Thanks Joe, so Badger is the replacement for Ghostery, correct?
Functionally Ghostery does more, but Badger effectively blocks cookies of all sorts from phoning home.
What does cookie stumbler do?
Allows you to specify which cookies to keep and then every night sweeps all the undesired reporting cookies from your system.
What do you make of Google saying the see unusual activity while one is in Tor? odd?
Probably the Onion Routing that hides your actual location. There are workarounds that are suggested for use in countries that make uncontrolled internet access illegal.