In the January, 2007, issue of Armageddon Buffet, Devin Walsh depicts humans fending off a peculiar invasion in "Felix Culpa."

Our editorial asks, What Does It Mean: "Support Our Troops"?

On The Road to Armageddon, "Wars, Famines & Pestilences" looks at the newest global warming news; "Signs & Portents" marvels at David Brin's 'Project Adopt-an-Ostrich'; "The Cassandra Report" profiles America's most prolific anti-Cassandra; and "Preparations for Armageddon" chronicles America's preparations for war against Iran.

Next issue: February 2007!!

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Obligatory Mission Statement: "Our purpose is to wield the Word -- to oppose oppression disguised as religion, power disguised as patriotism, injustice disguised as law, and commerce disguised as art."

Although some advocate waiting around to inherit all the stuff the Raptured Yuppies leave behind, we at Armageddon Buffet suspect it'll be more a matter of cleaning up their cheap crap!

Although we also offer items for sale on the pages of each article or story (books/DVDs mentioned specifically by name or simply reflecting -- or refracting -- the sensibilities of the individual article/story), our "store" offers what we think are the best gear and goodies for furnishing your Panic Room and surviving these "end days."

Armageddon Buffet plans to screen vendors via BuyBlue.org. (Visit here for a partial list of companies to avoid or patronize.

The Store features items relating to:

• finding the most nourishing food sources
• maintaining one's health in this increasingly polluted and stressful environment
• finding clothing, equipment and furnishings for our ever-battered and -bruised bodies/shelters
• meeting our safety and security needs
• receiving the most reliable and helpful information
• giving us a laugh or diversion now and then

Feeding your Family Post-Armageddon: First, some invaluable websites to visit: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms and Surviving Peak Oil. After that, it's time to tear out that useless turf and plant some edibles!

Permaculture: Principles & Pathways
Say goodbye to decorative yards! Permaculture is a method of designing a garden that maintains itself. With proper placement of plants and wise use of shade and nutrients, you can grow most of your family's food. This guide provides the theoretical foundation you need to set up an organic garden on very little land.

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Utilizing the principles of permaculture, this book provides practical step-by-step methods for setting up your organic garden. It's time to "grow yer own" and skip the biohazards of factory farming.

Staying Healthy and Strong: There are few medical sources I trust, but Dr. Andrew Weil is one. I also find valuable information at BottomLineSecrets.com. These products will come in handy too!

Telling Tales
This may seem an odd choice for the health column - a collection of short stories written by renouned writers, such as Günter Grass, Susan Sontag, Gabriel García Márquez among others. Profits from the book will go to the Treatment Action Campaign, an organization working for affordable treatment for Africans with HIV and AIDS (link to the story).

New Choices in Natural Healing
A wonderful encyclopedia of natural healing, this book also provides an introduction to alternative therapies.

Journey to Wild Divine Biofeedback Game
As you know, Armageddon is a bit stressful, but this computer simulation will help you cope. Utilize biofeedback techniques to enhance your mind-body awareness and master meditation, yoga, and proper breathing techniques.

Equipping Your Shelter: Yes, you'll need stuff -- and not, as the ads say, a shiny new SUV.

Rivendell Bicycle Works
When the oil runs out -- and it will -- the bicycle will become the second most essential form of transportation (after walking, of course). This bicycle shop specializes in rugged, durable bikes, the sort you'll need after the toy you currently have breaks down. (Whether you buy from Rivendell or your local dealer, their Bicycling 101 section is a must-read.)

9-Bottle Hardwood Wine Cart (oak finish)
Every Panic Room needs a good wine cart! This cart has room for nine bottles on three wine-rack shelves, along with a stemware holder that offers safe storage for 12 wine glasses, plus a drawer and serving top for keeping corkscrews, coasters, and other wine accessories handy.

Safety and Security: Until we can talk a security expert into writing an advice column for us, our best advice is to read these classics.

Waking the Tiger Within
Essential guide to learning how to spot, and protect yourself from, Rapture-driven marauders. Provides tips and techniques for how to be safe from crime on the street, at home, on trips, at work, and at school.

Fear Less
Do Americans fear too much? Gavin de Becker thinks so. He offers specific recommendations to help you place your fear in perspective. "Just as your imagination has placed you in frightening situations, it is now time to place yourself in empowering situations, time to see that you have a role to play, and contrary to so many TV news stories, it isn't just victim-in-waiting."

Information: Knowing what's coming is half the battle.

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Chris Hedges utilizes his journalistic experience to help us understand war's attraction.

The Fog of War
The production values are primitive, but this documentary interview of former Sec'y. Robert McNamara demonstrates why the U.S. could not have won the Vietnam war.

The Plot Against America
This alternate history by Philip Roth demonstrates why he deserves the Nobel. It asks the question: what if Charles Lindbergh, a Nazi sympathizer, had decided to run for President in 1940?

Laughter & Other Diversions: One must keep one's sense of fun!

Sweet Tea
Great guitar player and blues singer Buddy Guy reminds one of Jimi Hendrix.

Mind, Body & Soul
I've always loved soul music, and Joss Stone can belt it out!

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
One of Peter Greenaway's finest, this film will give you quite an appetite for... erotic humor!

Memento
Takes noir in a new direction--backwards! Wonderful acting by Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Ann Moss, and brilliant direction by Christopher Nolan.

Keen Eddie
Containing all 13 episodes, this series, starring Mark Valley, Sienna Miller, Colin Salmon and Julian Rhind-Tutt, is worth repeat viewing. It's offbeat, ultrahip and sexy!

Armageddon Buffet is looking for speculative fiction, social satire, and cyberpunk; future fantasies, alternate histories, and apocalyptic visions; surrealism, naturalism, and literotica; well-researched and considered political, philosophical, and cultural commentary; true tales of successful activism, rebellion, and opposition; positive alternatives and survival strategies. More