Thursday's Thrilling Absurdities: Fun and Games in Davos

Elon Musk wins the Best Re-Tweet of the Day award for this one:

Holy moly.

This lady is some sort of Shaman from some indigenous population in Canada or the U.S. or somewhere else in the world - I’m not sure. But she is surely a Shaman, you can bet on that. Because, you know, you can’t have a leader from any “standard” religion like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism opening a session at WEF - that would cause half the audience to faint dead away. Only religions that no one is familiar with and provides the audience with no idea what in the hell is going on are acceptable.

Here’s the kicker on this one: If you go watch the video clip, you will see this lady engage in a series of coughs as she turns slowly in a circle, after which she walks over to a panel of about 8 people and kisses them all in the forehead as the concluding part of her ritual.