A new survey out by the Pew Internet and American Life Project attempts to examine those questions.

ClickZ has an article on the report. Here's an excerpt:

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See what I mean (excellent eye, Mr. Lamb!).

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan wants a jirga (council meeting) of leading Pashtuns from both Afghanistan and Pakistan to discuss how to put the largely Pashtun Taliban out of business. But will Pakistan play along?

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 Jeffrey M. Johnson, the Los Angeles Times publisher who pushed back against job cuts requested by the parent Tribune Co., is now an ex-publisher. He has been replaced with David Hiller, publisher of the Chicago Tribune.

Newsroom staffers have circulated a petition in support of editor Dean Baquet, who shared the same view on the cuts as Johnson.

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Michelle Malkin, an off-the-scales U.S. conservative yapper, posted a video to YouTube to continue her spat with management there over a video of hers they had pulled back in February.

A sample quote: "The YouTube crackdown is targeting those of us who unapologetically criticize the throat-slitters who would bomb us all back to the Middle Ages. Oops. Is that 'hateful' and 'inappropriate'?"

Malkin concluded by saying: "YouTube: You've gone dhimmy."

More (including a link to the video) at this NYT blog post by Virginia Hefferman.

Some of Mark Foley's apparent deep, dark secrets -- he's an alcoholic, he was molested by some unnamed clergyman as a teen -- that have been revealed in the wake of his scandal surprise his friends. The sexuality part? Not so surprising.

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It's about the civilians, stupid.

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Top prize at the Ig Nobels this year went to a device that repels teenagers, reports the BBC.

Human Rights Watch has praised the European Union for halting a trade deal with Turkmenistan, the bizarrely authoritarian, oil-and-gas-soaked Central Asian republic where a journalist died last month under suspicious circumstances.

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* Since there are some bloggers out there who like to take things wildly out of context when attacking people they perceive as foes, please be advised the above headline was intended to be ironic and not an actual criticism of Dutch society or its democratic process. Nor should it be seen as an endorsement of the legislative aims of the Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party. Far from it.

From the BBC:

A Dutch political party formed by a group of paedophiles is unlikely to take part in the country's November elections due to a lack of support.

The Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party (PNVD) said it had only gathered 100 of the 570 signatures needed by the 10 October deadline.

It believes would-be supporters are afraid to publicly give their backing.

The party seeks to lower the age of sexual consent to 12, and legalise child pornography and sex with animals.

The PNVD was formed by three paedophiles in May, prompting outrage in Dutch society.

The head of the World Economic Forum in Davos warns that the world is 10 to 15 years behind the curve when it comes to tackling the climate change issue.

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On Thursday night's Daily Show, Canadian-born essayist David Rakoff had this observation in response to a question about the key to defeating Canada as he sat in The Seat of Heat.

"What is their Achilles heel? How can we take them and take their precious ... whatever it is they have that's precious?" asked Jon Stewart.

After initially muttering something about softwood lumber that he wisely left as an uncompleted thought, Rakoff said:

Canada will be nothing more than a comma soon (a reference to a Bushism about Iraq that Stewart mocked earlier in the show) ... You know, Canadians are so unfailingly polite that if you simply ask them to cede their sovereignty, you might be very pleased with the results.

To see the Rakoff interview, click here. To see 'Operation Just Clause,' click here.

I was just wondering how many ice cubes I go through at home in a given year.