I think it will be more than a financial bailout that is coming. What if the government rules that silver is a strategic metal and all contracts must be settled in cash? The uranium spot market operates under a similar restriction. Will there be some shadowy 'rogue trader' that is blamed for the big shorts? Will holders of silver futures be forced to settle far below the fair value of these contracts? Think back to the bankruptcy process for GM and how the bond holders were effectively ordered to agree to a lower settlement by government mandate. Such measures are illegal but perfectly normal in a fascist regime. Why would the highly manipulated and corrupt COMEX be above a similar fascist settlement to the short squeeze that is building?