Reason Morning Links: Obama Wants $50 Billion More in Stimulus Spending, Record Spending in Mid-Terms, 'Shrooms for Cancer Patients?

• Obama asks for $50 billion more in spending to stimulate the economy.
• Hallucinogenic mushrooms found to decrease anxiety in terminal patients.
• Afghan government moves to bail out country's largest bank.
• Five days after Obama declares an end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, U.S. combat operations in Iraq continue.
• Mid-term elections producing record levels of campaign spending.