The Daily Populous

Tuesday October 29th, 2019 day edition

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EXCLUSIVE: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the duo who in 2011 launched the singular screen sensation known as Game of Thrones, have walked away from their much-publicized deal with Disney’s Lucasfilm to launch a feature film trilogy in 2022.

Benioff and Weiss were supposed to usher in the post-Skywalker era of the Star Wars brand with a 2022 new-start story that would stake out a new frontier for the era-defining cinema brand created by George Lucas.

They said their enthusiasm for Star Wars remains boundless but, regrettably, their schedule is full up.

“We love Star Wars,” the pair said in a statement to Deadline.

Related Story HBO & Sky On Brink Of New European Programming Deal; Arrangement Would Cover 'Game Of Thrones' Spin-Offs.

Kennedy didn’t close shut any doors in her send-off statement on Monday: “David Benioff and Dan Weiss are incredible storytellers. »

Nunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower’s Name, Sources Say

Authored by thedailybeast.com

From there, Harvey became a crucial aide to Nunes, a pivotal Flynn and Trump ally.

A former Nunes staffer who now works on the NSC, Kash Patel, gave Trump damaging information about Ukraine, Politico recently reported.

That inspector general, Michael Atkinson, has said in letters to top lawmakers that the whistleblower’s complaint was credible and urgent. »

Soldiers’ bottled water consumption is unsustainable in the next war, Army report says

Authored by armytimes.com

The Army’s brigade combat teams depend heavily on bottled water, which in turn relies on a costly logistics train.

At one forward operating base in Iraq during the 2000s, more than 864,000 bottles of water were consumed each month, with that number doubling during hotter months, according to the study.

An Air Force JTAC offers Afghan children bottles of water after completing a mission in Khanda village, Laghman province, Afghanistan. »