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Tanning Booth Tax in Health Care Reform Law to Take Effect This Year

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Business Week:

Let’s call it the “Boehner Tax” on indoor tanning salons. The 10 percent surcharge goes into effect in July.

Other changes include:

Insurers who offer dependant coverage for children must continue to make that coverage available for children under 26 if they aren’t married, the legislation says.

In 2014, employers with more than 50 employees will be required to provide health coverage and most people will be required to have health insurance, Harris said in his report.

A tax on high-cost “Cadillac” policies won’t go into effect until 2018. The insurance industry also faces about $60 billion in additional fees under the health bill through 2018, and more beyond, though it was able to postpone the levy until 2014.

James Cameron Calls Glenn Beck a ‘Fucking Asshole’

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Pop Eater: And he should know.

The ‘Avatar’ director lashed out at FOX News’ increasingly influential star at a press conference supporting the DVD release of his hit film, but the mood got dark when he was asked about Beck. “Glenn Beck is a f*****g a**hole. I’ve met him. He called me the anti-Christ and not about ‘Avatar.’ He hadn’t even seen ‘Avatar’ yet. I don’t know if he has seen it.”

The famously blunt Oscar winner was likely referring to Beck’s reaction to his 2007 documentary ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ which casts doubt on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Later, Cameron toned down the rhetoric while further discussing Beck: “I think, you know what, he may or may not be an a**hole, but he certainly is dangerous, and I’d love to have a dialog with him.”

When asked to expand on why he believes Beck is dangerous, he explained, “Because his ideas are poisonous.”

“I couldn’t believe when he was on CNN. I thought, what happened to CNN? Who is this guy? Who is this madman? And then, of course, he wound up on Fox News, which is where he belongs, I guess.”

CA Senate Primary: Carly Fiorina’s Demon Sheep Ad Produces Surge in Donations for GOP Rival

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San Francisco Chronicle:

Campbell told KPCC’s Patt Morrison Friday afternoon that he thought the ad is “exceptionally nasty.”

“But what makes it a news story is that it’s so awful, so over the top, that it actually helps me,” Campbell told the SoCal public radio host. “The result is the greatest day of contributions on line at Campbell.org. in the entire campaign.”

As we’ve told you before, Teacher Tom the mild-mannered professor doesn’t like smacking down opponents. Way back when — nearly a month ago now — when Tom was running for Guv, he would refuse to say his opponents names when saying something even minorly critical of them.

“An attack ad is kind of unfortunate,” Campbell said. “You just don’t expect to be attacked in such a truly bizarre way, and you don’t expect it to help you.”

“It turned into quite a successful campaign ad for me,” he said.

Poll: 48% ‘Very Positive’ about Obama’s SOTU Speech

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CNN:

The 48 percent who indicated they had a very positive response is down 20 points from the 68 percent of speech watchers who felt the same way a year ago about the president’s February 24 prime time address to a joint session of Congress.

“Wednesday night’s State of the Union audience is more Democratic than the nation as a whole, but speech-watchers were less Democratic this year than they were last year,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “That may be one reason why the number who gave his speech a ‘very positive’ rating is lower this year. But part of the reason also may be that speech-watchers didn’t necessarily hear a new agenda and aren’t confident that the president can improve health care or lower the deficit.”

Two-thirds of speech-watchers who were questioned said the president will succeed in improving the economy, with nearly six in 10 saying he’ll succeed in creating jobs. But people who viewed the address were split on whether Obama will be successful in improving health care and reducing the deficit.

According to the poll, speech-watchers are split on whether the address shows that the president will change his administration’s goals, with 49 percent saying the speech is proof Obama will move in a new direction, while 50 percent disagreed.