J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

National Security

J.E. DyerJanuary 9, 2017
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Reuters: U.S. destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian boats because Trump is bellicose, or something

Drive-by reporting: the dictionary definition.
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National Security

J.E. DyerJanuary 8, 2017
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Ft. Lauderdale shooter: What’s the narrative when he has mental problems AND does jihadi stuff?

Inevitable.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerJanuary 7, 2017
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Football Follies 2016-17: Big league

Fat lady about to burst forth (FBS-wise).
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 7, 2017
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New excuse for ‘F**k Trump’ kidnap-torturers: They weren’t ‘truly trying to be criminal’

The soft bigotry brigade at work.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJanuary 7, 2017
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After intel report on Russia and U.S. election, DHS moves to take over state election systems

No crisis wasted -- not even a fake one.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 2, 2017
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Shrinking (military) world: China launches freight train service to Britain

The (military) times are a-changin'.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 2, 2017
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BOMBSHELL Kerry audio on rise of ISIS: ‘We watched it happen, we thought we could manage’ it

They knew.
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Media

J.E. DyerDecember 31, 2016
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WaPo’s over-eager theme suffers setback: U.S. power grid NOT hacked by Russia

Shoddy evidence.
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Unyielding

J.E. DyerDecember 31, 2016
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Happy New Year from Liberty Unyielding

A new year now begins.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 30, 2016
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Football Follies 2016: Bowls go bigger, funnier

Semis, with Sugar on top.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 29, 2016
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Middle East crisis building…without a U.S. aircraft carrier

Extreme prejudice.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 23, 2016
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Obama thwarted (for now) in radical UN move against Israel

Crying "abstain, abstain" when there's no good reason to.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 21, 2016
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Football Follies 2016: Booger to Bigger – Bowls on a roll

Bigger, better, bowlfuller.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 21, 2016
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Opportunity and hope: The David Friedman nomination for ambassador to Israel

Catching a fresh wind.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 20, 2016
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Left hypes witch-hunt terrors over Trump’s climate-policy spending questions

They're melting.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 19, 2016
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It’s official: Trump wins Electoral College vote (without undue drama)

304.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 19, 2016
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Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, shot again?
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 18, 2016
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The reason Trump voters don’t want to hear your principled criticisms of Trump

The writing of many books is endless.
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 16, 2016
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Media blame Trump for Chinese navy stealing U.S. underwater drone off Philippines

More things than are dreamt of in the MSM's philosophy.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 15, 2016
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Football Follies 2016: Booger Bowls bust a move

The Boogerest.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 14, 2016
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Georgia Sec. of State wants Trump to look into DHS attempts to hack his voter database

Creating crises so they won't go to waste.
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Religion

J.E. DyerDecember 13, 2016
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Deranged scientists ‘guerrilla archive’ climate data, believing Trump will try to get rid of it

Trump Derangement Syndrome - or CYA?
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 13, 2016
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Dem. electors now want intel brief on Russian role, AND ‘evidence’ from Trump, before they vote

Electors on a toot.
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 13, 2016
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Intel VIPs fail to endorse CIA, presumably because theory of Russian intervention is absurd

Craziest U.S. election development ever?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 12, 2016
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Congress’s push against anti-Semitism a reminder of strings that come with taxpayer money

Subsidized speech can never be "free" speech.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 10, 2016
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Southern Poverty Law Center labels attacks by Muslim and BLM-inspired extremists as ‘far-right’

Big Lies.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 10, 2016
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About-face: Obama orders ‘deep dive’ on Russian hacking scare – and CIA says it’s about Trump

There's a bear in the woods -- and it has a computer.
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Media

J.E. DyerDecember 9, 2016
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Hmm: Facebook stats used to tout ‘fake news’ problem turn out to be erroneous

Lies, damn lies, fake news.
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 8, 2016
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PACOM admiral gets standing O at Pearl Harbor: These vets ‘never took a knee,’ ‘never failed to stand’

This my own, my native land.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 8, 2016
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Football Follies 2016: The Game

Battle of the Bros.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2016
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Three ‘inevitable’ trends in human affairs worth breaking everything to interdict

Standing athwart.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2016
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‘Embittered’ WWII vets? Who’s embittered, jackwagons? Leadership FAIL from Obama, once again

Leadership 101.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 6, 2016
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Raging coiffure: Defiant women take arms against the Trump cataclysm

Fighting back.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 5, 2016
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Overgoverned: Woman loses interest in ‘finding a partner’ because Trump won the election

Bronze idol topples.
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 5, 2016
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It’s no excuse of Petraeus, but claim that his disclosures were worse than Snowden’s is nonsense

Self-serving B.S.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2016
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An alternative interpretation of the now-infamous Trump phone call with president of Taiwan

Prepper at work.
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J.E. Dyer

Reuters: U.S. destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian boats because Trump is bellicose, or something

Ft. Lauderdale shooter: What’s the narrative when he has mental problems AND does jihadi stuff?

Football Follies 2016-17: Big league

After intel report on Russia and U.S. election, DHS moves to take over state election systems

Shrinking (military) world: China launches freight train service to Britain

BOMBSHELL Kerry audio on rise of ISIS: ‘We watched it happen, we thought we could manage’ it

WaPo’s over-eager theme suffers setback: U.S. power grid NOT hacked by Russia

Happy New Year from Liberty Unyielding

Football Follies 2016: Bowls go bigger, funnier

Middle East crisis building…without a U.S. aircraft carrier

Obama thwarted (for now) in radical UN move against Israel

Football Follies 2016: Booger to Bigger – Bowls on a roll

Opportunity and hope: The David Friedman nomination for ambassador to Israel

Left hypes witch-hunt terrors over Trump’s climate-policy spending questions

It’s official: Trump wins Electoral College vote (without undue drama)

Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated

The reason Trump voters don’t want to hear your principled criticisms of Trump

Media blame Trump for Chinese navy stealing U.S. underwater drone off Philippines

Football Follies 2016: Booger Bowls bust a move

Georgia Sec. of State wants Trump to look into DHS attempts to hack his voter database

Deranged scientists ‘guerrilla archive’ climate data, believing Trump will try to get rid of it

Dem. electors now want intel brief on Russian role, AND ‘evidence’ from Trump, before they vote

Intel VIPs fail to endorse CIA, presumably because theory of Russian intervention is absurd

Southern Poverty Law Center labels attacks by Muslim and BLM-inspired extremists as ‘far-right’

About-face: Obama orders ‘deep dive’ on Russian hacking scare – and CIA says it’s about Trump

Hmm: Facebook stats used to tout ‘fake news’ problem turn out to be erroneous

PACOM admiral gets standing O at Pearl Harbor: These vets ‘never took a knee,’ ‘never failed to stand’

Football Follies 2016: The Game

‘Embittered’ WWII vets? Who’s embittered, jackwagons? Leadership FAIL from Obama, once again

Overgoverned: Woman loses interest in ‘finding a partner’ because Trump won the election

It’s no excuse of Petraeus, but claim that his disclosures were worse than Snowden’s is nonsense

An alternative interpretation of the now-infamous Trump phone call with president of Taiwan

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