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.

Politics

J.E. DyerJanuary 16, 2019
2

Trump should accept Pelosi’s SOTU rejection and just deliver it his way

A time for choosing.
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National Security

J.E. DyerJanuary 15, 2019
1

Can China afford to attack a U.S. carrier? Depends on what the meaning of ‘afford’ is

Cost, benefit, and strategic purpose. How will these variables affect a Chinese decision to attack a U.S. aircraft carrier?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 14, 2019
1

What’s the real deal with Steele? An actual ‘bombshell’ from Lisa Page’s 2018 House testimony

Not the intelligence instigator we were looking for?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 12, 2019
0

New York Times’s story on FBI starting Trump probe in 2017 is irrational

Looking for intent in all the wrong places.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 11, 2019
0

To highlight border issues, Trump goes to the border; Beto O’Rourke goes to the dentist

Dental hygiene while Rome burns.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 8, 2019
1

Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya charged with obstruction in long-settled Prevezon money-laundering case

By indirection find direction out.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJanuary 8, 2019
1

Why Chris Wallace is as wrong as the Trump administration about threat ‘border-crossings’

The known unknown is what matters here.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerJanuary 7, 2019
1

Football Follies 2018: Bowl up

The Big One, at last.
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Unyielding

J.E. DyerJanuary 1, 2019
0

Happy New Year from Liberty Unyielding

Blessings in the New Year. Strap in tight.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 28, 2018
0

Football Follies 2018: Booger down

Down to the semis. Quality football on the radar.
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Science and Technology

J.E. DyerDecember 27, 2018
1

Analytical note on new claim: Michael Cohen’s cell phone was near Prague in 2016

Another day, another calendar-deficient attempt to place Michael Cohen in Prague.
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Media

J.E. DyerDecember 26, 2018
0

Media condemn Trump for not visiting troops at Christmas; he and Melania show up in Iraq

Will the media ever learn?
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Unyielding

J.E. DyerDecember 22, 2018
0

A Christmas to remember in 2018

Watchman, tell us of the night, for the morning seems to dawn.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerDecember 22, 2018
2

The good Judge Sullivan did in the Flynn hearing this week

Was there method in the madness?
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 21, 2018
3

Football Follies 2018: Booger crests

Booger stretches for a few more.
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 20, 2018
0

Trump resets his strategic position with an announced Syria pull-out

Busting shibboleths.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 19, 2018
1

Why strong-borders advocates should ignore attempts to ‘guilt’ them over migrants

An ideological solution in search of a problem.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 19, 2018
1

Flynn sentencing postponed; outburst from the judge; Sudden Turkey Syndrome

Strange days.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 18, 2018
1

Judge orders original Flynn 302 made public in redacted version; as usual, it exposes what the FBI was doing

Curses - exposed again.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 17, 2018
1

BOOM: Steele hired to ‘help challenge the validity’ of the 2016 election outcome

Malice aforethought.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 15, 2018
1

Football Follies 2018: Booger Fest

Get those bowls a-rollin'.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 14, 2018
0

Mueller filing on Flynn interview does NOT include interview notes, original 302

Curiouser.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 14, 2018
1

What matters about Russian Maria Butina pleading guilty to a conspiracy count

Russians (real ones, in this case) behind the outhouse.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 14, 2018
1

Comey: He wouldn’t have tried an FBI ambush like Flynn’s with a different administration

Look on his works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 13, 2018
1

Final justice? Judge orders Mueller, Flynn teams to file docs including Flynn 302

Like a mighty river.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 11, 2018
0

Oval Office confrontation: Pelosi – ‘Tinkle contest with a skunk’; Trump – ‘Border security’

Clash of rhetoricians.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 10, 2018
1

Common thread: The Clinton probe by Jeff Sessions’s remote posse, and a nuclear power plant

Follow the atom.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 8, 2018
1

Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 15 The Game

GO NAVY!!!!!!!!!! BEAT ARMY!!!!!
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National Security

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2018
1

Hezbollah tunnel-terrorist in Lebanon, viral video star, reportedly trained with cartels in Mexico

The tunneling connection.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2018
2

Taking stock: Never a case against Flynn, and DOJ/FBI knew basis of FISA application was faulty

Nothingest burger ever.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 6, 2018
2

A 41 farewell: Not to grace, but to a framework of familiar order and beauty

The true goes marching on.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 4, 2018
0

Mueller sentencing memo for Michael Flynn recommends no prison time

Is this a wrap-up, or a move into a new phase?
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 4, 2018
2

Europe on the edge

What to know when Paris is burning.
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Unyielding

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2018
0

Happy Hanukkah

A blessed season to all.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2018
2

Supposed ‘election fraud’ in N.C. could trace to deceptive mailer campaign by left-wing group

Election fraud projection.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 1, 2018
2

Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 14

Day of champions.
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