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Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From comments

So are all of these FBI legislator investigations part of a larger statewide operation to weed out corruption in Illinois?

If so, can we do a question of the day to guess what the codename for the operation is called?

My guess: Operation Honest Abe

I don’t know if the raid on Sen. Sandoval’s offices today is or isn’t part of a larger operation, but it’s still a fun question.

* The Question: What should the code name be for a large statewide federal operation to weed out Illinois corruption?

       

138 Comments
  1. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:29 pm:

    Operation The Only Way To Beat Mike Madigan


  2. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:30 pm:

    Operation Whack-a-Mole.


  3. - Peabody - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:31 pm:

    Operation Dumbo Drop


  4. - RFR - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:31 pm:

    Operation Low Hanging Fruit.


  5. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:32 pm:

    Operation Golden


  6. - curtis - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:32 pm:

    Operation Fish in a Barrel


  7. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:33 pm:

    Operation Tin Foil Hat


  8. - Last Bull Moose - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:33 pm:

    Operation Fat Rabbits. As in, shoot the fat rabbits first.

    Alternatively, Easy Pickings.


  9. - Sir Reel - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:33 pm:

    Operation Muddy Waters.


  10. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:33 pm:

    Operation Shoe Box


  11. - A guy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation: One Hour Martinizing


  12. - UFO - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation Eastern Block


  13. - RNUG - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation Repeat


  14. - Tear One - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation Better Late Than Never.


  15. - Logan - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation Black Sox


  16. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:35 pm:

    Operation Hot Mic


  17. - DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:36 pm:

    Operation Smell the meat a cookink


  18. - The Magnificent Purple Walnut - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:36 pm:

    Operation Paul Powell Memorial Probe


  19. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:36 pm:

    Operation Unmarked Twenties


  20. - Ok - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:37 pm:

    “…to weed out…”?

    Clearly, Operation 420


  21. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:38 pm:

    Operation “dumb pols who didn’t learn from all the previous FBI raids on political hacks”


  22. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:38 pm:

    Operation No One Sent

    Operation Lincoln County


  23. - Ok - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:38 pm:

    Or. In a similar vein… Operation Roundup


  24. - Gohawks123 - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:39 pm:

    Operation maybe we’ll get lucky


  25. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:39 pm:

    Operation Bad Apple


  26. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:40 pm:

    Operation Crabapple


  27. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:41 pm:

    Operation Rotten Core


  28. - John Lopez - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:42 pm:

    Operation: Wide Net


  29. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:42 pm:

    Operation Land of Cha-chingkin’


  30. - Melido Perez - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:43 pm:

    Operation Beef Sandwich

    or

    Operation Frunch Room


  31. - May soon be required - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:43 pm:

    Operation All Roads


  32. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:43 pm:

    Operation Follow the Money


  33. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:43 pm:

    Operation Lincoln Logs


  34. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:44 pm:

    Operation High Waters


  35. - What's in a name? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:44 pm:

    Operation Alpha Omega


  36. - Give Me A Break - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:44 pm:

    Operation Cold Horseshoe


  37. - Pick a Name - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation Grandson Trump


  38. - Woodstock willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation Make Illinois Great Again


  39. - Blue Dog Dem - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation the Two Party System is a Failure.


  40. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat


  41. - Stark - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation 300 State House


  42. - Bourbon Street - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation Hogs Get Slaughtered


  43. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:46 pm:

    Operation Mushrooms (I’m surprised no one picked that one yet).


  44. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:46 pm:

    Operation Velvet Dustpan


  45. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:46 pm:

    Operation Upstate Downstate


  46. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:46 pm:

    Operation “Who Wore the Wire?”


  47. - Louis Capricious - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:47 pm:

    Operation Brushfire


  48. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:48 pm:

    Operation Eff Eye Be


  49. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:49 pm:

    Operation FIBber


  50. - Nieva - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:51 pm:

    Operation Paul Powell.


  51. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:52 pm:

    Operation Ducklings.

    Operation Velvet Search Warrant.


  52. - Glengarry - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:52 pm:

    Operation Eastern Bloc


  53. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:53 pm:

    Operation Combine Crumble


  54. - Steve - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:53 pm:

    Operation Chairmen.


  55. - Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:53 pm:

    Operation We Need More Bankers Boxes


  56. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:54 pm:

    Operation Mary Todd


  57. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:54 pm:

    Operation Caucus Raucous.


  58. - JSS - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:55 pm:

    Operation Blue Fall


  59. - Tear One - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:55 pm:

    Operation We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat.


  60. - FranklinTJones - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:55 pm:

    Operation: Tuesday


  61. - Kayak - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:00 pm:

    Operation Apple Core


  62. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:02 pm:

    Operation Lumpy Stovepipe


  63. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:02 pm:

    Operation Term Limits


  64. - Lucky Pierre - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:03 pm:

    Operation Criminal Justice Reform


  65. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:04 pm:

    Operation Rail Splitter


  66. - twowaystreet - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:05 pm:

    Operation Blago’s Ghost


  67. - Roger Abbott - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:06 pm:

    Operation Plow the Patch


  68. - Back to the Future - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:09 pm:

    Illinois Again


  69. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:09 pm:

    Operation “Gonna need more rooms for the family reunion”


  70. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:10 pm:

    Operation College Bound


  71. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:11 pm:

    Operation “who’s next”


  72. - rutro - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:12 pm:

    operation Shakedown street.


  73. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:12 pm:

    Operation Soybeana Subpoena


  74. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:12 pm:

    Operation Cannoli. Operation Ketchup and Egg Noodles.


