The year to date number of shootings in Chicago¹ has exceeded last year's number at this time by a full thousand. Chicago achieved this increase in shootings without any documented clashes between Pershmerga and ISIS fighters in city limits though the reliability of the local press is lacking. The news would be bearish peace futures, if they were traded at the Chicago Mercantile exchange.

1. Also known as Chiraq and Chicagabad due to violence comparable to more publicized war zones.  ↩