I don't know much about vodka but I can't help but feel the sheep represents quality. Perhaps its meant to be associated with traditional farming methods and care taken despite being a cheap generic product.
I definitely agree with your points. I don't pretend to be a typical person by any means but when I was young I was definitely into the barely legal porn and now that I am a bit older my tastes have diversified. Regardless I have always favored amateur porn over mainstream stuff because I find the aesthetics disgusting.
Its mostly a matter of how much faith you have in missile defense systems. Hell there are single missiles out there that could probably sink one. Still given its size and price (as far as I can google) it would be an awfully small swarm of only 2 for a million dollars. [en.wikipedia.org]
Last I heard both the lasers and the railguns got cancelled, but the only railgun program I was following was more along the lines of artillery than missile defense. I'll google and come back to edit if I find anything.
Aircraft carriers still seem like a bad idea. A one million dollar swarm of missiles could destroy an 8 billion dollar investment in an instant and the things cost so much to operate that in the past two conflicts the navy preferred to launch their plains from land based runways. Not to mention they require an entire battleground to try to keep them safe.
I don't really approve of this ends justify the means argument for using gender equality as a buzzword and false pretext to stop legislation. Its only marginally better than when the legislature here in Florida tried to use it to restrict access to abortion by making women go through an invasive interrogation process. [www.miamiherald.com] sort of thing is why government isn't working. Its wrong no matter what side you are on because it cheapens other important issues.
-Edit- The gawker shortening system breaks my link. www. miamiherald.com/2012/01/24/2605955/anti-abortion-bills-get-fla-house.html
I think twist offs seal marginally worse and have become associated with low quality. So with the proliferation of great beers and a public awareness of great beer in the last decade or so we also got this bit of snobbishness.
I'd love for him to be impeached if we had a better option. Being the lesser evil than the republicans is pretty much the only reason I voted for him in the first place.
Drug testing in India. Figured we would have one person that was knowledgeable on the matter and outraged. I'd rant but I figure out people are better at it. Ultrasound seems like a promising technique though.
Lawyers spend a lot of time and money to ensure that their online profiles are relatively spotless. Its a competitive field and character counts for a lot. Florida in particular has a small industry that charges several hundreds of dollars to remove mugshots from websites because even a 10 year old dui turning up before your business page in google results can be very damaging.