His Dudeness,
I land with flaps 35 all the time; a stabilised approach is one where the configuration is not changed below 1000', and by 500' the speed is steady at Vref +15/-0 with the engines spooled up. This or something similar has been industry standard for about the last 20 years - perhaps you haven't caught up with recent developments in safety, though.
My point about the speedbrakes is exactly what you said; the checklist is written to cover legal a*ses and two can play at that game.