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FIFA is no Taylor Swift, new data shows. Why the World Cup isn’t delivering a massive economic boom for Toronto

The World Cup has been a bit of a miss for Toronto hotels. For other parts of the economy? It’s no Taylor Swift.

According to data released this week by payments processing giant Moneris, spending by international tourists in the Toronto area has been up in several key categories since the World Cup kicked off, but total spending by locals, domestic tourists and international tourist, has only been marginally higher than the rate of inflation.

No Taylor Swift will eventually be revealed as BIG Fat Tab for the taxpayer to pay.

Bonus tax payer loss … Cristiano Ronaldo fans block busy Toronto highway for a glimpse of World Cup Portugal team bus

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•"Bread and Circuses"

Brussels Moves To Shut Down Europe’s Biggest Anti-Migration Campaign

Campaigners behind the ‘Save Europe Act’ say the European Commission is preparing to reject their European Citizens’ Initiative after receiving a letter warning that its proposals appear to violate the European Union’s fundamental rights and values.

We’ve got news.

The European Union is threatening to reject the @SaveEuropeAct, claiming that preserving the ethnocultural continuity of Europe’s native peoples is racist and goes against “European values.”

Watch the video to see our response, sign now and join us in Brussels… pic.twitter.com/062fcwOtKY

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) June 30, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Europe

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s pivot on climate change the right move, but is it real?

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pre-Canada Day pivot away from Justin Trudeau’s failed $200-billion-plus climate strategy, after supporting it up to late last year, is a classic example of what makes the public cynical about politics.

The timing was strategic, after Parliament had adjourned for the summer and the day before Canada Day, when Canadians were thinking about barbecues and fireworks, not industrial greenhouse gas emission targets.

“The Great Negotiator Carney” having zero success beyond Eurovision and accelerating ChiCom infiltration needed some good PR knowing CUSMA was not going to be renewed.

So he tossed some crumbs to the peasants by “renouncing” Trudeau’s nation killing green-scam.

Don’t believe it, Carney wants Canada destroyed as much as Junior did.

Next he’ll have CBC telling us that it was Poilievre’s idea to bail out his Developer bagmen.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Many Suspect COVID-19 Outbreak Was Not Accidental

Recent revelations about the origins of the COVID-19 virus have heightened suspicions many Americans have about both the pandemic and the vaccines used to treat it.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 45% of American Adults consider it likely that the COVID-19 pandemic was part of a secret plan by global elites to reduce worldwide population, including 24% who think it’s Very Likely. This view of the virus as “a population control scheme” has been called COVID-19 misinformation. Forty-five percent (45%) don’t believe this explanation is likely, including 30% who say it is Not At All Likely, while 10% are not sure.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Trump isn’t extending CUSMA trade deal, so what happens now?

The Trump administration surprised no one with its long-expected announcement Wednesday that the U.S. would not join Canada and Mexico in extending the free trade deal between the three countries.

Where things go from here, however, with renegotiating the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is anyone’s guess.

One thing is certain: the deal remains in effect while the negotiations happen, as it doesn’t expire for another 10 years.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

NYPD bodycam footage shows moment Empire State Building daredevil lovebirds get busted after climbing landmark

Shocking bodycam footage captured the moment two attention-hungry twerps who made out on the Empire State Building’s antenna — and then got engaged — were caught scaling the landmark.

Video shows officers reaching the antenna and promptly taking Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, into custody shortly after he popped the question while more than 1,000 feet in the air.

NYPD Releases Body Cam Footage of Couple Arrested After Climbing Empire State Building

New York City, New York — July 1, 2026 — Two people were taken into custody by the New York Police Department after climbing to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna, displaying a… pic.twitter.com/B9zd4IOYiI

— Police Incidents (@PoliceIncident) July 2, 2026

How it all began

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by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 2, 2026•0•WTF?

Jamie Sarkonak: The progressive, anti-science surrender to mosquitos

In 2022, when Edmonton decided to stop airdropping mosquito-larva-eating bacteria into bodies of water and opt for more “natural” methods of pest control, experts warned that mosquito populations in the city could double. Well, anyone in the city who walked in grass last weekend will tell you that this grim prophecy has come true: we’re in a mosquitopocalypse.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•Bad Science

Trans gunman caught in alleged casino terror plot with huge cache of weapons — as cops release chilling footage

Las Vegas cops busted a transgender gunman who allegedly planned a casino massacre using a huge cache of weapons.

Allison Howlett, 36, who was born a man but lives as a woman, was arrested Saturday on charges of making terroristic threats, assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, gun theft and other offenses.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Big Tranny

Scott Stinson: World Cup proves Ontario’s cap on resale ticket prices is unenforceable

The sixth and final of Toronto’s World Cup matches will be played on Thursday night, and, my heavens, it is a doozy.

Portugal versus Croatia, a pair of European heavyweights, featuring some of the biggest stars in the sport.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•"Bread and Circuses"

Ukrainian charged in Germany over Nord Stream blasts

German prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022.

The suspect, named only as Serhii K under German privacy laws, is alleged to have led and co-ordinated the attack on the pipelines that transported natural gas from Russia to Germany, German media reports say.

They say he is the same person arrested in Italy last summer and extradited to Germany in November. He has denied involvement.

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Germany: Ukrainian national charged over Nord Stream blasts

German federal ‌prosecutors ⁠have filed ⁠charges against a Ukrainian national ‌over a series of Nord ‌Stream pipeline blasts in September 2022, ‌German media reported on Wednesday.

Public broadcaster ARD and newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Zeit named the accused as Serhii K. , who was detained in Italy on a German arrest warrant in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.

The 50-year-old Ukrainian soldier from Kyiv is accused of leading a team of seven accomplices in the operation which destroyed three of four key Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Invasive wild pigs in Ontario are being tracked down by drones with thermal cameras. Here’s why

Ontario is bringing home the bacon, or at least trying to by deploying drones with thermal cameras to track down invasive wild pigs before they wreak havoc to the local ecosystem.

The province uses Remotely Piloted Aircrafts Systems (RPAS) equipped with thermal imaging to ease their search on reported wild pig sightings, as these drones can detect feral hogs in thick brush.

There’s good reason to make wild pigs a protected species in the war against invasive species.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•WTF?

Should white people really stop having children?

Many conservatives are worried about the seemingly relentless decline in Western countries’ birth rates. But that’s not because they fear the inevitable disintegration of our economies and collapse of our public services.

No, it’s simply because they’re massive racists.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•"Anti-White Racism", Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

Canada to compete in Eurovision for first time in 2027

CALGARY — Canada will officially join the world’s biggest televised music competition in 2027, marking the country’s first appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest and making it the first new participant since Australia joined more than a decade ago.

The announcement was made Tuesday by CBC/Radio-Canada and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), just days after CBC secured full membership in the organization that oversees the annual event.

Ugh.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•Canada, WTF?

UN Special Rapporteur for HEALTH leaves role after angering with accusations of being pro-Hamas and pro-prostitution

A South African doctor who served as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health left her role after a tenure riddled with controversy.

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in July 2020 and completed the maximum term of six years in the role.

On June 17, Mofokeng delivered her final report and called on countries to adopt ‘anti-racist’ and ‘anti-colonial’ health policies.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•WTF?

Bloated federal civil service costing Canadian taxpayers billions: CTF

OTTAWA — The Mark Carney Liberals may be giving Canada’s morbidly obese federal bureaucracy a much-needed shot of Ozempic, but recently released data show the problem could easily have been avoided.

Released this week, a new analysis by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation suggests that Canada could have saved $ 7 billion over the past decade if growth within Canada’s public service had been constrained to population growth.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class