See the whole story here (from January 8, 2022).
Excerpt: "On February 6, 2014, as the anti-government protests were intensifying, an anonymous party (assumed by many to be Russia) leaked a call between Assistant Secretary of State Nuland and US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt. The two officials discussed which opposition officials would staff a prospective new government, agreeing that Arseniy Yatsenyuk—Nuland referred to him by the nickname “Yats”—should be in charge. It was also agreed that someone “high profile” be brought in to push things along. That someone was Joe Biden.
"Weeks later, on February 22, after a massacre by suspicious snipers brought tensions to a head, the Ukrainian parliament quickly removed Yanukovych from office in a constitutionally questionable maneuver. Yanukovych then fled the country, calling the overthrow a coup. On February 27, Yatsenyuk became prime minister."
And just so it's not so grim in 2023, here are Dave Barry's comments about 2022.
Excerpt: "In entertainment news, the venerable Rolling Stones announce that they
will hit the road this summer for their Drool on the Microphone Tour.
This will be the Stones’ seventh tour since 2003, when their physical
bodies finally disintegrated into small piles of dust and they were
replaced by holograms. The good news is, ticket prices for the new tour
will start as low as $150. The bad news is the $150 seats are so far
from the stage that the sound will not reach them until after the
concert is over."
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