Silver gets hammeredThe latter part of the week was not,to say the least,kind to the silver price.Actually,a bit of a trouncing.The magical hand of the PPT was evident as the Dow rose above 500 points.As we all know,the economy is in the best shape ever and the stock market deserves to soar to meteoric heights.Hopefully the result of the Mexican election on Sunday will afford us some clarity into government regulation of the mining sector.The sooner that black cloud is lifted the sooner we can all breathe a sigh of relief.And let's hope the lads in Shanghai do their bit to bolster the silver price next week.