Dean Barnett says the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire means that “Lebanon officially becomes Hezbollah-land. Hezbollah will rightly be considered the victor for withstanding the IDF’s onslaught. And the battle will resume at a time and place of Hezbollah’s choosing.” (Hat tip: Insty.)

The cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah will start at 5 a.m. GMT on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says. Visit CNN for the latest.

Joe Lieberman’s website is finally back up, though there’s very little content there; it says they’ll be “re-launching” soon. Did they not have any backups of their data?!?

P.S. Here’s Joe’s video message, linked on his homepage:

I have to admit, I cringe every time I hear his spin about “Round 1″ and “Round 2.” All this “halftime” talk is transparently silly — he lost an election, not a “first half.” (If he’d won, would he be calling it “Round 1″?) Now, I don’t believe there’s any shame in running in the general election as an independent after losing the primary election. The process allows it, there’s a substantive case to be made for doing it, it’s not like he deceived the voters about his intention of doing it, and there’s no serious risk of the seat going Republican because of it, so I don’t see what the problem is. But that said, I wish Lieberman could find a better spin, a better way of explaining his decision than this “Round 1″ crap.

I like the rest of the video, though.

Via an e-mail from SpaceWeather.com: “The Perseid meteor shower is underway. Last night’s display was better than expected, which means tonight might be good, too. If you want to see some bright shooting stars, try watching the sky tonight between 9 PM and 11 PM. The moon comes up at 11 PM and spoils the show, but if you look before 11 PM, you might see some bright Perseids.”

“The outrage of so many outraged people outrages me.”

Michael Barone ponders a McCain-Lieberman ticket, which he thinks would win the 2008 election going away. Though he’s envisioning it as a Republican ticket, not a third-party ticket. Hat tip: InstaPundit, who says of the hypothetical pairing, “I’m not sure how I feel about that — they’re both nanny-staters with whom I’m deeply uncomfortable, but at least they’re sensible on defense.”

[UPDATE: InstaPundit is running a poll: McCain-Lieberman or Giuliani-Romney? The latter is winning in a landslide so far, but only 239 votes have been cast.]

In other Lieberman-related news, Joe is leading Ned 46% to 41% in the first post-primary poll of general-election voters. A poster at Daily Kos implausibly asserts that “we have to consider” 41% to be Lamont’s “floor” and 46% to be Lieberman’s “ceiling.” Umm, wishful thinking much? Yes, it’s possible that Lieberman’s numbers will go down because Schlesinger’s will go up from 6%, and yes, it’s possible that Lamont’s numbers will go up as voters become more familiar with him. It’s also possible that Lamont’s numbers will go down as voters become more familiar with him, and Lieberman’s numbers will go up as Lamont increasingly reveals himself to be, in Dean Barnett’s words, an “empty suit.” To claim that the result of this race is somehow pre-ordained is just silly.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his guerrillas would agree to any cease-fire brokered by the United Nations but insists the militant group has a right to resist Israel. Visit CNN for the latest.