These are votes which are pre-addition of Frappr bonuses and TTLB higher status nomination bonuses. Aaron offered a 5 point bonus to anyone on his Frappr map (I became a member this weekend) and 10 point bonuses to those nominated by any blogger in the Higher Beings, Mortal Humans, or Playful Primates category (those three represent the highest tier in the Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem rankings) Via Aaron:
I visit Michele Catalano’s page once or twice a week usually but I admit the last couple of weeks I haven’t had the time to visit all the blogs I like to check in with every week. Apparently Michele is no longer blogging. I wish I’d had a chance to wish her well. So here’s my well wish: Good luck, Michele – you’re very talented and I know you will be very successful at whatever you do. You will be missed.
…. on Iraq. Click here to view it.
Apparently alerting certain Middle Eastern leaders that he was ‘sure’ President Bush planned to launch an attack on Iraq. Powerline has a transcript of an interview Fox News’ Chris Wallace did with the Senator. The quote in question (emphasis added):
