What's worrying is, sure there isn't a plan to fix things yet,...

What's worrying is, sure there isn't a plan to fix things yet, and it is pretty ugly at the moment, but it could be argued strongly that we ain't seen ugly while the bubbles of the emerging markets are still inflated. Just how will gold and silver handle a popping of the China and emerging markets bubbles?

Bearing in mind the PMs have benefited immensely from these bubbles ...

There will be no shortage of created funds available to the crooks that short these markets ... its dangerous thinking of these markets as anything but non functional.