J.E. Dyer

All Posts by 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.

Big deal alert: Bridge across Mississippi River on I-40 is out by J.E. Dyer

Big deal alert: Bridge across Mississippi River on I-40 is out

J.E. Dyer May 13, 2021
First (possibly last) look at founders of newly ‘liberated city’ in Colorado by J.E. Dyer

First (possibly last) look at founders of newly ‘liberated city’ in Colorado

J.E. Dyer May 9, 2021
Reports: China seeks forward bases in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans by J.E. Dyer

Reports: China seeks forward bases in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

J.E. Dyer May 8, 2021
Next, a memorial display at the Capitol: The Cult of ‘Insurrection’ continues its assault on sanity; *UPDATE* by J.E. Dyer

Next, a memorial display at the Capitol: The Cult of ‘Insurrection’ continues its assault on sanity; *UPDATE*

J.E. Dyer May 6, 2021
Giuliani raid: Parallel-constructing the cloud? by J.E. Dyer

Giuliani raid: Parallel-constructing the cloud?

J.E. Dyer May 3, 2021
Biden picks dandelion for Dr. Jill on White House lawn by J.E. Dyer

Biden picks dandelion for Dr. Jill on White House lawn

J.E. Dyer April 30, 2021
Engagement with Iran and Afghanistan heads off course by J.E. Dyer

Engagement with Iran and Afghanistan heads off course

J.E. Dyer April 29, 2021
Iran busts an info op on U.S. media, and it’s a doozy by J.E. Dyer

Iran busts an info op on U.S. media, and it’s a doozy

J.E. Dyer April 27, 2021
Schumer watches Oscars with ‘plant-based beer’; thanks Joe Biden by J.E. Dyer

Schumer watches Oscars with ‘plant-based beer’; thanks Joe Biden

J.E. Dyer April 26, 2021
Cry havoc! — and let slip the IP addresses of war by J.E. Dyer

Cry havoc! — and let slip the IP addresses of war

J.E. Dyer April 25, 2021
Odd thread emerging on directed-energy attacks on U.S. troops by J.E. Dyer

Odd thread emerging on directed-energy attacks on U.S. troops

J.E. Dyer April 23, 2021
Cargo ship making unscheduled stop in Sri Lanka’s Chinese-leased port fails to declare nuclear cargo by J.E. Dyer

Cargo ship making unscheduled stop in Sri Lanka’s Chinese-leased port fails to declare nuclear cargo

J.E. Dyer April 22, 2021
Another ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ torpedo makes a U-turn, highlights what Team Obama was doing by J.E. Dyer

Another ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ torpedo makes a U-turn, highlights what Team Obama was doing

J.E. Dyer April 19, 2021
Big tech de-platforms Maricopa County election audit recruiting effort by J.E. Dyer

Big tech de-platforms Maricopa County election audit recruiting effort

J.E. Dyer April 16, 2021
Court-packing, CEO-tracking: Radical political steamroller gathers momentum by J.E. Dyer

Court-packing, CEO-tracking: Radical political steamroller gathers momentum

J.E. Dyer April 15, 2021
CNN director: Matt Gaetz reporting is ‘propaganda’ to ‘hurt him’ because he’s ‘a problem for the Democratic Party’ by J.E. Dyer

CNN director: Matt Gaetz reporting is ‘propaganda’ to ‘hurt him’ because he’s ‘a problem for the Democratic Party’

J.E. Dyer April 14, 2021
Irony alert: Biden holds back aid to Ukraine by J.E. Dyer

Irony alert: Biden holds back aid to Ukraine

J.E. Dyer April 13, 2021
Engaged at Warp Factor One: When submarines don’t mind being seen by J.E. Dyer

Engaged at Warp Factor One: When submarines don’t mind being seen

J.E. Dyer April 11, 2021
Biden: ‘No amendment to the Constitution is absolute.’ Got your amendments right here, Mr. President by J.E. Dyer

Biden: ‘No amendment to the Constitution is absolute.’ Got your amendments right here, Mr. President

J.E. Dyer April 8, 2021
Really unequal justice: What’s behind foreign-donation offenders getting wildly different sentences? by J.E. Dyer

Really unequal justice: What’s behind foreign-donation offenders getting wildly different sentences?

J.E. Dyer April 7, 2021
Easter greetings from Liberty Unyielding by J.E. Dyer

Easter greetings from Liberty Unyielding

J.E. Dyer April 4, 2021
Russia and China prepare a two-fer at either end of Asia by J.E. Dyer

Russia and China prepare a two-fer at either end of Asia

J.E. Dyer April 4, 2021
Levinson link in Matt Gaetz drama turns up cast of Russiagate/Spygate characters by J.E. Dyer

Levinson link in Matt Gaetz drama turns up cast of Russiagate/Spygate characters

J.E. Dyer April 1, 2021
Notes on the drone swarms experienced by U.S. Navy ships in July 2019 by J.E. Dyer

Notes on the drone swarms experienced by U.S. Navy ships in July 2019

J.E. Dyer March 30, 2021
Passover greetings from Liberty Unyielding by J.E. Dyer

Passover greetings from Liberty Unyielding

J.E. Dyer March 27, 2021
Interesting situation with M/V Ever Given container ship stuck in Suez Canal by J.E. Dyer

Interesting situation with M/V Ever Given container ship stuck in Suez Canal

J.E. Dyer March 26, 2021
Dealing with the USA: Russia, China issue joint proposal for a UN Perm-5 summit by J.E. Dyer

Dealing with the USA: Russia, China issue joint proposal for a UN Perm-5 summit

J.E. Dyer March 23, 2021
Asian acceleration: Rough beast of our interesting time runs full tilt to be born by J.E. Dyer

Asian acceleration: Rough beast of our interesting time runs full tilt to be born

J.E. Dyer March 22, 2021
The ICA on foreign threats to the 2020 election: An intel assessment for the record books by J.E. Dyer

The ICA on foreign threats to the 2020 election: An intel assessment for the record books

J.E. Dyer March 18, 2021
Effort to politicize Guam Guard falls flat when Guardsmen, Marjorie Taylor Greene staff show grace and class by J.E. Dyer

Effort to politicize Guam Guard falls flat when Guardsmen, Marjorie Taylor Greene staff show grace and class

J.E. Dyer March 17, 2021
Trump-Georgia ‘find the fraud’ phone call, used as impeachment evidence, has been debunked by J.E. Dyer

Trump-Georgia ‘find the fraud’ phone call, used as impeachment evidence, has been debunked

J.E. Dyer March 16, 2021
Schumer, Gillibrand pile on: Democrats united in demanding Andrew Cuomo resign by J.E. Dyer

Schumer, Gillibrand pile on: Democrats united in demanding Andrew Cuomo resign

J.E. Dyer March 13, 2021
Smiting the Tucker Carlson dust-up with the military by J.E. Dyer

Smiting the Tucker Carlson dust-up with the military

J.E. Dyer March 12, 2021
The changed deterrence environment for attacks on Saudi Arabia from the sea (Part II) by J.E. Dyer

The changed deterrence environment for attacks on Saudi Arabia from the sea (Part II)

J.E. Dyer March 11, 2021
Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘from the sea,’ and a deterrence environment that has already changed (Part I) by J.E. Dyer

Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘from the sea,’ and a deterrence environment that has already changed (Part I)

J.E. Dyer March 10, 2021
WaPo’s syrupy headline on COVID-19 bill brings down the house (of cards) by J.E. Dyer

WaPo’s syrupy headline on COVID-19 bill brings down the house (of cards)

J.E. Dyer March 7, 2021
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