N.C. Small Business Owner: IRS Seized More Than $100K From Me

A North Carolina store owner is fighting to recover more than $100,000 from the IRS. --The feds reportedly seized Lyndon McLellan’s life savings under a banking law designed to stop drug dealers and money laundering. The IRS accused McLellan of structuring – repeatedly depositing money in increments just under $10,000. --The IRS had said it would no longer target deposits unless the money was involved in a separate illegal activity. McLellan, who owns L&M Convenience Mart in Fairmont, hasn’t been charged with anything, yet he hasn’t gotten his money back.

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Iran’s navy fires on, seizes foreign cargo ship; US dispatches warship

WASHINGTON — Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz fired Tuesday on a cargo ship flying the flag of a U.S.-protected island nation and seized control of the vessel, the Pentagon said. ✧ The Marshall Islands-flagged MV Maersk Tigris was transiting through the waterway when Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels approached the ship and ordered the master to move deeper into Iranian territory. When the master refused, the Iranian boats fired warning shots across the ship’s bow, forcing the master to comply with their demands, according to Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren. ✧ Iranian sailors subsequently boarded the vessel and the Maersk Tigris remains under Iranian control in Iranian waters, Warren said. The U.S. Navy Central Command dispatched the destroyer USS Farragut and reconnaissance aircraft to the area after the master sent a distress call.

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Mississippi Passes New Gun Laws – Prevents Government Confiscation of Firearms

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Under the Tsar, Russia was one of the most heavily armed societies on earth. That all changed when Stalin and the communists took control. Stalin was able to control, starve, punish and imprison a defenseless people… after he took their guns.  ✧ This week the Mississippi House passed a trio of gun laws yesterday preventing the government from seizing firearms during a state emergency, The Clarion Ledger reported.

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