Reason Morning Links: Poverty, Pancakes, and Prayer

• Poverty is way up.
• So are foreclosures.
• Officials fear violence in Saturday's Afghan election.
• Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announce their own Washington rallies.
• The Senate passes a package of loan guarantees and tax breaks for small businesses.
• The acid attack in Washington state was a hoax.
• So is Joaquin Phoenix's hip hop career.
• The Tea Party movement arrives in Australia.
• IHOP vs. IHOP.