Monday Links: Jimmy Fallon Loves Presidents' Day

* Jimmy Fallon wrote a song for everyone who has the day off.

* Funny or Die honors all our black presidents.

* Mother Jones' Presidents' Day playlist rules.

* These people are like our step-presidents.

* Why should anyone care about Presidents' Day?

* A profile of George Washington's presidential reluctance.

* The Complete Guide to Everything podcast discusses meteors.

* Dictators need to learn they can't rule Photoshop with an iron fist.

* Ian Frazier shines some light on the mystery of Richard III's bones.

Tags: Barack Obama, Dictators, Funny or Die, George Washington, Jimmy Fallon, Meteor, NASA, Photoshop, President's Day, Space

Our Endorsements: Tracy Jordan's Physical Cliff

* Great news: Tracy Morgan saved the economy.

* The Onion's salute to General Schwarzkopf.

* Cory Booker stopped tweeting long enough to discuss his fitness routine.

* Be careful what you accidentally post on Facebook.

* Someone finally found proof that Donald Trump's hair can exist in nature.

* John Boehner can be a little wooden, but there's a good reason for that.

* The country's first president and perhaps its first wizard: George Washington.

Tags: Cory Booker, Daily Links, David Letterman, Facebook, George Washington, John Boehner, Tracy Morgan

Tweet Untweet: He Cannot Tell a Lie…

Remember, it was the troops who got Bin Laden, not Obama. Unlike the way George Washington singlehandedly strangled the whole British Army.

— JRehling (@JRehling) June 20, 2012

Tags: American Revolution, Barack Obama, George Washington, Osama bin Laden, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Our Endorsements: Pulling Out Is Never 100%

* Pulling out of Iraq has some unintended consequences, from College Humor.

* The Bain hate train stops here.

* If Herman Cain had a "kill list" it would be hilarious.

* What other shenanigans has the Secret Service been up to?

* Me the People is a hilarious new book  from Kevin Bleyer that rewrites the Constitution.

* Politwoops, a site that collects politician's deleted tweets/reminds them that the internet is forever.

Tags: Bain Capital, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, College Humor, Constitution, Daily Links, Funny or Die, George Washington, Herman Cain, Iran, Iraq, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Pakistan, Rick Santorum, Secret Service, The Daily Show, Twitter

Polls: Betty White Way More Awesome Than Thomas Jefferson

Happy President's Day, where we honor our nation's leaders by holding furniture sales and conducting surveys in which Americans are asked to pretend to have an opinion about obscure former chief executives.

The leader in the latter category is Public Policy Polling, which reports that it's all been downhill since George Washington, with 89% of voters seeing him favorably, and only 3% unfavorably. But how do our celebrated presidents stand up to the real celebrities? There is only one methodologically-flawed way to find out. Behold, the five most popular and unpopular U.S. presidents as aligned against the Ipsos ratings of their celebrity betters…

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Tags: George Washington, Polls, President's Day, Richard Nixon, Thomas Jefferson