About gold markets, Prof. Panarin's imminent & ominous predictions about the US... while California is burning.

http://www.kitco.com/ind/nadler/printerfriendly/sep022009.html

...... Unless, of course, you are heeding the alarm bell of one Igor Panarin, a Russian Professor who says that events are continuing to confirm his doomsday prediction first made over 10 years ago, that the United States will completely collapse like the Soviet Union before the end of 2010, and warns that the chaos could begin to unfold in as little as two months. In which case, you are already setting up your tent in Fiji, and enjoying the scenery while Rome prepares to burn far, far away.

Jon Nadler
Senior Analyst
Kitco Bullion Dealers Montreal

Who is Igor Panarin, and is his blabber wishful thinking on his part, or is there literally fire to his smoke?