The Colonel is currently powering up and now has new auto vote slots available to him.
Rumor has it he is accepting bribes in the form of steem to make his next picks he wished to use the Steem so that he may continue to power up.
More about the Colonel and the Curation Steembot Army
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@steembot-colonel/hello-i-am-a-colonel-curation-bot