Sympathy For Idiot Commenters: Those of you who comment on blogs might be hysterical, jeering, mentally-ill bigots, but Doug Feaver thinks you're pretty special. [washingtonpost.com]

Word Monkey Bailout Please: Newspapers are important because they are "objective," whatever that means. They're also, like, total dinosaurs. Rosa Brooks thinks the government should step in and save them, the way they saved the pyramid scheme industry. [latimes]

The Very First White House Seder: Does it strike anyone as odd that no US President has ever celebrated a Seder? Weird. Swamp Land's Amy Sullivan gives Obama props for his pioneering Passover. [time.com]

And Now, It's Pirates Versus The US Navy: It's been 200 years since pirates boarded a vessel with a US flag. And now the Navy is in "Let's string up some swashbucklers" mode. Mathias Gebauer wants the Navy to know the pirates might be ready for them.  [spiegel.de]