Mr. Weiner, who was staunchly pro-Israel, resigned after acknowledging having exchanged sexually explicit online communications with women.
Mr. Matsumoto will replace Seiji Maehara, who stepped down Sunday after acknowledging having taken political donations from a foreigner who lived in Japan, which is prohibited.
His mother, Nikki Welcker, easier to please while acknowledging having been spoiled by lounges in Europe, rated it an 8, prompting Alex to raise his assessment.
As Avner Cohen's recent book "The Worst-Kept Secret" shows, Israel's policy of "opacity" — not acknowledging having nuclear weapons while letting everyone know it does — has existed since 1969, but is now becoming outdated.
Some of his posts were needling — he circulated a screen shot of an online chat that appeared to show a former leader of one of the movements, Nashi, acknowledging having sex with a minor.
Instead of acknowledging having potentially misspoken, Corn said O'Reilly's "media strategy" has been to instead call him a "liar" and "smear merchant".