  75. - Blue Dog Dem - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:12 pm:

    Operation Blame Rauner


  76. - Estubborn - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:13 pm:

    Operation Nug Harvest


  77. - Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:13 pm:

    Operation Alphose Birger.


  78. - Responsa - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:13 pm:

    Operation Everybody and Anybody.


  79. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:14 pm:

    Operation Cornbelt Convictions. Operation Prairie Prosecutions.


  80. - Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:14 pm:

    That was Alphonse …


  81. - Anon62704 - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:15 pm:

    Operation Tequila Slammer


  82. - Colin O'Scopy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:17 pm:

    Operation Ruh-Roh


  83. - Jaguar - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:18 pm:

    Operation Shoe Box


  84. - Responsa - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:18 pm:

    Operation Roommate for Blago


  85. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:19 pm:

    Operation Jake & Elwood


  86. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:25 pm:

    Operation Told Ya So. Operation Mafia Capitale II.


  87. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:32 pm:

    Operation Illinois Is Ready for Reform Whether It #%$&^*@ Likes It or Not


  88. - Flat Bed Ford - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:33 pm:

    Operation Sliced Apples


  89. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:37 pm:

    Operation Shenandoah


  90. - A Jack - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:42 pm:

    Operation We all want Washington desk jobs.


  91. - Northsider - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:42 pm:

    Operation CapitolFix Bog.


  92. - A Jack - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:44 pm:

    Operation Trump needs another distraction from the impeachment news.


  93. - Independent - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:47 pm:

    Operation Pigs to Hogs


  94. - Independent - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:47 pm:

    Wait, Bourbon St. beat me to it.


  95. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:51 pm:

    Operation Truth is Relative Dude.


  96. - Name Withheld - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:51 pm:

    Operation Fitzgerald’s Revenge


  97. - Just Me 2 - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:54 pm:

    Code Under Review

    Code Apple


  98. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:57 pm:

    Operation “who did I talk to, what did we talk about and what did i say”


  99. - Blue Lake - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 2:57 pm:

    Operation Rank and File


  100. - bear 3 - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:21 pm:

    “Will Not LasT”


  101. - TinyDancer(FKASue) - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:29 pm:

    Operation Déjà vu


  102. - @misterjayem - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:30 pm:

    Operation Agean Statehouse

    – MrJM


  103. - anonymous - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:32 pm:

    #1
    Bourbon Street - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 1:45 pm:

    Operation Hogs Get Slaughtered


  104. - theCardinal - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:33 pm:

    Operation Southside/Westside


  105. - R A T - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:39 pm:

    Operation ILLegal


  106. - Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:46 pm:

    ==Operation Jake & Elwood==

    I have heard of those guys OW.
    I believe they are on a mission from God or something…


  107. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:48 pm:

    - Jake From Elwood -

    I defer to *your* own greatness.

    Operation Pat Down


  108. - Notorious R.B.G. - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:50 pm:

    Operation Apple A Day Won’t Keep the Feds Away


  109. - d. p. gumby - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:52 pm:

    Operation Trump’s DOJ goes after a Blue State.


  110. - Amalia - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:53 pm:

    Operation Stinking Onion


  111. - Anon III - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:58 pm:

    Operation Family Business


  112. - Boochie - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 3:59 pm:

    Operation Hog Slaughter


  113. - Tear One - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:03 pm:

    Operation Everybody In.


  114. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:04 pm:

    Operation Don’t Worry They Serve Apples at Prison Lunch


  115. - Downstate - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:05 pm:

    Operation Nothing Will Ever Come of This


  116. - jesswonderin - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:09 pm:

    Operation IDR (I Don’t Recall, Illinois’ Dozen Rats, Incipient Recipient Discovery)…


  117. - OutOfState - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:12 pm:

    Operation Farmhouse

    Because the chickens are coming home to roost.


  118. - big tuna - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:13 pm:

    Operation Baked Apple


  119. - walker - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:23 pm:

    Operation No Escape


  120. - Res Melius - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:25 pm:

    Operation Chief Iliniwreck


  121. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:27 pm:

    Operation No Exit.


  122. - Wiretap Inspiration - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:41 pm:

    So many possibilities including…..

    Operation “land the, uh, the tuna”

    Operation “The cash register has not rung yet”

    Operation “I’ve got this thing and it’s f—ing golden.”


  123. - SSL - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 4:56 pm:

    Operation Road Apples


  124. - Quizzical - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 5:24 pm:

    Operation most are ho’s


  125. - Nobody Sent - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 5:30 pm:

    Operation Business As Usual


  126. - Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 5:30 pm:

    Operation “what did I say to solis.”


  127. - Token Conservative - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 5:32 pm:

    Operation Taking Candy From Babies


  128. - Pyrman - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 5:50 pm:

    Operation Need Indictments By October 2020


  129. - Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 6:01 pm:

    “Like Sandovals through the Hourglass, Such are the Days of our Lives.”


  130. - revvedup - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 6:07 pm:

    Operation Winds of Change

    Operation Soylent Green

    Operation Snowball


  131. - Stuntman Bob's Brother - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 8:07 pm:

    Operation Least Offensive


  132. - Rich Hill - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 8:43 pm:

    Operation Greylord Almighty


  133. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 9:37 pm:

    Operation Business as usual for IL.


  134. - Emerald - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 9:48 pm:

    Mission Impossible


  135. - Boomerang - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 10:50 pm:

    Operation Big Tuna
    Operation Where is the Love?


  136. - CEA - Tuesday, Sep 24, 19 @ 11:43 pm:

    Operation Sisyphus


  137. - Jad Dis - Wednesday, Sep 25, 19 @ 1:38 am:

    ‘Judgement Day’


  138. - Eire17 - Wednesday, Sep 25, 19 @ 5:17 am:

    Operation how you doin?


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