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Waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop

What about laws against polygamy? Was Justice Kennedy even aware of just how sweeping this statement would be? Laws against polygamy were explicitly passed in order to “interfere” with the “equal dignity” of multiple-spousal marriages. Justice Kennedy’s opinion, now the Court’s decision, destroys any legal argument against polygamy.

- “Waiting for the Other Shoe” — The Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Marriage, AlbertMohler.com, June 26, 2013.

2. On Friday, a former president – and hero for many people in Brazil – was charged with corruption. On the same day, a new rapid-transit train collided with a bus, a police helicopter crashed at the government palace, gunfire held a Rio neighborhood under siege, a fire broke out in the Olympic Village, and a beloved singer – Gilberto Gil – was hospitalized. It was indeed, a very bad day.

And, spoiler alert: it won’t be the last bad day.

If pattern keeps, there is no indication the deluge of bad news stories out of Rio will halt any time soon.

If you’re a foreigner living in Rio, there’s a sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop: for some bridge to collapse or some roof to cave in or worse. Living with that undercurrent of fear is par for the course in many foreigners’ lives in Brazil, and it is what drives many expats – who once fell in love with the beach or a girl named Juliana – away in the end.

If you’re a Brazilian living in Rio, you’ve probably already developed the most finely-tuned Brazilian skill: enjoying life to the fullest in spite of troubles. You know the bad news better than anyone, but you push it away and do your best to not let it bring you down. You shake it off.